Creating a desktop S-57 product by importing an existing cell (Maritime Charting)

With the ArcGIS for Maritime: Charting, all S-57 products are created through the New Nautical Product wizard. This wizard is accessed from the series level in the Product Library tree view and can be used by those with Administrator, Edit, or Check In/Check Out product library permissions.

The wizard performs the following actions in a desktop production environment:

• Creates the product and instance levels in the Product Library tree view
• Writes the metadata entries to the Nautical Metadata table
• Creates the production database
• Versions and archives the necessary database items
• Imports S-57 data into the production database if necessary

The following sections guide you through each process of the wizard.

Accessing the wizard

When you first open the New Nautical Product wizard, the Overview dialog box displays a description of all the processes you will encounter.

Steps:

1. Start ArcMap.
2. If necessary, open the Product Library window by clicking Customize > Production > Product Library on the main menu.

   A tree view of the product library appears.
3. If necessary, expand Product Library and Products.
4. Right-click the series for which you want to create a product and click New Nautical Product.

   The Overview area of the New Nautical Product wizard appears.

5. Review the content in the Overview area.
6. Click Next.

Defining the creation method

You need to select the product's creation method. You can choose between compiling new data or importing an existing cell.

Steps:

1. Click Import Existing Cell.
2. Click the ellipsis button (...) and browse to the location where your S-57 cell is stored.
3. Click OK.
4. Click Next.

Reviewing the summary

The summary shows the S-57 cell's header information stored within the metadata table.

Steps:

1. Review the summary.
2. If necessary, click Back to go back to the creation method and make any corrections.
3. Click Finish.

   A progress dialog box appears with the status of the creation process.

4. Click OK when the process completes.

Once your S-57 product is created, it is checked into the product library, and you need to check it out to begin working on it.