The electronic chart systems and their classification

This paper is about Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in marine, coastal and navigational applications, about Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) – state of the art in nautical charting, international fully standardised integrated navigational tool, about different types of electronic charts and systems and about necessity to use of correct internationally agreed terminology. This paper presents actual status of Electronic Chart Systems (ECS), Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS), Raster Chart Display Systems (RCDS), Admiralty Raster Chart Services (ARCS), their relations and classification of existing data bases pretending to standardised name of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) and Raster Navigational Charts (RNC).