Open ECDIS Forum OEF

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Open ECDIS Forum (OEF)

• Established in 1997 to facilitate the
  international development and implementation of
  ECDIS
• Objectives
• Encourage and support development of ECDIS
• Provide lines of communication between IMO, IHO,
  IEC standards developers, industry and users
• Promote use of S-57 ENC data
• Examine new development proposals

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OEF Activities

• Establish/maintain Discussion Forums
• Register new S-57 Objects/attributes
• Register S-57 Data Producer Codes
• Distribute ECDIS-related freeware/shareware
• Provide a link with IHO website and other
  organizations involved in ECDIS

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OEF Discussion Forums

• Widely used by IHO IEC WGs, industry, and other
  ECDIS stakeholders
• IHO
• CSMWG
• TSMAD
• HGMIO
• Inland ENC Harmonization Group

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OEF Registration Service

• ENC Producer Codes (IHO S-62, Ed. 2)
• - HOs
• S-57 Data Producer Codes (OEF)
• - 63 companies/organizations

1A 6682 - ARAMCO 1B 0 - UKHO test and sample
datasets 1L 7973 Laser Scan Ltd. 1I 7970
Navionics S.p.A. 1N 7975 Nautical Data
International, Inc. 1O 7976 Offshore Charts
Ltd. 1P 7977 - Port Of London Authority 2S 12079
- Ssangyong Corp. 6C 27756 - Guoy Consultancy Sdn
Bhd 7C 31868 SevenCs GmbH
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OEF Registration Service

• New S-57 Objects/Attributes
• Additional Military Layers (AMLs)
• Marine Information Objects (MIOs)
• Ice Coverage
• Weather
• Coral Reef/Marine Protection
• Inland ECDIS/ENC

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OEF Operation and Management

• OEF Server
• at Univ. of New Hampshire
• OEF Management
• 7Cs ? UNH
• - Upgrade/modernization
• OEF Board of Advisors

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Upgrade/Modernization

• Migrate old operating software to PMP/MySQL
• Establish hybrid e-mail list / web-based forum
  for discussion groups
• Implement format/content changes for new
  registers for
• S-57 data producer codes
• new S-57 objects/attributes
• new product specs/application profiles

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Possible Further Enhancements

• More powerful search functions to browse
  discussion archives
• Topics of broader scope/content
• Host web mapping portal that provides active
  interface to world-wide ENC coverage availability
• Others ???

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OEF Future Direction

• Who does the OEF really belong to?
• Primary role/function
• - interface
• - services
• - keeping everyone informed
• Stakeholder participation

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