A New Data Resource for Nautical Cartography: The Automated Notice to Mariners.
Abstract
The Automated Notice to Mariners System (ANMS) is a new system for the computerized typesetting of the Weekly Notice to Mariners and periodic Summary of Corrections publications. The Chart Corrections Sections of these two publications are the largest and most important sections; therefore, they were selected as the first subsystem of the ANMS. Hardware and software necessary to support the Chart Corrections Subsystem are presently installed at the Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center. A digital data base of all up-to-date chart corrections information is nearing completion. In addition to supporting computerized publication requirements, the data base has multiple uses and benefits. It can be queried from anywhere in the world via modern communications equipment on a 24-hour basis, and a variety of computer programs are available to extract, manipulate, and format data from the ANMS data base. This paper introduces the ANMS and describes its utility as a new data resource for nautical cartography.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA082104
Entities
People
- Morris F. Glenn