Here are more details about the features in HPD Product Editor 2.9. They have been grouped into three categories:

In-house testing shows HPD 2.9 Compare Product to Source process is 44-554% faster than HPD 2.8.

Certification

Automatically assign "Under Construction" statuses to new or modified product-specific features. Identify features as being ready for export to ENC, AML or GML once they have been validated and set to "Verified".

Validation

Run S-57 validation checks to report geometries and attributes that do not comply with the pertinent S-57 Product Specifications. Test against the IHO S-58 specification and user customizable tests.

Utilize advanced editing tools to repair these features prior to product creation.

Packaging

Utilize the S-57 Export Wizard to efficiently save and organize ENC base cells, updates, re-issues and new editions.

Package the S-57 ENC datasets and the catalogue file with the S-57 ENC Exchange Set Wizard.

Product Creation

Cut S-57 (ENC, AML, GML) products from a user-defined area on an HPD Workspace or use existing S-57 templates.

Utilize familiar HPD feature creation and editing tools to create product-specific features that are stored in the database only for the product and do not change the source data.

Updates

Reopen a product if further editing is required and re-export the S-57 ENC, AML, GML version.

Utilize powerful tools for comparing exported ENC/AML cells to the source to identify new, modified and deleted features from source.

Review changes from the source before applying them to the product.

Create updates, re-issues or new editions of an S-57 ENC, AML, GML product after source changes have been applied.