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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 Production Mapping license is required for paper charting workflows. The Production Mapping license is included with the ArcGIS Maritime extension.
• 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
• Perform automated spatial data quality control checks
• 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

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 3.5:

• ENC 3.1.3
• IENC 2.5
• bIENC 2.4
• AML 3.0
• CLB 2.1
• ESB 2.1
• LBO 2.1
• MFF 2.1
• RAL 2.1
• SBO 2.1
• S-4
• S-58 8.0.0
• S-101 2.0.0

Learn more about ArcGIS Maritime data models that support these specifications