Department of Defense Requirements for Electronic Chart Display & Information System Data: A Defense Mapping Agency Perspective

Edwin O. Danford and Mel Wagner

Abstract:	The U.S. Navy is building the Navigation Sensor System Interface (NAVSSI), its version of ECDIS for Navy surface ships. The NAVSSI is being built to satisfy the functional and performance specifications proposed by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Because of the need for interoperability with other Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) data sets for command and control, mission planning and weapons systems support, Digital Nautical Charts (DNC) will be distributed using the DOD standard for vector data: Vector Product Format. This paper will address DMA’s developmental approach, including DNC structure, content, layering, tiling, schedule, and availability of DNC product specifications and prototype data sets.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1994) June 6 - 8, 1994 Antlers Doubletree Hotel Colorado Springs, CO
Pages:	295 - 300
Cite this article:	Danford, Edwin O., Wagner, Mel, "Department of Defense Requirements for Electronic Chart Display & Information System Data: A Defense Mapping Agency Perspective," Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of The Institute of Navigation (1994), Colorado Springs, CO, June 1994, pp. 295-300.
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