Automated Nautical Charting System II

The increasing demand for digital chart products combined with the need for increased productivity is the basis for a high-priority effort to modernize the nautical charting process within the Nautical Charting Division of NOAA´s National Ocean Service. This paper is a description of the conceptual design of this modernization effort which, for the most part, is centered around the Automated Nautical Charting System II. Major features include a product-independent data base, multiple high-performance graphic workstations, terminals for alphanumeric and medium-resolution graphic operations, a chart construction capability, and a network system to facilitate communications between major system components.