Audience
Anyone wanting to learn how to use CARIS HPD Paper Chart Editor for paper chart production, management and updating.
Topics Include
- An overview of HPD: theory, concepts and component programs
- Nautical chart creation concepts and workflow in HPD
- An introduction to the HPD Paper Chart Editor program: menus, toolbars, pop-up menus and worksheets
- Defining chart, sheet and panel properties
- Viewing source data in HPD Paper Chart Editor
- Creating charts with multiple plans and sheets of plans
- Creating and customizing geographic border, scale bars and grids
- Adding of cartographic borders, scale bars and grids to charts
- Adding borders to non-rectangular and non-north up charts
- Defining and adding chart marginalia text and symbology
- Adding text and other annotations
- Creating text blocks for chart notes and other block text
- Adding tables and images to products
- Adding cartographic symbols such as compass roses, logos, etc.
- Masking features automatically and interactively
- Editing cartographic data and overriding feature presentation
- Feature certification: verifying attributes and representations
- Product creation and export to PostScript and colour separates
- Exporting charts to other formats: GeoTIFF, vector formats, BSB
- Paper chart product revision cycle
- Publishing and managing charts with Product Management Centre
- Checking a chart for possible new or updated source objects
- Review spatial and attribute changes in updated features
- Selecting and applying new source objects
- Checking and exporting updated charts
- HPD supporting documents: reference materials and help
Prerequesites
- Participated in HPD Source Editor: Operator Course, or had previous equivalent hands on experience using HPD.
- Familiarity with operating computers and software
- Previous working experience creating digital paper charts
