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A guide to electronic charts finding the best licensing solution for your ships 1

A Guide To Electronic Charts Finding The Best Licensing Solution For Your Ships Powered by CThis guide is designed to help you understand ENCs their use with ECDIS and the various chart license options available so you can choose the right solution for your ships The digital revolution is here and iCHART will meet all your ECDIS chart requirements What is an ENC ENC is an acronym for Electronic Navigational Chart and comes in VECTOR format Vector charts consist of a series of points and lines to make up features and look computer generated Details on the chart can be turned on and o ? Objects on the chart can be clicked on to learn more information Depths can be monitored to warn before grounding When zooming in and out of a vector chart only the geographical features grow larger or smaller where text keeps its size and orientation RNC is an acronym for Raster Navigational Chart RASTER format is basically a direct copy or scan of an existing paper chart Raster charts look identical to paper charts All information contained within the chart is printed directly on it What you see is what you get When zooming in and out of a raster chart everything on the chart grows larger or smaller When rotating a raster chart everything on the chart rotates ENC and RNC fall under the category of o ?cial charts Only charts which have been approved and authorised by a Hydrographic O ?ce are deemed as o ?cial Any other type of chart is simply a ??private ? chart Private or ??non- o ?cial ? charts are NOT permitted as primary tools for navigation and are NOT produced and issued by a recognised Hydrographic o ?ce Because ENC data doesn ? t yet cover the entire globe some ag states allow ships to navigate using their ECDIS in the Raster Chart Display System RCDS mode in areas where no ENCs are available but they must also carry up to date paper charts Using RCDS mode in ENC available geographic areas is not allowed CSENC Format Coverage and Who to Choose When choosing your ENC provider you need to take into account a number of factors G lobal coverage How you can easily select order ENC ? s How your ENCs will be delivered H ow quickly your ENCs will be delivered The speed and ease of update and installation of ENCs Licensing options available to you Additional features to support navigation ?? information overlays such as weather radar tides piracy risks iECDIS comes pre- ?lled with charts so you can start navigating immediately There are about ENCs in existence and ENCs are ENCs no matter who distributes them ?? they ? re all of the same quality and standard as the format is tightly regulated by the International Hydrographic O ?ce ? s IHO S - standard Each Hydrographic O ?ce is responsible for producing their territorial waters so every distributor has access to the same