Setting up the AML production environment (Maritime Charting)

The desktop workflows reference the configuration settings stored within the product library. Setting up a desktop production environment involves the following steps:

Step	Creating new data	Loading existing data
1	Setting up the product library	Setting up the product library
2	Defining the nautical properties	Defining the nautical properties
3	Building the product library tree	Building the product library tree
4	Creating the production database in the desktop production environment for new products	Creating the production database in the desktop production environment for new products
5	Checking out the production database	Checking out the production database

Setting up the product library

Before you begin with the desktop production environment, you will need to set up the product library. You can then define your product library workspace. The product library workspace can store data model versions that consist of workspace XML files. These workspace XML files represent the geodatabase schema, the S-57 objects and attributes, for all products supported by ArcGIS for Maritime:Charting.

海事制表 comes packaged with an AML product library which includes all six AML vector profiles held in the workspace XML file format. The preconfigured AML product library will have the applicable AML workspace XML files loaded and is recommended for your use of the AML production workflow. You can find the AML product library in file geodatabase format and in XML workspace format on the Resource Center. You can find each of the six AML workspace XML files.

Defining the Nautical properties

In addition to the product library settings, you will also need to set the nautical-specific properties. These properties allow you to define your unit conversion and rounding rule settings if your agency requires you to export data using different units of measurement, Feature Identification Subdivision (FIDS), and other settings.

You will need to specify a central workspace if you are using the enterprise production environment; you can set this to the NIS database.

Building the product library tree

Once you have the product library defined and the Nautical properties set, you can start building the product library tree in ArcMap. You need to create the tree structure that follows this hierarchy:

Solution > Product Class > Series

If you are using the preconfigured AML product library XML workspace provided with 海事制表, the solution and product class are already built. See The product library structure for an explanation of all the product library components. You should create the series for your product class. See Adding a product to a series for nautical details about creating products.

Creating the production database in the desktop production environment for new products

When creating new AML products, You need to run the New Nautical Product wizard to create the production database. Using the New Nautical Product wizard, you can create new S-57 products by compiling new data or importing existing data.

Checking out the production database

Creating new AML data or importing an existing AML cell into your AML production database are options within the New Nautical Product wizard. This functionality is available by right-clicking at the series level in the product library tree.

With the desktop production environment, whether you need to import existing AML data into your production database or compile new AML data, at the end of process you will need to check out your production database. If you are importing an existing AML cell, check out your production database.