Sperry Marine VISIONMASTER FT ECDIS-E, User Manual

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Supported Chart Engines and Databases
The VisionMaster system supports C-Map and SevenCs chart engines.
The C-Map chart engine supports the following chart databases:
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C-MAP ENC
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C-MAP Profe
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C-MAP ENC+
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The SevenCs chart engine supports the following chart databases:
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S63 (encrypted S-57)
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;
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S-57
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ARCS
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VPF (Vector Product Format)
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World Map (ENC)
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C-Map and SevenCs presentation libraries are supported.
Official and Unofficial Chart Data
Chart formats may be classified as Official or Unofficial chart data.
Official chart data is known as ENC data. All official chart data must comply
with data standards set by members of the IHO and published in their
document S-57, Edition 3.
An unofficial chart format is data which does not comply with the S-57
Edition 3 document (e.g. SevenCs World Map).
An Unofficial Data permanent prompt is displayed whenever chart data
from a unofficial source is displayed. Unofficial data is not certified for safe
navigational and the operator should refer to paper charts for unofficial data
regions.
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Official S-57 charts converted to CMAP's proprietary chart database format.
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Profe is an extended version of CM93v3 charts supplied on DVD.
9
The C-Map ENC+ database consists of official ENC data and unofficial C-Map chart data
where official data is not present.
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Encrypted official chart format, implementation is based on IMO S63 standard.
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Unencrypted official chart format, implementation based on IHO S57 standard.
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Admiralty Raster Chart Service. Suppliers of raster format electronic charts with world
coverage, in the HCRF format.
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As used by the Digital Nautical Chart (DNC) produced by the National Geospatial
Intelligence Agency (NGA). A `DNC data displayed' prompt appears when using these charts.
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The World Map database is delivered with the SevenCs Chart Engine and is based on the
NGA World Vector Shoreline 1:250,000 charts. The structure of the data is defined by the IHO
S-57 specification. Note that this database is only suitable for small scale viewing. It is not
official format and therefore not safety checked.