The task being undertaken by hydrographic offices in Europe to digitise their chart portfolios is progressing. European HOs are working through the folio of charts covering their own national waters to produce vectorised electronic navigation charts (ENC)s. The process of digitising the information is relatively fast, but then the charts have to be verified, as every HO will accept legal responsibility for their accuracy, in the same way as they currently do with paper charts.
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