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Technical Issues in NOAA's Nautical Chart Program (1996) / Chapter Skim
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... Thus the system that was designed primarily to automate paper chart production was now expected to also deliver digital nautical data for electronic charts. Fortunately it is possible for the nautical information digital database designed for ANCS II to serve both functions.
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... Faced with a lack of funding to load the ANCS II database, NOAA has developed digital rasters techniques that have proven useful and efficient for automating the paper chart production process. However, at this time NOAA does not have the capability of producing the vector database currently needed for approved electronic charting systems.
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... NOAA should expand outreach programs to obtain feedback from users on new information representations that would enable more efficient production of paper charts. · NOAA should seek partnerships with other federal agencies that conduct related activities to share data and with the private sector to coordinate production of nautical information products.
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