IHO S-100

21st Century Framework Data Structure

for Hydrographic and Related Data

Reference
IHO S-100 - The New Hydrographic Geospatial Standard
for Marine Data and Information

R. Ward, L. Alexander, B. Greenslade

http://www.iho.int/COMMITTEES/CHRIS/TSMAD/S-100_Info_Paper.pdf

Last updated Dec 2010

History

IHO S-57
Edition 3.0
Edition 3.1

- May 1992
- November 1996
- November 2000 (currently active but frozen)

Edition 3.1 Supplement No. 1 - January 2007

(added IMO-requested features for PSSA and ASL)
Edition 3.1 Supplement No. 2 - June 2009
(amended ZOC criteria, corrected navaid master-slave relationship)

S-100 Edition 1.0.0 - January 2010

Last updated Dec 2010

S-57

Hydrographic Data Transfer Standard

Contains:

Introduction
Data Model
Data Structure and Format
Rules for ISO 8211 encapsulation
Appendix A Object Catalogue
Appendix B1 - ENC Product Specification

Last updated Dec 2010

S-57 Users
Hydrographic Offices

Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs)

other communities have S-57 based products

Additional Military Layers (AML)

Marine Information Overlay (MIO)

Inland ENC

[Port ENC]

Last updated Dec 2010

S-57 Limitations

Developed primarily to meet ENC requirement for an

IMO compliant ECDIS

Inflexible maintenance regime (freezing of editions)

Cannot support contemporary requirements

gridded bathymetry, time-varying information, etc

Data transfer mechanisms are limited

data model embedded in encapsulation (ISO 8211)

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Why S-100 ?

Join mainstream GIS

maximizes access to COTS software and development

interoperability with other ISO 19100 based profiles

new components not developed in isolation
easier use of hydro data beyond HOs and ECDIS users
- coastal zone mapping, security, inundation modeling,
extensible and active feature catalogue registry
Plug-and-Play updating of data, symbology and software
enhancements
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S-100 will support :

Imagery and gridded data

High-density bathymetry
Seafloor classification
3-D and time-varying data (x,y,z and time)
Dynamic ECDIS
MIOs
Marine GIS
Web-based services
other maritime data applications
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S-100

Framework Data Structure

for Hydrographic and Related Data

broad geospatial framework structure

Not specific to ECDIS or charting

Capable of accommodating other requirements
Increasing interest from prospective e-Navigation data
providers

Based on ISO 19100 series of geographic standards

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S-100 - built on ISO 19100

Naming: S-57 e4.0 S-100

S-57 is NOT the ENC Product specification

S-100 is NOT the ENC Product specification

S-57 and S-100 : generic framework standards for

hydrographic and related information

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Additional Objectives

Content and carrier are independent

No need for new versions of product specifications or
system revisions

Product Feature Catalogs more flexible and capable of

expansion

Plug-and-play updating

can accommodate future IMO requirements

Will support emerging ECDIS / e-Navigation

requirements

integrated Nautical Publications, Inland & Port ENC Product Specs, etc

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Strong Foundation

Built on established international standards:

ISO /TC211 (130 countries/members)

Liaison

DGIWG (military)

OGC (strong industry/web involvement presence)

SDI (Spatial Data Infrastructure) communities

IHO is hosting the ISO compliant Registry

Contains registers of hydrographic-related information (such as feature

content dictionaries, data types, metadata, etc)

Last updated Dec 2010

S-100 Registry

accessible via IHO website: www.iho.int

Last updated Dec 2010

Registry and Registers

Management procedures in IHO S-99

Registers organised under domains
(

hydrographic features, sea ice coverage, nautical publications, Inland ENCs, etc

Registry open to extension and use by other submitting

organizations

Submitting organizations propose then regulate their domain

data - via domain control body

All features tagged with domain owner

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Open Participation

Is what you want already in the S-100 registry?

Then use it !

Not in the registry ?

Then, find or become a submitting organization to :

propose a revision
propose something new
propose to establish a new domain

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S-100 - Status
Identify
Need

Propose

Proposal
phase

Develop

Development
phase

Test

Testing phase

S-57 Active Standard

1 Jan 2010 Transition

Implement

S-100
Active Standard

Implementation phase
Effective
date

Stakeholder feedback and collaboration

Implement

Retirement
Date

S-57 superseded
but still valid

S-100 will support a greater variety of data sources, products and services

S-100 and Product Specifications

S-101 ENC

S-100

contains all
the components
to make different
product specifications
for all types of
hydrographic data

S-102 ??
S-103 ??

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S-10?

S-101 next generation ENC

Standard for future Electronic Navigational Charts
Based on concepts in S-100
S-57 ed3.1 data will be usable in S-101 compliant ECDIS
systems
Will incorporate all the data included in S-57 ENC
Will allow for plug and play updating of data, symbology and
software enhancements

Last updated Dec 2010

S-101 Development Timetable

Establish test datasets and test-beds

Conduct impact analysis
Production Software (Hydrographic Offices, software
companies)
OEMs
End Users training establishments
Type-approval authorities

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Identify
Need

Propose

Proposal
phase

Develop

Development
phase

S-101 under development

1 Jan 2010

Test

Testing phase

Implement

Implement

Implementation phase

Transition

Active Standard

Migration from S-57 to S-100

Cooperation with all interested parties

(workshops, IHO S-100 Discussion Forum, ..)
S-57 ed3.1 will continue to be used for many years even
after S-100 release
Opportunity to use S-100 based Prod Specs (e.g. gridded
bathy) with S-57 ENC Prod Spec via data overlays

Last updated Dec 2010

Impact on S57 e3.1 ENCs

S-101 ENC Product Specification will not come into

force until at least 2012
S-101 ENC will sit alongside the existing S-57 e3.1
ENC Product Specification for some time
ECDIS equipment which are upgraded to use S-101
ENCs will be able to use S-57 e3.1 ENCs

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Summary
S-100
Will enable wider use and transfer of hydrographic data
than S-57
Registry open to extension and use by other submitting
organizations
Will better support new/emerging requirements
Is aligned with a contemporary standard ( ISO 19100)
Will NOT make S-57 ENCs obsolete
Will not require HOs to change to S-100 in the near future

Last updated Dec 2010

IHO S-100
The Universal Hydrographic Data Model