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Significant Progress For IHO Technical Standards: Achievements in 2015 Important For Ecdis and E-Navigation

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) achieved significant progress in 2015 on technical standards important for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) and e-navigation. A major achievement was completing revised editions of key standards underpinning ECDIS to resolve identified issues. The IHO also enhanced the S-100 standard to support e-navigation and maritime spatial data infrastructures, and collaborated with other organizations to develop geospatial standards best practices adopted by the UN. In 2016, the IHO will continue work on the S-100 framework and monitoring implementation of revised ECDIS standards.

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Significant Progress For IHO Technical Standards: Achievements in 2015 Important For Ecdis and E-Navigation

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) achieved significant progress in 2015 on technical standards important for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) and e-navigation. A major achievement was completing revised editions of key standards underpinning ECDIS to resolve identified issues. The IHO also enhanced the S-100 standard to support e-navigation and maritime spatial data infrastructures, and collaborated with other organizations to develop geospatial standards best practices adopted by the UN. In 2016, the IHO will continue work on the S-100 framework and monitoring implementation of revised ECDIS standards.

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ARTICLE

ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2015 IMPORTANT


FOR ECDIS AND E-NAVIGATION

Significant Progress for IHO


Technical Standards
The main driver for the establishment
in 1921 of the precursor of what is
today the International Hydrographic
Organization (IHO) was to standardise
the presentation of information on
nautical charts and publications.
Standardisation has been a core
activity of the IHO ever since. The IHO
currently maintains 15 standards and
10 related guidelines. This article
highlights some of the recent achievements in relation to the maintenance of existing standards as well as the development of
new standards.
A major achievement in 2015 was the completion of a coherent set of revised editions of the key standards underpinning
Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS). This activity required close coordination between the IHO and the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The IHOs contribution includes Edition 6.1 of Publication S-52 - Specifications
for Chart Content and Display Aspects of ECDIS, Edition 4.0 of S-52 Annex A - IHO Presentation Library for ECDIS, Edition 3.0
of Publication S-64 - IHO Test Data Sets for ECDIS and Edition 1.2.0 of Publication S-63 - IHO ENC Data Protection Scheme.
These standards were reviewed and updated to reflect lessons learned from earlier reports of unexpected chart behaviour in
some ECDIS. The revised editions are a significant contribution by the IHO to supporting navigational safety by ensuring that
all identified ambiguities and inconsistencies relating to the display of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) in ECDIS have been
resolved. Following the publication of the 4th Edition of IEC 61174 - Maritime Navigation and Radiocommunication Equipment
and Systems - Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) - Operational and Performance Requirements,
Methods of Testing and Required Test Results in August 2015, the revised editions are now the normative IHO references for
the type approval of all new ECDIS equipment.
In parallel, the IHO was actively preparing the next generation of standards to support the e-Navigation strategy and
implementation plan adopted by the International Maritime Organization as well as supporting the growth in maritime spatial
data infrastructures that promote the wider availability of core geospatial data, such as hydrography. An enhanced Edition
2.0.0 of the underpinning standard, Publication S-100 - Universal Hydrographic Data Model, was issued in 2015. The changes
introduced in the new edition improve the usability of S-100 for the developers of product specifications by providing for a
portrayal model, an additional encoding format - Geographic Markup Language (GML), and the ability to maintain lists of
information that are common across different domains. A number of S-100 based product specifications developed by the
IHO or by other organisations are also now ready for implementation or for validation tests.
Another significant outcome of the efficient coordination with the other standardisation organisations was the adoption in
August 2015, by the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM), of a
Guide to the Role of Standards in Geospatial Information Management and an associated Technical Compendium as the UNendorsed international geospatial standards best practice for spatial data infrastructure. These documents resulted from a
collaborative endeavour between the IHO, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and Technical Committee 211 of the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
2016 will see the IHOs technical programme continue work on developing the S-100 framework and monitoring the
implementation of the revised ECDIS standards.
Most IHO standards are made freely available on the IHO website.

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