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Inland Electronic Navigational Charts

Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

The Inland Electronic Navigational Charts (IENC) dataset is updated bi-monthly by the US Army Corps (USACE)/Army Geospatial Center (AGC), and part of U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). There is a partial delivery on the 1st and 15th business day of a month. If there is a need for a special chart delivery, occasionally there will be updates outside of the delivery cycle. The charts with data changes are released either as new editions or updates to existing IENCs on a regular delivery cycle. These IENCs were developed from available data used in maintenance of Navigation channels. These vector data, that make up the charts, can be downloaded as a geodatabase here: https://ienccloud.us/ienc/products/files/U37/ienc_master_dataset_gdb/USACE_IENC_Master_Service_gdb.zip. In addition, web mapping services of the feature classes/datasets can be found here: https://ienccloud.us/arcgis/rest/services/IENC_Feature_Classes. Users of these IENCs should be aware that some features and attribute information could have significant inaccuracies due to changing waterway conditions, inaccurate source data, or approximations introduced during chart compilation. Caution is urged in use of these IENCs or derived products for navigation planning or operation, or any decisions pertaining to or affecting safety of vessel operation. Only charts downloaded from the USACE chart server, https://ienccloud.us, and used in an Electronic Chart Display Information System (ECDIS) or Electronic Chart System (ECS), or official government chart books are suitable for navigation.

Access & Use Information

License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Date July 23, 2025
Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
Reference Date(s) July 1, 2020 (creation)
Frequency Of Update

Metadata Source

Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Series
Metadata Date July 23, 2025
Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
Reference Date(s) July 1, 2020 (creation)
Responsible Party United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid Inland Electronic Navigational Charts
Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
Bbox East Long -79.4655559999999
Bbox North Lat 45.142195
Bbox South Lat 29.610281
Bbox West Long -96.7379979999999
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update
Harvest Object Id f7217ced-1667-46e9-a7cd-8c40bbe8938b
Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use. Users should be aware that the IENCs reflect best available information at the time the data was collected. These data products are subject to change.
Lineage
Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
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Progress onGoing
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True

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