ECDISkartat

ECDISkartat is a proposed maritime navigation platform that integrates electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) functionality with advanced cartography tools. It is intended to provide a unified interface for official ENC data, maritime basemaps, and context layers to support route planning, collision avoidance, and situational awareness across vessels and fleets.

The architecture is modular, consisting of a chart-rendering engine, data fusion layer, and user interface. It supports standard ENC formats such as S-57 and S-101, handles vector and raster chart layers, and can overlay AIS data, radar, weather, tides and currents, and port information. It includes configurable safety alerts and route-planning tools that weigh weather, traffic, and shallow-water constraints.

Data governance emphasizes standards-based interoperability. ECDISkartat is designed to interoperate with existing ECDIS on ships and with shore-side fleet-management systems through open interfaces and standardized data formats. It supports licensing models for official ENC data and for supplemental cartography, while promoting data provenance, versioning, and audit trails.

Status: ECDISkartat exists as a conceptual framework used for illustration of future directions in marine cartography. Real-world implementations would require regulatory approval, vendor collaboration, and adherence to international standards from bodies such as the IHO and IMO.