THIS CIRCULAR LETTER REQUIRES A RESPONSE
IHB File Nos. S3/4204 – S3/4244
CIRCULAR LETTER 51/2015
14 July 2015
S-11 PART A - GUIDANCE FOR THE PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
INTERNATIONAL CHART SCHEMES
- Request for information to update Annexes A and B -
INT Chart Printing Capacity of IHO Member States
References:
A. IHO Publication S-11 Part A: Guidance for the Preparation and Maintenance of
International Chart Schemes, Edition 2.0.5, May 2012
B. Report of NCWG-1 - available at www.iho.int > Committees&WGs > HSSC > NCWG
C. IHO CL 22/2012 - Guidance for the preparation and maintenance of International Chart
Schemes - Updating of Annexes A and B
Dear Hydrographer,
1. The current Edition of IHO publication S-11 Part A - Guidance for the Preparation and
Maintenance of International Chart Schemes was published in May 2012 (Reference A). In
accordance with its work plan and as reported in Reference B, the Nautical Cartography Working
Group (NCWG), in liaison with the INT Charts / ENC Regional Coordinators, is preparing a new
Edition of S-11 Part A. The main purpose is to incorporate guidance relating to the preparation and
maintenance of ENC schemes.
2. The revision of S-11 Part A also offers the opportunity to review and update its Annexes A and
B that provide information on potential printer nations and the dimensions and formats that those
potential printer nations can support. The existing Annexes are based mainly on information dating
back as far as 1990, except where updated information has been provided in accordance with
Reference C.
3. It is likely that some Member States may have changed the extent of their chart portfolios (and
therefore the areas in which they are potential producer or printer nations of INT charts), and the sizes
of charts that they are able to print. Member States are therefore kindly requested to provide
information to enable the annexes in S-11 Part A to be updated, by returning the response form at
Annex A to the IHB no later than 30 September 2015.
4. If no response is received from an IHO Member State, it will be assumed that the Member State
does not produce or re-print INT charts and has no intention of doing so in the near future.
Nevertheless it will be possible for a Member State to provide the NCWG and the IHB with new
information in the future, if circumstances change.
On behalf of the Directing Committee
Yours sincerely,
Gilles BESSERO
Director
Annex A: Response Form
Annex A to IHO CL 51/2015
GUIDANCE FOR THE PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
INTERNATIONAL CHART SCHEMES (S-11 PART A)
Updating of information contained in Annexes A and B
INT Chart Printing Capacity of IHO Member States
Response Form
(to be returned to the IHB no later than 30 September 2015)
E-mail:
[email protected] - Fax: +377 93 10 81 40)
Note: If no response is received from an IHO Member State, it will be considered that this
Member State does not produce or re-print INT charts and has no intention of doing so in the
near future.
Member State:
Contact:
E-mail:
INT Chart Area1 in
which Member State
is a potential
producer/printer of
INT charts
Agree to use a
maximum paper size
of A0 (yes/no)
Comment:
Signature:
Date:
1
As defined in S-11 Part B.