Developer Reference V4.1 Release Notes

Version 4.1.0.6, released 11 January 2017, includes the following features and bug fixes.

Route Checking

ECDIS style route checking functionality has been added to this version of ENCX. See the new sample application 'RouteChecker' and this page for more details.

Additional Military Layers

Upgrade to use the latest AML presentation library edition 4.0 (20161104). The AML viewing groups have been further revised in this edition:

  • 80000 - AML Standard
  • 81000 - Seabed Information
  • 81010 - Bottom Features (botmft)
  • 81020 - Scours - Trawl Scours (twlscr), Scours (scours), Impact Scour (iscour)
  • 81030 - Performance Information - Burial Probability Area (bprare), Bottom Tactical Data Area (btdare), Performance Data Area (pfdare), Marine Management Area (mcmare), Risk Data Area (rkdare)
  • 81050 - Diving Information - Diving Location (divloc), Diver Report Location (divrpt)
  • 81060 - Seismic Activity Area (seiare)
  • 81100 - Geological Layer (sedlay)
  • 81200 - Bottom Objects - Sensor Anomalies (senanm)
  • 82000 - Ice information
  • 82110 - Land Ice (lndice)
  • 82210 - Ice Features - Iceberg Area (brgare, BRGARE), Limit of All Known Ice (LKILNE), Limit of Open Water (OPNLNE), Iceberg Limit (BRGLNE), Floeberg (FLOBRG), Iceberg (icebrg, ICEBRG)
  • 82310 - Ice Structure - Ice Compacting (ICECOM), Ice Drift (ICEDFT), Ice Divergence (ICEDIV), Ice Fracture (ICEFRA), Ice Keel/Bummock (ICEKEL), Ice Lead (icelea, ICELEA), Ice Edge (icelin, ICELNE), Ice Ridge/Hummock (ICERDG), Ice Rafting (ICERFT), Ice Shear (ICESHR), Jammed Brash Barrier (JMDBRR), Ice Thickness (ICETHK)
  • 82510 - Ice Surface - Strips and Patches (STRPTC), Stage of Melt (STGMLT), Snow Cover (SNWCVR)
  • 82600 - Ice Routes (icerte)
  • 83000 - Mines
  • 83010 - Small Bottom Objects (smalbo)
  • 83020 - Mines (mindev)
  • 83030 - Contacts (contct)
  • 84000 - Beach and Landing Information
  • 84010 - Beach Survey (bchare)
  • 84030 - Beach Exit (bchext)
  • 84050 - Beach Profile (bchprf)
  • 84060 - Landing Place (lndplc)
  • 84100 - Air Landing Point (lndpnt), Site (lndste)
  • 84150 - Landing Strip (lndstp)
  • 84160 - Landing Zone (lndzne)
  • 84180 - Landing Area (lngare)
  • 84200 - Drop Zone (drpzne)
  • 84300 - Additional Water Features - Waste Disposal/Treatment Site (wstdsp), Treatment Area (treata)
  • 84600 - Additional Land Features - Shelter Location (shlloc), Shed / Hut (shedht)
  • 84700 - Resources - Location (resloc)
  • 84750 - Research Facility (resfac)
  • 84780 - Transport Facility (trpfac)
  • 84800 - Imagery Information - Area of Imagery Coverage (imgare)
  • 84850 - Viewpoint (viewpt)
  • 85000 - Routes and Areas
  • 85010 - Q Route Leg (qroute)
  • 85050 - Q Route Turning Point (turnpt)
  • 85200 - Operational Areas - Patrol Area (patare)
  • 85250 - Military Practice Areas (MIPARE): Surface danger, Practice and Exercise, Submarine Danger, Testing and Evaluation Range, Range, Impact Areas (CATMPA = 502,504,507,508,509,510)
  • 85260 - Restricted Area (RESARE): Mine Danger Area (CATREA = 502)
  • 85400 - Broadcast Areas
  • 85410 - Maritime Safety Information Area (msiare)
  • 85420 - Radio Broadcast Area (rdoare)
  • 85430 - Ice Advisory Area (iceadv)
  • 85440 - Restricted Area (RESARE): Maritime notification area (CATREA = 501)
  • 85500 - Environmental Areas (envare)
  • 85550 - Marine management area (marman)
  • 85600 - Human Activity Areas
  • 85610 - Fishing Activity Area (fshare)
  • 85630 - Leisure Activity Area (lsrare)
  • 85650 - Geophysical Prospection Grid (geophg)
  • 86000 - Aero
  • 86010 - ATS Route Centreline (atsctl)
  • 86050 - Aero Navaids - Air Waypoint (awaypt), Navigation system (navaid)
  • 90000 - AML Other
  • 91100 - Geological Layer (sedlay)
  • 92000 - Ice Information
  • 92310 - Ice Movement (icemov)
  • 92320 - Ice Polynya (icepol)
  • 92410 - Sea Ice (seaice, SEAICE)
  • 92420 - Ice Lake (LACICE)
  • 93000 - Mines
  • 93100 - Contact History (histob)
  • 94000 - Beach and Landing Information
  • 94500 - Trafficability Area (trfare)
  • 95000 - Routes and Areas
  • 95100 - Traffic Routes (tfcrte)
  • 95300 - Military Practice Areas (MIPARE) ACLANT Grid (CATMPA = 501)
  • 95350 - Military Practice Areas (MIPARE) JENOA Grid (CATMPA = 503)
  • 96000 - Airspace Restrictions
  • 96100 - Controlled airspace (ctlasp)
  • 96200 - Military exercise airspace (mexasp)
  • 96300 - Airspace Restriction (airres)

Other Changes

Separate colour settings for Antartica in single file World Vector Shorelineto so it can be drawn white.

Recognise US Army Corps of Engineers "U3" cells as IENC.