{"id":173190,"date":"2020-06-17T14:57:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T14:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/?p=173190"},"modified":"2022-03-25T12:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T12:56:08","slug":"high-definition-charts-advance-precision-marine-navigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/high-definition-charts-advance-precision-marine-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"High-definition charts advance precision marine navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Craig Winn<\/strong>, HD charting portfolio manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For large vessels entering port where there is next to zero margin for error, pilots and shipmasters are looking for the highest resolution data available to help them navigate these tight spaces safely and efficiently. NOAA\u2019s Office of Coast Survey recently constructed and released 16 high-definition (HD), band 6 (or berthing scale) electronic navigational charts for Los Angeles\/Long Beach Harbor, providing mariners with the best charts available to do their job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HD charts contain all features necessary for navigation, but also have bathymetry with one-meter curve intervals. They comply with the<a href=\"http:\/\/iho.int\/\"> International Hydrographic Organization<\/a>\u2019s S-57 standard and offer a new opportunity to deliver chart products that fully take advantage of high-resolution hydrographic surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/band6_snip-resized.jpg\" alt=\"An image showing a vessel dock and slip in Los Angeles harbor on a band 6 electronic navigational chart.\" class=\"wp-image-182713\"\/><figcaption>A berth in Los Angeles\/Long Beach Harbor depicted on a band 6 (or berthing level) HD electronic navigational chart.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/band5_snip-resized.jpg\" alt=\"An image showing a vessel dock and slip in Los Angeles harbor on a band 5 electronic navigational chart.\" class=\"wp-image-182715\"\/><figcaption>A berth in Los Angeles\/Long Beach Harbor depicted on a band 5 (or harbor level) electronic navigational chart.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HD charts for Los Angeles\/Long Beach Harbor are available through<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ic-enc.org\/\"> Regional ENC Distribution Centers<\/a> (RENC) and from the<a href=\"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/charts\/noaa-enc.html\"> Coast Survey\u2019s website<\/a>. These products represent an innovation in the delivery of bathymetric data within our navigation products. We welcome user feedback on improving these electronic navigational charts through the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/customer-service\/assist\/\"> ASSIST<\/a> tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Coast Survey continues to collect high quality, high-resolution hydrographic data in major U.S. ports, Coast Survey plans to construct more HD charts within our product suite. Coast Survey is currently planning a scheme of HD charts covering the Mississippi River from the mouth of the river extending up to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Craig Winn, HD charting portfolio manager For large vessels entering port where there is next to zero margin for error, pilots and shipmasters are looking for the highest resolution data available to help them navigate these tight spaces safely and efficiently. NOAA\u2019s Office of Coast Survey recently constructed and released 16 high-definition (HD), band &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/high-definition-charts-advance-precision-marine-navigation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;High-definition charts advance precision marine navigation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,25,37,26,7,27,10,18,19,12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cartographic-data","category-cartography","category-commerce","category-e-navigation","category-hydrographic-surveys","category-marine-transportation-system","category-nautical-charts","category-nautical-charts-2","category-navigation-products","category-navigational-charts","category-noaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182716,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173190\/revisions\/182716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}