Audience
Anyone wanting to learn how to use CARIS Paper Chart Composer for Standard nautical and custom chart production and updating.
Topics Include
- Overview of Paper Chart Composer theory, concepts, data model
- An introduction to the Paper Chart Composer program: menus, toolbars, pop-up menus and windows
- Chart creation steps and workflow in Paper Chart Composer
- Data pre-requisites: source data in CARIS, ENC or other formats
- Defining chart, sheet and panel properties
- Creating charts with main panels and one or more plans/insets
- Controlling the display: viewing, filtering and selecting objects
- Investigating the Options settings and what these do
- Viewing external vector and raster files in Paper Chart Composer
- Georeference external vector and raster datasets
- Creating new chart features interactively
- Using Template Editor to create and customize border styles, etc.
- Adding borders, scale bars, grids and marginalia to charts
- Adding borders to non-rectangular and non-north up charts
- Adding cartographic symbols such as compass roses, logos, etc.
- Importing data from vector files: S-57, CARIS, SHP, DGN, DXF...
- Importing data from text files/ODBC databases
- Adding new linear, slanting and curved text interactively
- Creating and inserting text blocks for chart titles, notes and tables
- Automatic annotating of features with textual information
- Adding image features of diagrams/sketches to charts
- Editing of cartographic data
- Overriding symbols, colours, sizes, angles of individual features
- Masking features automatically and interactively
- Quality control, validation and certification of charts
- Exporting completed charts to PostScript and colour separate files
- Exporting charts to other formats: GeoTIFF, vector formats, BSB
- Paper chart product revision cycle
- A brief look at Paper Chart Composer customization options
Prerequesites
- Some knowledge of the IHO S-57 Standard and ENC concepts
- Familiarity with operating computers and software
- Previous working experience creating digital paper charts
