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Technical issues in NOAA's nautical chart program

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Title Technical issues in NOAA's nautical chart program / Committee on Assessment of Technical Issues in the Automated Nautical Chart Systems (ANSC II).
Publisher Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press
Creation Date 1996
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
English
Content ""Technical Issues in NOAA's Nautical Chart Program""
""Copyright""
""Preface""
""BACKGROUND""
""COMMITTEE COMPOSITION AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY""
""HOW THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED""
""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""
""Acknowledgments""
""Contents""
""Executive Summary""
""CONTEXT""
""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""
""1 Overview of the Nautical Charting Mission ""
""AUTOMATED NAUTICAL CHARTING SYSTEM (ANCS II) AND SUPER2 COMPUTER-ASSISTED REVISION SYSTEM/ COMPUTER-...""
""CONCERNS ABOUT NAUTICAL CHARTING ACTIVITIES""
""ERA OF CHANGE""
""2 Evolution of Information Needs and Products """"CUSTOMERS AND THEIR NEEDS""
""Traditional Users""
""Nontraditional Users""
""DIGITAL CHART SYSTEMS""
""DATABASE REQUIREMENTS""
""Source Data Collection and Validation""
""Database Maintenance""
""Chart and Data Production""
""Certification and Quality Assurance""
""Marketing and Distribution""
""3 Technical Considerations ""
""PAPER AND RASTER CHARTS""
""POPULATING THE VECTOR DATABASE""
""DATA PERISHABILITY""
""DATA STANDARDS""
""COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF AND OPEN SYSTEMS""
""Migration Planning""
""Hardware""
""Software""
""Other System Elements"" ""Open-System Design Philosophy""
""SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES""
""4 Technical Path to an Open System ""
""CURRENT SOFTWARE TOOLS""
""PATH FORWARD""
""Task Management""
""Source Logging""
""Source Evaluation""
""Vector Database Management""
""On-Line Data Warehouse""
""Output Management""
""EXAMPLES OF ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS""
""COMMENTS ON THE NOAA MODERNIZATION PLAN""
""5 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations ""
""SUMMARY""
""FINDINGS""
""CONCLUSIONS""
""RECOMMENDATIONS""
""APPENDICES""
""APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members """"APPENDIX B Production Modernization Plan ""
""APPENDIX C Management Guidelines for Future System Development Projects ""
""INTRODUCTION""
""QUALIFIED MANAGEMENT AND STAFF""
""ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS""
""LIFE-CYCLE COST ASSESSMENT""
""NOAA�S ROLES AND MISSIONS""
""SYSTEMS ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT APPROACH""
""Developmental Approaches""
""Training Requirements""
""APPENDIX D Data Formats and Chart Systems ""
""DATA FORMATS""
""Vector Product Format""
""Digital Nautical Chart""
""CHART SYSTEMS""
""Electronic Chart System"" ""Electronic Chart Display and Information System""
""APPENDIX E Estimate of Costs for Building a Database ""
""ANALYSIS""
""IMPACTS TO NOAA""
""References""
Extent 1 online resource (76 pages)
Language English
National Library system number 997010711933305171
MARC RECORDS

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