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The sensors providing the data inputs to ECDIS are the following: The global positioning system (GPS and/or DGPS). The automatic identification system (AIS). The radar and automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA).

How to ENCs on Furuno ECDIS- Step by Step Guide Step 1: Know what ENCs you require for your Voyage. ... Step 2: Send the ENC request to your ENC provider. ... Step 3: Import the ENCs to the ECDIS. ... Step 4: Update the permit in Chartco. ... Step 5: Check the status of the Cells. ... Step 6: Load the latest base cell DVD.

Official charts are those, and only those, produced by a government hydrographic office (HO). Unofficial charts are produced by a variety of private companies and may or may not meet the same standards used by HO's for data accuracy, currency, and completeness.

Nautical charts are key to safe navigation. It is a map that depicts the configuration of the shoreline and seafloor. It provides water depths, locations of dangers to navigation, locations and characteristics of aids to navigation, anchorages, and other features. The nautical chart is essential for safe navigation.

A navigating officer can then access the system using chart number to print and apply any specific or all applicable corrections for any chart present onboard. There is an offline database and software in use onboard ships where corrections are supplied in the form of weekly mail attachments.

To correct a chart, look up the number of the chart in the index at the front of the NTM, by the chart number there will be a list of all the corrections that relate to that chart. Each correction is given a number to identify it. You then need to look up the correction to discover the details.

In the interests of good seamanship, it is vitally important that all charts are corrected up to date to the latest Notice to Mariners and NP5011 standards, to ensure safety critical information is applied to each chart.