Create S-57 Exchange Set (Maritime)

Available with Maritime Charting license.

Summary

Allows a mariner to view the Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) datasets in an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) for shipboard navigation.

An exchange set is a package of files that contains one catalog file and at least one S-57 dataset file (New Edition [EN] and Revised Edition [ER]). Once you have exported and published your S-57 data, you need to package the S-57 dataset files into a valid S-57 exchange set.

Usage

• Validate the S-57 product and clear it for publishing before creating the exchange set.

• This tool packages external files referenced by features in the following formats:

  • ENC: (*.txt, *.jpg, and *.tif)
  • IENC: (*.txt, *.jpg, *.tif, and *.xml)
  • AML: (*.txt, *.tif, *.pdf, *.html, *.htm, .jpeg, *.jpg, *.avi, .mpeg, and *.mpg)
  • Additional file types can be configured for each product type in <install location>\Resources\Maritime\S57ISO8211.xml.

• If an external file with the same name exists in multiple input folders, the one in the same folder as the S-57 product is given highest priority, followed by the order in which the folders appear in the input.

Syntax

CreateS57ExchangeSet(in_directories, out_directory, layout_format, {updates_only})

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_directories [in_directories,...]	Folders that contain at least one S-57 base cell (*.000) and, optionally, any of the following: S-57 update datasets README.txt file Any referenced files in the S-57 cells (*.txt, *.tif, and *.jpg)	Folder
out_directory	The location of an empty folder where the ENC_ROOT folder will be written. The folder must be empty for the tool to execute successfully.	Folder
layout_format	Specifies the directory and folder structure of the exchange set. VERSION_LAYOUT — The exchange set will be written in the format ENC_ROOT\CATALOG.031, ENC_ROOT\<Agency>\<ProductName>\<MajorEdition>\<MinorEdition>\<S57Product>, <Referenced Files>. This is the default. PRODUCT_LAYOUT —The exchange set will be written in the format ENC_ROOT\CATALOG.031, ENC_ROOT\<ProductName>\<S57Product>, <Referenced Files>. FLAT_LAYOUT —The exchange set will be written in the format ENC_ROOT\CATALOG.031, <S57Product(s)>, <Referenced Files>.	String
updates_only (Optional)	Specifies how S-57 update datasets in the input folder will be processed. INCLUDE_ALL —The output exchange set will include the S-57 base dataset and any updates. This is the default. INCLUDE_ONLY_UPDATES —The output exchange set will include all the updates but not the base dataset. If there are no updates, the output will include the S-57 base dataset.	Boolean

Derived Output

Name	Explanation	Data Type
derived_out_directory	The location of an empty folder where the ENC_ROOT folder will be written.	Folder

Code sample

CreateS57ExchangeSet example (stand-alone script)

The following code example demonstrates how to use the CreateS57ExchangeSet tool.

# Import arcpy module
import arcpy

input_directories = [r"C:\data\AML\cells", r"C:\data\AML\external_files"]
output_directory = r"C:\output"
layout_format = "FLAT_LAYOUT"
updates_only = "INCLUDE_ALL"

# Process: Create S-57 Exchange Set
arcpy.maritime.CreateS57ExchangeSet(input_directories, output_directory, layout_format, updates_only)

Environments

Current Workspace

Licensing information

• Basic: No
• Standard: Requires ArcGIS Maritime
• Advanced: Requires ArcGIS Maritime