Abstract
Future of Nautical Charting at NOAA
Track: Charting
Author(s): Julia Powell, Jorge Arias, Paul Lewis
As Hydrographic Offices face greater workloads of producing both Paper and Electronic Navigational Charts without an increase in resources, they are looking for new ways to streamline the production process. This streamlining needs to be efficient and deliver high quality and consistent products to the mariner in order to promote safe navigation. This requires new and improved ways of organizing data and workflows in making products, taking into consideration multiple sources and formats.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) embarked on a multiyear effort to streamline its nautical chart production. NOAA has contracted with ManTech MBI, Inc. using Esri PLTS Nautical software to create an integrated production system. This system will not only be capable to receive data from differing sources, but have enough versatility to build those products needed by the maritime community.
This paper describes how NOAA implemented such a system, the challenges faced and key outcomes.
Julia Powell
NOAA
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring , Maryland 20910
United States
Phone: 301-713-0388
E-mail: julia.powell@noaa.gov
Jorge Arias
ManTech
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring , Maryland 20910
United States
Phone: 301-713-0388
E-mail: jarias@mcdonaldbradley.com
Paul Lewis
ManTech
1315 East West Hwy
Silver Spring , Maryland 20910
United States
Phone: 3017130388
E-mail: mlewis@mcdonaldbradley.com