An overview of the S-57 toolset

The S-57 toolset contains a tool that prepares data for conversion to the S-57 International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Transfer Standard. The S-57 IHO standard defines exchange rules for electronic navigational charts and other nautical products.

Tool

Description

Generate Depth Areas

Prepares depth area data for Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) and Additional Military Layers (AMLs). It updates depth areas that exist, creates depth areas as needed, and deletes depth areas that are no longer relevant. The depth areas depict the depth ranges between contours. This tool is designed to help in the creation and updates of data in a desktop production environment; it can be used in limited cases for an enterprise production environment.

Tools in the S–57 toolset.

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9/17/2010