Thank you for your interest on getting S-63 ENCs into the ArcGIS platform and to bring this to our attention (@Fish Brol). The IHO stakeholders list seems to be not up to date with respect to Esri. We are indeed a recognized OEMer. So YES, we can read S-63 ENCs. As you may know, the S-63 is an IHO data protection standard for S-57 ENCs that aims to ensure that official ENCs cannot be modified before they reach the ship's bridge and the ECDIS (or ECS) system, this is particularly critical for SOLAS type vessels because these ENCs are mandatory and replacements of paper nautical charts. So, a chart production software such as our ArcGIS for Maritime Charting should not be allowed to decrypt S-63 (and cannot). In the other hand, if the S-63 ENC is going to be used for consumption in a GIS platform without attempting to make any edits or lalter the product, then we can do it, this is done by our brand new product called ArcGIS for Maritime Server ArcGIS for Server Extension | ArcGIS for Maritime ; we can implement an ENC service either as a WMS or REST and allow users to create their own apps with it. You can see a live example of this technology in the NOAA ENC service here: NOAA ENC® Online So, if you have ArcGIS for Server, the ArcGIS for Maritime Server extension just installs on it; then if you acquire S-63 (encrypted) ENCs, you would be able to display them in our system and use them as a reference framework and combine with other sources in your GIS work. And please, keep in mind that you will not be able to alter/edit the ENC cell once decrypted in our system. Thanks, Rafael.
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