SAR Search Patterns
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
Search & Rescue application
Search & Rescue application
Search Pattern:
- Expanding Square
- Sector Search
- Parallel Search for one ship
- Parallel Search for two ships
Orientation as an input to takes into account tide, wind and drift.
Number of legs and its length may be configurable.
Chart Work - Plot on Google maps, Open Sea maps and Bing maps.
GPX output - Generates a GPX file that includes the calculated search pattern for OpenCPN, Google Earth and others. In order to follow the search route with an ECS.
Developed with the collaboration of a SAR expert adviser from France.
Search route loaded on OpenCPN