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Patrick Michael Rodey

Disclosed is a systemfor determining a virtual representation of at least part of an environmentthat is navigable by a ship. The system has at least one beacon-remote from the ship. The or each beacon comprises at least one sensor-for sensing surroundings information representative of at least part of the environment, a transmitter, and a controllerconnected to the at least one sensor and configured to cause the surroundings information to be transmitted via the transmitter. The system also comprises a control centreremote from the ship. The control centre comprises a receiverconfigured to receive the surroundings information, and a control unitconnected to the receiver and configured to determine a virtual representation of at least part of the environment based on the surroundings information. The virtual representation may comprise a topographical map, such as a LIDAR map.

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Svedala, Sweden

Patrick Michael Rodey