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S-57 (ENC) Hydrographic Data Reader missing ENC edition 3.1 attributes

  • 15 January 2019
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The S-57 (ENC) Hydrographic Data Reader claims to support S-57 edition 3.1. However, the reader does not include the supplements to the ENC 3.1 edition. For example, IHO released supplement 3 (https://www.iho.int/iho_pubs/standard/S-57Ed3.1/S-57_e3.1_Supp3_Jun14_EN.pdf) which includes attributes that are not present in the FME reader. Am I missing something or does the FME reader only support the initial release of the ENC edition and not the supplements?


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Hi @spatial_aus,

According to the S-57 documentation, ENC 3.1 is supported but there is no mention about the supplemental editions (i.e. edition 3.1.3).

While it is possible that the supported supplements have fallen out of date, you should be able to see what attributes are supported in the s57 csv files that are located in <install dir>/s57 (s57attributes.csv, etc.). If attributes from supplement 3 are not found in the csv files this will likely require an enhancement on our end to add support for the latest version.

Are you able to upload some sample data so we can take a closer look into this? Alternatively, if you are unable to upload data on the Q&A forum, pleases submit a case with a sample dataset so we can continue working on this with you.

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