Sailing the Rough Seas of Automated Electronic Navigational Charts Compilation

Abstract. 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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Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the ICA
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2025-10-20
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https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-adv-5-17-2025
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Maritime Navigation and Safety
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Abstract. 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.

Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the ICAVol. 5
Environmental Systems Research Institute (United States) (US), University of New Hampshire (US), National Technical University of Athens (GR), Royal Institute and Observatory of the Spanish Navy (ES), Geographical Institute (HU), NOAA Office of Coast Survey, NOAA National Geodetic Survey (US)
National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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