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INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANISATION HYDROGRAPHIQUE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONALE er 4b, quai Antoine I Tél. : +377 93 10 81 00 B.P. 445 Fax : +377 93 10 81 40 MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX Mél : [email protected] PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO Web : www.iho.int NAUTICAL INFORMATION PROVISION WORKING GROUP 1 Dec 2017 SURVEY ON S-122 (MARINE PROTECTED AREA) AND S-123 (RADIO SERVICES) PRODUCT SPECIFICATION IMPLEMENTATION References: A. IHO resolution 2/2007 B. HSSC9/94 Dear Hydrographer, Dear IHO Contact, As listed contact of your office in IHO matters, I am pleased to invite you to complete the NIPWG survey on the impacts that the introduction of two new S-100 based product specifications would have. According to the current IHO Resolutions each new standard (S-100 product specifications have been considered as being standards in that regard) should be subjected such a survey before becoming an active standard. We are assessing all known IHO contacts to explore how the implementation of products based on our product specification will be conducted and what the intended timeframes of the various production chain parts are. Your feedback is valuable to improving the development process and to provide our customers with the best possible service. Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary and you may opt out of any question in the survey if you so wish. All of your responses will remain confidential. They will only be used for statistical purposes and will be reported only in aggregated form. This survey will run from Friday, 1 December 2017 until Wednesday, 31 January 2018. Based on our past experience the survey will take 5 – 10 minutes to complete. Click here to start the survey on S-122 (Marine Protected Area) Click here to start the survey on S-123 (Radio Services) Mapping our Seas, Oceans and Waterways - more important than ever The survey is being conducted using SurveyMonkey, a cloud based software that stores data on secure servers in the U.S. If you have any questions about this survey or any difficulty with the links please contact me by email or phone. Finally, thank you for providing your feedback. We appreciate the time you have taken and will actively use it to improve our service to you. Yours sincerely, Jens Schröder-Fürstenberg (NIPWG Chairman) Jens Schröder-Fürstenberg Sachgebietsleiter/ Head of Section Nautische Redaktion/ Nautical Editorial Office Tel +49-381-4563-764 Fax +49-381-4563-769 [email protected] Neptunallee 5 | 18057 Rostock | Germany Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie ist eine Bundesoberbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI) INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANISATION HYDROGRAPHIQUE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONALE er 4b, quai Antoine I Tél. : +377 93 10 81 00 B.P. 445 Fax : +377 93 10 81 40 MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX Mél : [email protected] PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO Web : www.iho.int NAUTICAL INFORMATION PROVISION WORKING GROUP Release of two new S-100 based product specifications IHO is planning to set two new S-100 based product specifications into operational status. This paper discusses the rationale and provides an overview of the benefits the new product specifications offer. Effectuating the IMO carriage requirement for ECDIS Systems, ships are equipped with ECDIS systems using electronic charts based on IHO S-57 Standard. The display of these charts is harmonised according to the S-52 standards and the portrayal rules are hard coded in the on board systems. S-52 and S-57 have several limitations which  make the update of these standards extremely difficult;  limit the support of future requirements such as gridded bathymetry;  limit the data use due to the format used; and  limit the capability to use alternative transfer mechanism. Taking into account these limitations, and considering the rapidly increasing demand to add more information on ECDIS, and to open the data for other uses, the IHO decided to develop a new system which could support a wider variety of hydrographic-related digital data sources, products, and customers. The system is based on a Universal Hydrographic Data Model (S-100) and various product specifications which will provide the information itself. Bearing in mind the request of wider data use, the S-100 is based on ISO standards. The product specifications carry inter alia information on the data model and portrayal instructions. That supports the plug-and-play strategy. This means, new information could be loaded in S-100 based ECDIS without usage of third party support. The work on the various S-100 based hydrographic product specifications has been split between several IHO working groups. Each of these working groups can contribute their expertise within their remit. Having noted the benefit of S-100, other stakeholders in the maritime community are developing their own S-100 based product specification. These product specifications can either supplement those developed by the IHO working groups or they provide the customers other valuable information.  INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC ORGANISATION HYDROGRAPHIQUE ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONALE er 4b, quai Antoine I Tél. : +377 93 10 81 00 B.P. 445 Fax : +377 93 10 81 40 MC 98011 MONACO CEDEX Mél : [email protected] PRINCIPAUTE DE MONACO Web : www.iho.int NAUTICAL INFORMATION PROVISION WORKING GROUP The Nautical Information Provision Working Group (NIPWG) is one of these IHO working groups. One focus of work is the development of S-100 based product specifications which provide nautical information which is normally written in books. Based on customer requests the working group focussed on the development to complete the work on S-122 (Marine Protected Area). In addition, and to compliment S-122, the completion of S-123 (Radio Services) was also focussed on. The S-122 (Marine Protected Area (MPA)) seeks to provide information on protected areas whose boundaries include an area of the ocean. MPA include areas of the intertidal or sub- tidal terrain, together with their overlying water and associated flora, fauna, historical and cultural features, which have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of, the enclosed environment. The MPA product specification is able to provide information on both static and dynamic areas and the information needed by the mariner to safely navigate in areas affected. The S-123 (Radio Services) describes the means to capture availability and reliability of radio stations, radio position fixing systems, radio beacons, services offering navigational warnings and weather forecasts in the maritime domain. This may include details on the service areas, services offered and instructions for contacting or utilising these services. Products based on these product specifications have no portrayal. It is anticipated that the mariner will receive alarms or indications if the ship is planning to cross areas containing information which might have effects on the safe navigation. These alarms and indications are customised and will be based on ship’s characteristics and ship’s position. Knowing that currently no S-100 based ECDIS is available, the product specifications’ folders contain test sample data which can be downloaded and viewed on any GIS viewer. Dear IHO contacts, Based on IHO resolution 2/2007, NIPWG is pleased to invite you to participate the survey on the S-122 (Marine Protected Area) and S-123 (Radio Services) implementation. The survey seeks feedback from all potential parties involved in the production and distribution chain including software developer and end users. The attached white paper and the invitation provide background information and specific survey details. Each survey might require no more than 5-10 minutes time. Your feedback is important to us and NIPWG appreciates it if you could spend few minutes of your time to complete the survey. Deadline for responses is 31 January 2018. Thanks and best regards Jens Schröder-Fürstenberg (NIPWG Chairman) Jens Schröder-Fürstenberg Sachgebietsleiter/ Head of Section Nautische Redaktion/ Nautical Editorial Office Tel +49-381-4563-764 Fax +49-381-4563-769 [email protected] Neptunallee 5 | 18057 Rostock | Germany Das Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie ist eine Bundesoberbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI)