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NOAA ENC Direct to GIS

Published by Office of Coast Survey | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 11, 2026 at 09:56 PM | Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2001 at 12:00 AM
NOAA's Electronic Navigational Charts (NOAA ENCs) have been developed to support the marine transportation infrastructure and coastal management. The NOAA ENCs are in S-57, a data standard developed by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) to be used for the exchange of digital hydrographic data. NOAA ENCs can be used in Geographic Information Systems, (GIS) allowing for broader public access. Many GIS's, however cannot read an ENC's native S-57 format to address this problem. NOAA's ENC Direct to GIS web portal provides comprehensive access to display, query, and download all available large scale NOAA ENC data in a variety of GIS/CAD formats for non-navigational purposes using Internet mapping service technology. Nautical chart features contained within an NOAA ENC provide a detailed representation of the U.S. coastal and marine environment. This data includes coastal topography, bathymetry, landmarks, geographic place names and marine boundaries. Features in an NOAA ENC are limited in that they only represent the geographic region that is depicted in that particular NOAA ENC. By aggregating nautical features from all NOAA ENCs in the creation of GIS data, a contiguous depiction of the U.S coastal and marine environment is achieved.

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description NOAA's Electronic Navigational Charts (NOAA ENCs) have been developed to support the marine transportation infrastructure and coastal management. The NOAA ENCs are in S-57, a data standard developed by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) to be used for the exchange of digital hydrographic data. NOAA ENCs can be used in Geographic Information Systems, (GIS) allowing for broader public access. Many GIS's, however cannot read an ENC's native S-57 format to address this problem. NOAA's ENC Direct to GIS web portal provides comprehensive access to display, query, and download all available large scale NOAA ENC data in a variety of GIS/CAD formats for non-navigational purposes using Internet mapping service technology. Nautical chart features contained within an NOAA ENC provide a detailed representation of the U.S. coastal and marine environment. This data includes coastal topography, bathymetry, landmarks, geographic place names and marine boundaries. Features in an NOAA ENC are limited in that they only represent the geographic region that is depicted in that particular NOAA ENC. By aggregating nautical features from all NOAA ENCs in the creation of GIS data, a contiguous depiction of the U.S coastal and marine environment is achieved.
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issued 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
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  "Boundaries",
  "Environment/Hazard",
  "Hydrography",
  "Landform",
  "Marine Navigation",
  "Oceans",
  "Transportation",
  "Wildlife/Fisheries",
  "Accuracy of Data",
  "Administration Area Named",
  "Airport Airfield",
  "Anchor Berth",
  "Anchorage Area",
  "Beacon Cardinal",
  "Beacon Isolated Danger",
  "Beacon Lateral",
  "Beacon Safe Water",
  "Beacon Special Purpose General",
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  "Bridge",
  "Building Single",
  "Built Up Area",
  "Buoy Cardinal",
  "Buoy Isolated Danger",
  "Buoy Lateral",
  "Buoy Safe Water",
  "Buoy Special Purpose General",
  "Cable Area",
  "Cable Overhead",
  "Cable Submarine",
  "Canal",
  "Cargo Transhipment Area",
  "Causeway",
  "Caution Area",
  "Coastguard Station",
  "Coastline",
  "Compilation Scale of Data",
  "Contiguous Zone",
  "Control Point",
  "Conveyor",
  "Coverage",
  "Crane",
  "Current Non Gravitational",
  "Dam",
  "Daymark",
  "Deep Water Route Part",
  "Depth Area",
  "Depth Contour",
  "Distance Mark",
  "Dock Area",
  "Dredged Area",
  "Dry Dock",
  "Dumping Ground",
  "Dyke",
  "ENC",
  "Electronic Navigational Charts",
  "Exclusive  Economic Zone",
  "Fairway",
  "Fence Wall",
  "Ferry Route",
  "Fishery Zone",
  "Fishing Facility",
  "Fishing Ground",
  "Floating Dock",
  "Fog Signal",
  "Fortified Structure",
  "Gate",
  "Gridiron",
  "Harbour Area Administrative",
  "Harbour Facility",
  "Hulk",
  "Ice",
  "Incineration Area",
  "Inshore Traffic Zone",
  "Lake",
  "Land Area",
  "Land Elevation",
  "Land Region",
  "Landmark",
  "Light",
  "Light Float",
  "Local Magnetic Anomaly",
  "Lock Basin",
  "Log Pond",
  "Magnetic Variation",
  "Marine Farm Culture",
  "Military Practice Area",
  "Mooring Warping Facility",
  "Nautical Publication Information",
  "Navigation Line",
  "Navigational System of Marks",
  "Obstruction",
  "Offshore Platform",
  "Offshore Production Area",
  "Oil Barrier",
  "Pile",
  "Pilot Boarding Place",
  "Pipeline Area",
  "Pipeline Overhead",
  "Pipeline Submarine On Land",
  "Pontoon",
  "Precautionary Area",
  "Produciton Storage Area",
  "Pylon Bridge Support",
  "Quality of Data",
  "Radar Transponder Beacon",
  "Radio Calling In Point",
  "Radio Station",
  "Railway",
  "Rapids",
  "Recommended Route Centerline",
  "Recommended Track",
  "Recommended Traffic Lane Part",
  "Rescue Station",
  "Restricted Area",
  "Retro Reflector",
  "River",
  "Road",
  "Runway",
  "Sand Waves",
  "Sea Area Named Water Area",
  "Sea Plane Landing Area",
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  "Shoreline Construction",
  "Signal Station Traffic",
  "Signal Station Warning",
  "Silo Tank",
  "Slope Topline",
  "Sloping Ground",
  "Small Craft Facility",
  "Sounding",
  "Sounding Datum",
  "Spring",
  "Staight Territorial Sea Baseline",
  "Swept Area",
  "Territorial Sea Area",
  "Tidal Stream Flood Ebb",
  "Tidal Stream Time Series",
  "Tideway",
  "Topmark",
  "Traffic Separation Line",
  "Traffic Separation Schema Lane Part",
  "Traffic Separation Scheme Boundary",
  "Traffic Separation Zone",
  "Tunnel",
  "Two Way Route Part",
  "Underwater Awash Rock",
  "Unsurveyed Area",
  "Vegetation",
  "Vertical Datum of Data",
  "WWHGD",
  "Water Turbulence",
  "Waterfall",
  "Weed Kelp",
  "Wreck",
  "U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone",
  "U.S. territories",
  "U.S. waters",
  "DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCS > Office of Coast Survey, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
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]
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language 
                                            []
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "Office of Coast Survey",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
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                                            [
  "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocs/dmp/pdf/39973.pdf"
]
rights otherRestrictions, unclassified
spatial 174.61,17.57,-179.43,65.67
temporal 2001-07-11T00:00:00+00:00/2001-07-11T00:00:00+00:00
title NOAA ENC Direct to GIS

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