Handel i gospodarka · 15/10/2004

Certification Requirements for Distributors of NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts/NOAA Hydrographic Products

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) proposes to promulgate certification requirements with standards for applicants who want to distribute NOAA Electronic Navigational Charts (NOAA ENCs[reg]) as official data. NOAA intends to offer two types of certification. The first type, "Certified NOAA ENC Distributor" (CED), would be for NOAA ENCs downloading, exact copying, and redistribution of those copies of NOAA ENCs data. The second type, "Certified NOAA ENC Value Added Distributor" (CEVAD), would permit reformatting official NOAA ENCs into a System Electronic Navigational Chart (SENC) using type-approved software, and distribution of that SENC. Both types of certification would result in products that meet federal chart carriage regulations. Both types of certification would permit, but would not require, compression, encryption, and packaging with other data. NOAA intends by this action to assure that quality official NOAA ENC data is offered to the public in support of safe navigation on U.S. waters.