latest version: 3.6

The dKart Editor is a pivotal component of the dKart Office, serving as the backbone for the creation, maintenance, and management of vector Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) throughout their lifecycle. This software solution not only forms an integral part of the comprehensive dKart ecosystem but also operates as a standalone tool, empowering users to independently develop, validate, and maintain a limited number of ENC charts.

The dKart Editor is a tool that performs a variety of cartographic tasks, ranging from creating a vector chart and compiling it, then editing and creating updates to generating an exchange dataset.

The program fully complies with the requirements standards and specifications of S-57 edition 3.1.3, Additional Military Layers of ENCs and Inland ENCs. Specific import and export tools support a variety of well-known data formats, facilitating data interchange with third-party programs. dKart Editor is entirely UNICODE-compliant, providing support for all national languages used in ENCs.

If the Editor is used in conjunction with the dKart Archive, as an integral part of the dKart Office suite, it forms the core of the process for creating and maintenance process. Through its integration with other databases and office programs from the dKart suite, users can significantly enhance their capabilities for creating and updating ENCs. For further information on the features of the Editor, please refer to the Features section.

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Version 3.6
1. Data validation has been updated according to S-58 edition 8.0 with the following changes:

• Check 1 has been amended to include matching edges or parts of edges that belong to the same line (object).
• Check 3 has been amended to ensure that the record identifier is unique within a dataset, including both EN and ER files.
• Category of the checks 99, 100 and 101 has been changed from ERROR to CRITICAL.
• A new check 548c has been added for adjacent identical M_COVR meta objects.
• Check 1551 has been renamed to 1551a and a new check 1551b has been added for entire coverage of ENC by an M_CSCL meta object or their combination.
• Category of the check 1669 has been change from ERROR to WARNING.
• Checks 1686 and 1687 have been amended to exclude allowable situations for TSELNE and TSEZNE objects.
• Check 1769 has been removed.
• Check 1778 has been renamed to 1778a and a new check 1778b has been added for directional LIGHTS without a known direction.
• Checks 1799 and 1800 have been modified to consider a transporter bridge as a fixed bridge.
• Check 2000 has been modified for RAILWY, ROADWY and RUNWAY objects where the 'under reclamation' value of the CONDTN attribute is not allowed.

2. The "S-100 Conversion Readiness" test group has been added to the list. This group includes checks to validate the readiness of S-57 data for conversion into S-101 format. The results of these checks provide recommendations for changes to S-57 data in order to obtain more accurate S-101 target data as a result of automatic conversion.

The checks ensure the following conditions for conversion readiness:

• The INFORM string must be in a valid format for converting it to a specific attribute and value.
• Objects must be associated with a C_ASSO or C_AGGR collection object to obtain an aggregation of specific feature types.
• Check certain attribute values in specific situations to ensure correct encoding of the target feature after automatic conversion to S-101 data.
• The current value of the S57 attribute may not be relevant for the target attribute S-101. This value must be confirmed or removed by an operator.

dKart Editor supports geodetic datums defined in S-60 and HORDAT S-57 version 3.1, as well as custom (shifted) datums.

Supported projections include:

• No projection (geographical coordinates as per S-57);
• Mercator;
• UTM;
• Gauss-Krüger;
• Lambert;
• Polyconic.

Important: Digitizing a paper chart with a shifted datum is only possible if the chart lacks a projection.

The option to cross the 180-meridian is located in the "System" tab of the "Options" window and can be enabled when only the Chart Browser window is open.

Note: Switching on this option makes you restart the program. When this value is enabled, the accuracy of the program’s trimming and compilation functions is halved.

dKart Editor can be protected with either a local or a network license, supplied as hardware keys (Sentinel) or as a software license.

dKart Editor is copy-protected with Sentinel HASP protection key. Before running dKart Editor Installation you need to plug the Protection Key (HASP HL) into a free USB port of your computer or install software HASP SL key later. In case of network licensing, the HASP key (HL or SL) must be on the same network as your computer.

Please note starting from version 3.6 eToken licensing is not supported

To create a new product, such as a depth grid or selected soundings, follow these steps:

1. Set connection with Bathymetry Database
2. Open the Bathymetric panel and choose either an Individual Model (IM) or Continuous Model (CM).
3. Use the "Create New Product" command in the dynamic menu.
4. Use the "Product Controller" utility to manage bathymetric data processing tasks.
5. Select the product type (grid, selected soundings) and configure its parameters.

The module of Sounding Selection must be allowed in the features available in your license. Cartographic sounding selection allows choosing spot soundings for display on a chart based on specific criteria.

Start Sounding Selection wizard in toolbar or menu Tools-Sounding-Start wizard

dKart Editor offers a depth rounding feature based on depth ranges and rounding rules.

Steps:

1. Open the "Rounding tool wizard" window from toolbar or menu Tools-Sounding-Rounding tool.
2. Define object classes used for the depth rounding
3. Define the depth range limits in the "From" and "To" columns.
4. Specify the rounding precision in the "Round to" column.
5. Select a rounding rule ("min (shallow)", "max (deep)", or "nearest") in the "Condition" column.
6. If needed, set a threshold value in the "Threshold" column.

Note: This functionality is allowed if the "Sounding Selection" module is activated in the features available in your license.

To adapt dKart Editor to national NtM standards, use national macros — standalone utility programs.

Steps:

1. Install the "dKart Macro Manager" utility to manage the macro database.
2. Add a national macro to the database using the "Macro Manager."
3. Set the macro status to "current" so that dKart Editor references it for updates.