SevenCs launched ENC Watermarker, which aims to protect intellectual properties. This application prevents piracy of a complete ENC data set or single cells. ENC Watermarker generates a replacement data set...

Updated Norwegian electronic navigational chart (ENC) data can now be downloaded and used in the open-source chart plotter and navigation software, OpenCPN. The Norwegian Mapping Authority Hydrographic Service's electronic navigational...

A couple of ENC Validation workshops has taken place at the PRIMAR offices in Stavanger recently. The participants received various modules with presentations and exercises to prepare them for the...

The PRIMAR Update Tracker (PUT) is a web-based ENC update overview which enables users to view and track changes made since the last ENC update. PUT increases the user's ENC...

ENC Designer 4.6.2 was released in November 2014. It comes with improved functionality to highlight the new validation categories that were introduced in the Edition 5.0.0. of S-58. ENC Designer...

Since last year, the recognised ‘ECDIS anomalies’ have raised concerns of trust in ECDIS and ENCs. Key organisations like the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

SevenCs has extended its ENC Tools Software Suite by the addition of three new software tools; ENC Encryptor, ENC Permit Generator, and ENC Contour Generator. In combination with the ENC...

Hurtigruten have selected the PRIMAR ENC service as its source for electronic navigational charts (ENCs), taking advantage of the fact that the Norwegian coast is fully covered. Hurtigruten has been...

The introduction of Electronic Chart Systems (ECS) and digital chart data to support these systems goes back more than twenty years to when the industry first started to realise the...

Hydrographic Offices (HOs) all over the world are going digital in their production environment. New shipboard equipment and improved display techniques embrace all the latest technologies in the interests of...