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charting and is mainly tasked to develop and maintain the IHO Chart Specifications, as contained in
publication S-4. The 26 attendees included representatives from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea (Rep. of), Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain,
Sweden, UK, USA and IHB, plus expert contributors from ESRI and Jeppesen. The meeting was chaired
by Dr. Peter JONES (UK).
The meeting reviewed and discussed a number of proposals relating to chart content and specifications,
that included the following topics for which new or amended specifications would be prepared as part of
the next work programme:
- depiction of marine farm areas;
- maintained / dredged areas;
- safe clearance heights;
- depiction of limits of newly surveyed areas;
- coloured light flares;
- printing plans on back of charts;
- and arc-pointers to aids to navigations.
The meeting was told that the comprehensive revision of S-4 which started in 2004 was now in its last
phase and should be completed in 2012 or 2013. An update on progress with the current revision of S-4 -
Section B-300 Topography was provided and discussed. Similarly, an update was provided on the
development of a US Combined Paper Chart and ECDIS Chart No.1, and a UK INT1-like publication that
described S-52 (ECDIS) symbols. Finally, presentations were made by the expert contributors on projects
relating to an “Ocean Basemap” (ESRI) and an “NHS Print-on-Demand Service” (Jeppesen).
Element 2.4 DIPWG
DIGITAL INFORMATION PORTRAYAL WORKING GROUP
(TASK 2.4.1)
The Digital Information Portrayal Working Group (DIPWG) meeting was held jointly with the 22 nd
TSMAD meeting and took place at the Sejong Hotel in Seoul, Korea (Rep. of), from 11 to 15 April. (See
report on TSMAD – Element 2.11)
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