Development of KML conversion technology of ENCs

Oh, Se-Woong; Park, Jong-Min; Lee, Moon-Jin; Ko, Hyun-Joo

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2011;35(1):9-15.
Published online February 28, 2011.

전자해도의 KML 변환기술 개발

오세웅, 박종민, 이문진, 고현주

Development of KML conversion technology of ENCs

Se-Woong Oh, Jong-Min Park, Moon-Jin Lee, Hyun-Joo Ko

Abstract

IMO adopt the revision of SOLAS convention on requirement systems for ECDIS and considered an ECDIS as the major system for E-Navigation strategy on marine transportation safety and environment protection. ENC Electronic Navigational Chart) as the base map of ECDIS is considered as a principal information infrastructure that is essential for navigation tasks. Because ENCs are not easy to utilize for being encoded according to ISO/IEC 8211 file format, used for navigational purpose mainly, it's required to utilize in parts of Marine GIS and various marine application. In this paper, we developed KML conversion technology for ENC application. In details, we analyzed data model and encoding method of ENC, schema structure and data file of KML. Based on this results, we developed the program of KML conversion of ENCs.

Key Words: Electronic Navigation Chart;Google earth;Keyhole Markup Language;S-57;KML; Electronic Chart Display Information System