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Sailing the rough seas of automated Electronic Navigational Charts compilation

ORCID
0000-0001-9481-3501
Affiliation
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/UNH-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA | [Geospatial Policy Office, Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service (HNHS), Cholargos, Attica, Greece]
Kastrisios, Christos;
ORCID
0000-0002-9184-9055
Affiliation
Marine Chart Division, U.S. Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Dyer, Noel M.;
ORCID
0009-0003-5478-1316
Affiliation
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/UNH-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Nada, Tamer;
Affiliation
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/UNH-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Calder, Brian R.;
ORCID
0009-0000-7534-2724
Affiliation
Marine Chart Division, U.S. Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Martinez, Brian;
ORCID
0009-0001-4913-3723
Affiliation
Marine Chart Division, U.S. Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Ence, Christie;
GND
1159219052
VIAF
164213733
ORCID
0000-0002-1361-2888
Affiliation
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Floriani, Leila De;
ORCID
0000-0002-9632-6747
Affiliation
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/UNH-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Masetti, Giuseppe;
ORCID
0000-0002-5789-4098
Affiliation
Cartography Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece
Contarinis, Stilianos;
ORCID
0000-0002-6804-3598
Affiliation
Hydrographic Survey Division, U.S. Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Seattle, Washington, USA
Holmberg, Peter;
ORCID
0009-0008-4330-4377
Affiliation
Marine Chart Division, U.S. Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Bartlett, Megan;
Affiliation
Marine & Topographic Production Division, Esri, Redlands, California, USA
Greene, Craig;
Affiliation
Instituto Hidrografico de la Marina, Spanish Navy, Cadiz, Spain
Cordero, Jose;
Affiliation
Marine Chart Division, U.S. Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
O’Neill, Kathryn;
ORCID
0009-0006-3734-0991
Affiliation
Marine Chart Division, U.S. Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Legeer, Sean;
Affiliation
Marine & Topographic Production Division, Esri, Redlands, California, USA
Bethell, Amber;
Affiliation
Marine Chart Division, U.S. Office of Coast Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Morrow, Daniel

Advancements in geospatial technology have benefited the hydrographic and maritime professions in many ways. Yet, compared to hydrographic data collection and processing, chart compilation workflows remain relatively slow, mainly due to limited human resources and the availability of automated algorithms that respect nautical charting constraints and Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) database requirements. This work presents our research efforts to streamline the nautical chart compilation process through the introduction of automated processes and improving the efficiency and accuracy of existing. Among these processes are fundamental generalization tasks such as those for soundings, islands, and depth contours; ENC product specific requirements, such as those for reducing file size through the removal of collinear vertices forming polylines and polygons; and the updating of dependent features in the ENC database after generalization of one of their shared geometries.

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Published in:
Advances in cartography and GIScience of the ICA
Vol. 5.2025 (20.10.2025), art. no. 17, p. 1-8
Volume:
5.2025
Publication date:
20.10.2025
URN:
urn:nbn:de:0307-20260805-001-4
DOI:
10.5194/ica-adv-5-17-2025
Language:
English
Type of Resource:
Text
Extent:
1 Online-Ressource (Seite 1-8, 1,45 MB) : 12 Illustrationen, 1 Textdatei (PDF)
Keywords:
Cartographic Generalization; Computational Cartography; Nautical Cartography; Electronic Chart Display and Information System; ECDIS; Electronic Navigational Chart; ENC; Generalisierung <Kartografie>GND; computergestützte Kartografie; nautische Kartografie; SeekarteGND; Elektronisches Kartendarstellungs- und Informationssystem; Elektronische Seekarte
DDC subject of DNB:
520 Astronomy & allied sciences
URL:
https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-adv-5-17-2025
URL:
https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/17/2025/
Link to Raw Object:
https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/17/2025/ica-adv-5-17-2025.pdf
Hosting institution:
Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service (HNHS) [GR]
Hosting institution:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [US]
Hosting institution:
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) [GR]
Hosting institution:
University of Maryland (UMD) [US]
Hosting institution:
University of New Hampshire (UNH) [US]
Hosting institution:
Internationale Forschungseinrichtungen
Statement of responsibility:
Christos Kastrisios, Noel M. Dyer, Tamer Nada, Brian R. Calder, Brian Martinez, Christie Ence, Leila De Floriani, Giuseppe Masetti, Stelios Contarinis, Peter Holmberg, Megan Bartlett, Craig Greene, Jose Cordero, Kathryn O’Neill, Sean Legeer, Amber Bethell, Daniel Morrow
Bibliographic notes:
Published in: Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the ICA, Volume 5, 2025 - 32nd International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2025); 17-22 August 2025, Vancouver, Canada; Editors: Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi, Jonathan Li, and Emmanuel Stefanakis | https://ica-adv.copernicus.org/articles/5/index.html

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