Admiralty MDS

Since S-57 was first adopted as the official standard in 1992, digital navigation has come a long way and transformed how mariners navigate at sea.

Today, greater connectivity is unlocking opportunities for more seamless data exchange, while the number of sources for hydrographic data is growing exponentially. To ensure all this data can be brought together and seamlessly displayed on Electronic Chart and Display Information Systems (ECDIS), it is important that new and existing data sets are standardised.

https://www.admiralty.co.uk/s-57-s-101-explaining-iho-standards-ecdis