New Jersey Scuba Diving

October 18, 2020

Swatting Bugs

October 18, 2020

I turned on the strictest and most verbose error reporting in both WordPress and PHP, and got a pile of non-critical error messages. It was pretty ugly. So I spent a while and fixed them all; actually, it didn't take that long. I don't like to be sloppy, just because the system can tolerate an error doesn't mean you should leave it.

Stubbed-in all the remaining extra files in Dive Sites and Artificial Reefs, and organized them, with Contents pages listing everything. Then I did the same for the Home section. Now up to 660 (blank) pages. Next - Biology.

Uncategorized, 10/18/20

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United States Coast Guard 3

Aids to Navigation

Shipping Lanes

The US Coast Guard maintains a number of aids to navigation to assist vessels entering and leaving ports, both great ports like New York and Philadelphia, and minor ports like Shark River and Montauk. At sea, these aids take the form of buoys that mark out channels and shipping lanes.

Shipping lanes are like divided highways at sea. Inbound and outbound lanes are separated by a wide "Separation Zone, " which may or may not be depicted on the charts in this website, depending on the scale. Ships "drive on the right" just like cars in civilized countries. At the inbound end where all the lanes converge into the harbor channel, things get messy, and I didn't try to depict it. Likewise, the outer ends of the lanes are not exact either.

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