Creating a desktop S-57 product by compiling new data (Maritime Charting)

With 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
  Note:

  If the Postpone Database Creation check box is checked, the process will only perform the two actions above.

• Creates the production database
• Versions and archives the necessary database items

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 New Data Compilation.
2. Click Next.

Defining your S-57 cell name

Defining your S-57 cell name creates the dataset name value used as the product and instance level names in the Product Library tree view. The steps below provide instruction for defining the S-57 cell name for both an ENC product and an AML product. Use the appropriate instructions to define the S-57 cell name for your product.

Defining your S-57 cell name for an ENC product

By default, the agency value you enter in the Nautical Properties pane of the Production Properties dialog box is listed in the Agency drop-down list. You need to define the intended usage and the remaining five characters that make up the S-57 dataset name. The dataset name value you define is used as the product and instance-level names in the Product Library tree view.

Steps:

1. Click the Producing Agency drop-down arrow and choose an agency value if you want to change the value defined in the nautical properties.
2. Click the Intended Usage drop-down arrow and choose your S-57 product's intended usage value.
3. Type the remaining five characters of your S-57 product's dataset name in the Product Identification field.
4. Click Next.

Defining your S-57 cell name for an AML product

By default, the agency value you input in the Nautical Properties pane of the Production Properties dialog box is listed in the Agency drop-down list. You need to define the Usage, the Security Code, and the remaining three characters that make up the S-57 dataset name. The dataset name value you define is used as the product and instance level names in the Product Library tree view.

Steps:

1. Click the Agency drop-down arrow and choose an agency value if you want to change the value defined in the nautical properties.
2. Click the Usage drop-down arrow and choose your S-57 product's intended usage value.
3. Click the Security Code drop-down arrow and select the proper security classification for your AML cell.
4. Type the remaining three characters of your S-57 product's dataset name in the Product Identification field.
5. Click Next.

Defining your S-57 metadata values

The dataset name value you defined previously is automatically set in the Dataset Name field of the Product Metadata dialog box. You need to enter a value for the compilation scale, which is used to define the cell's compilation scale.

Steps:

1. Click in the cell next to Compilation Scale of Data and type a value for your compilation scale.
Note:

The SBO, LBO, and RAL products can use the default value of zero for the Compilation Scale of Data value.

2. If necessary, edit the rest of the metadata fields with the appropriate values for your product.
3. Click Next.

Reviewing the summary

The summary shows you the metadata entries you entered before starting the product creation process.

Steps:

1. Review the metadata entries.
2. If necessary, click Back to go back to the Product Metadata area 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 in to the product library, and you need to check it out to begin working on it.