Available with ArcGIS Maritime license.
ArcGIS Maritime production workflows are supported with file, mobile, and enterprise geodatabases. To create a Maritime production database, you must import one of the Maritime data models. Schemas for the various Maritime data models are included with the ArcGIS Maritime product data files and are located at <ArcGIS Maritime installation location>\ArcGIS Maritime\Product Files\<version> once installed. Product schemas are in their corresponding subfolders.
Learn more about data models supported by ArcGIS Maritime
Create an S-57 or Paper Chart database
The S-57 and Paper Chart data model schemas are provided as XML workspace documents. These documents contain the necessary database components and data that are required by Maritime tools. Any S-57 or Paper Chart database can be created by importing the XML workspace document using the Import XML Workspace Document Wizard.
To create a Maritime S-57 or Paper Chart database, complete the following steps:
- Start ArcGIS Pro.
- Open a new or existing project.
- Create a file, mobile, or enterprise database if necessary.
- In the Catalog pane, right-click the geodatabase that you want to use and click Import > XML Workspace Document.
Note:
If you are creating a Maritime database in an enterprise geodatabase, you must have schema change permissions on the geodatabase to import the XML.
The Import XML Workspace Document Wizard appears.
- Click Browse
and browse to the location of the XML workspace document you want to use. S-57 templates are in the S-57 folder of the Maritime product files. The template for the Paper Chart schema is in the Charting\Schema folder.
- Choose a template that corresponds to the data model you want to use for the database and click Open.
- Click the Import data and schema option, if necessary.
- Click Next.
- Optionally, modify any configuration keywords.
- Click Finish to import the data model.
A Maritime database is created using the specified schema.
If you created a Maritime S-57 database in an enterprise geodatabase, you must register the necessary database components as versioned and enable archiving.
Note:
Geodatabase topology, which enforces the data integrity of products at a specific scale, is not included in the S-57 XML workspace documents. You can add a corresponding topology to a database containing ENC, IENC, or bIENC data models.
Create an S-100 database
The S-100 data models are available as feature catalogue XML documents that define the content of a data product. The Import S-100 Feature Catalogue tool reads the contents of a feature catalogue and creates database components based on that information. Any S-100 feature catalogue .xml file can be used to create a Maritime S-100 database. The S-101 feature catalogue file is provided with the Maritime product files. Alternatively, S-100 feature catalogue files can be acquired from the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) website for Standards and Specifications.
The Maritime S-100 Electronic Navigational Chart data model supports storing S-100 features as individual feature classes (flat data model) and as subtypes grouped into fewer feature classes (subtyped data model). To create the subtyped data model, specify a mapping file in the Subtype Mapping File parameter when importing the feature catalogue. Although both the flat and subtyped data models are supported, it is recommended that you use the subtyped data model for enhanced performance.
To create a Maritime S-100 database, complete the following steps:
- Start ArcGIS Pro.
- Open a new or existing project.
- Create a file, mobile, or enterprise database if necessary.
- On the Analysis tab, in the Geoprocessing group, click Tools
.The Geoprocessing pane appears.
- In the Geoprocessing pane, click the Toolboxes tab, expand Maritime Tools > S-100, and click Import S-100 Feature Catalogue.
The Import S-100 Feature Catalogue tool opens.
- For the S-100 Feature Catalogue parameter, browse to the location of the S-100 feature catalogue .xml file you want to use.
For example, when the Maritime product files are installed, the S-101 feature catalogue .xml file is located at <ArcGIS Maritime installation location>\ArcGIS Maritime\Product Files\<version>\S-101.
- Choose a feature catalogue .xml file, and click OK.
- For the Target Workspace parameter, choose an empty geodatabase.
Note:
If you are creating a Maritime database in an enterprise geodatabase, you must have schema change permissions on the geodatabase to import the feature catalogue.
- Optionally, choose a coordinate system for the Coordinate System parameter.
If the Coordinate System parameter is left blank, WGS84 is used.
- Optionally, to use a subtype mapping file, click Browse for the Subtype Mapping File parameter, and browse to <ArcGIS Maritime installation location>\ArcGIS Maritime\Product Files\<version>.
- Choose the subtype mapping file you want to use and click OK.
There are two feature class subtype mapping files available, for S-101 and S-124 (uses S-401 subtype mapping). The S-101 subtype mapping file is in the S-101 folder; the S-401 subtype mapping file is in the S-100 folder.
Note:
The S-101FeatureClassMap.xml subtype mapping file is only supported with the S-101 Electronic Navigational Chart Feature Catalogue.
- Optionally, specify a value for the Configuration Keyword parameter.
- Click the Environments tab.
- Specify values for the XY Resolution and XY Tolerance parameters.
For S-101, it is recommended that you use an x,y resolution of 1e-8 decimal degrees and an x,y tolerance of 3.5355339e-8 decimal degrees.
- Click Run to import the feature catalogue.
A Maritime S-100 database is created with the S-100 schema. If you created a Maritime S-100 database in an enterprise geodatabase, the necessary database components are registered as versioned and enabled for archiving.
Tip:
You can apply maritime symbology to S-101 data with the S-101 Group.lyrx layer file, which is included in the Maritime product files at <ArcGIS Maritime installation location>\ArcGIS Maritime\Product Files\<version>\S-101.