S-100 services
IC-ENC is working with its member HOs to expand its offering beyond ENCs and to provide end users with a coherent package of S-100 Services
The IHO/HO/RENC environment is changing. We are now in the IHO's S-100 Implementation Decade and IC-ENC is working with its member HOs to expand its offering beyond S-57 ENCs and to provide end users with a coherent package of S-100 Services. Based on stakeholder research, the priority services are S-101, S-102, S-104, S-111 and S-122.
In line with the IHO S-100 roadmap, we have started to develop our S-100 era services and have made good progress on all priority services, with trial services expected to be available by the end of 2023.
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S-101
S-101 is the new product specification for Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) and will ultimately replace S-57 as the official digital chart solution for use on ECDIS.
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S-102
S-102 is the new product specification for bathymetric surface data, and will provide users with detailed bathymetric data as an additional layer to S-101 on ECDIS to aid decision making and improve safety when navigating shallow waters.
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S-104
S-104 is the water level information for surface navigation product, which will enable the mariner to view historical and real-time water level observations and predictions on ECDIS.
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S-111
S-111 is the surface currents product specification which will provide users with critical information on surface currents in the format of annual forecasts and up to six hourly predictions.
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S-122
S-122 is the marine protected areas product specification which can be used alongside S-101 on ECDIS to provide detailed information on marine protected areas including seas, oceans, estuaries or large lakes.