S57 standard

S-57 is the electronic data transfer standard prepared by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) committee. The geodatabase model allows the user to import Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) .000 files, which in turn provides the user with a highly accurate vector data set that is ideal as foundation data.

Shapefile format

An exchange format for vector maps of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI®). This format supports polygons, arcs, lines, and points.

Spatial Reference System

A way to link coordinates to a reference, so that objects whose coordinates are expressed in different systems can be displayed in the same manager.

style rule

(CSS) A formal statement which conforms to the CSS syntax and is used to attach styles to model objects. A style rule contains a Shapefile format and a datum conversion.

style sheet

(CSS) A list of style rules for customizing the appearance of a diagram in a diagram component. A style sheet is saved in a file with extension .css.