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Available with ArcGIS Maritime license.

ArcGIS Maritime is a system for managing and producing maritime data compliant with the International Hydrographic Organization's (IHO) S-100 series of standards and S-57, as well as the MIL-PRF-89023 performance specification for Digital Nautical Chart (DNC).

ArcGIS Maritime provides tools for creating a maritime database, importing data, symbolizing data, editing data, and exporting products.

License:

The following licenses are required for some workflows:

• An active ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension license is required for generating depth areas workflows.

• An active ArcGIS Bathymetry license is required for sounding selection and shallow-bias contouring workflows.

Learn more about ArcGIS Pro licensing

The following sections describe additional capabilities of the ArcGIS Maritime extension.

S-57

You can do the following for the S-57 standard:

• Convert S-57 data to S-101 format

• Create and edit S-57 features

• Manage feature relationships

• Create depth area features

• Create land area features

• Validate S-57 data

• Export from a geodatabase to S-57 format

• Package S-57 data as an exchange set

• Import products into a geodatabase for centralized management and editing

• Use the Maritime Display Properties pane to customize a Maritime Chart Service layer with more than 35 display settings

DNC

You can do the following for DNC production:

• Import Vector Product Format (VPF) data to a geodatabase

• Create and edit DNC features

• Add notes to selected features

• Edit notes and delete notes on existing features

• Group layers in the Contents pane by theme

• Export data from a geodatabase to VPF

S-100

You can do the following for the S-100 standard:

• Convert S-57 data to S-101 format

• Import an S-100-based feature catalog into a geodatabase

• Import products into a geodatabase for centralized management and editing

• Create and edit S-100 features

• Manage feature associations

• Create depth area features

• Create land area features

• Export data from a geodatabase to S-100 format

• Package, encrypt, and digitally sign S-100 exchange sets

Paper charting

You can do the following for paper chart production:

• Create a paper charting geodatabase

• Make INT2 grids and graticules

• Apply maritime paper chart symbols to layers

• Create cartographic features

• Generate light sectors

• Mask annotation using color rules

• Automate chart creation

• Create a Zones of Confidence (ZOC) diagram

Supported product specifications

ArcGIS Maritime supports the following IHO product specifications in ArcGIS Pro 3.7:

• Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) 3.1.3

• Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (IENC) 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6

• Bathymetric Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (bIENC) 2.5 and 2.6

• Additional Military Layers (AML) 3.0

• Contour Line Bathymetry (CLB) 2.1

• Environmental Seabed Beach (ESB) 2.1

• Large Bottom Objects (LBO) 2.1

• Maritime Foundation Facilities (MFF) 2.1

• Routes Area Limits (RAL) 2.1

• Small Bottom Objects (SBO) 2.1

• S-4 Regulations of the IHO for International (INT) Charts

• S-58 ENC Validation Checks Edition 8.0.0

• S-101 ENC Product Specification 2.0.0

• S-124 Navigational Warnings 2.0.0

• S-131 Marine Harbour Infrastructure (MHI) 2.0.0 (draft)

Learn more about ArcGIS Maritime data models that support these specifications