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Hydro 06 - 'Beyond ENC' Paper Presentation
The International Hydrographic Conference – Hydro 06 – was held in Antwerp (Belgium) November 6-9, 2006 (www.hydro06.com). The main theme of the conference was "Evolutions in Hydrography". About 35 papers were presented covering advancements in Charting, Sea Floor Mapping, Multibeam, Positioning and related issues. CherSoft were represented by Simon Salter who presented a paper entitled 'Beyond ENC'. This paper discusses some contemporary issues with ENC data and display systems. It identifies several areas where experience has exposed deficiencies in the use of ENC. It then goes on to suggest several ways of improving cartographic data handling in the marine environment.The full text of the paper is here.
HENRY now available for download
CherSoft are pleased to announce a new freely available edition of Henry. This edition of Henry can be used to view demonstration ARCS charts and our World Vector Shoreline. There is no time limit and you can freely create and distribute all overlays. Its only limitations are that S57 and ARCS data cannot be installed. However when you decide to purchase Henry you will receive a dongle which will allow you to install commercial charts. No new Henry software needs to be installed.
Download and evaluate our high performance marine navigation and charting application here
ENCX SDK Launch
CherSoft is proud to annouce the launch of their ENCX software development kit (SDK). ENCX allows software developers to add chart displays to their products.
Although ENCX is a new product it leans on CherSoft's long (eleven year) experience in marine chart display. It fully supports commercial S-57/ENC vector charts and UKHO ARCS and Maptech raster charts. There is also some support for drawing on chart surfaces (overlays).
ENCX is free to download, evaluate and develop against. OEMs only pay after they have made a sale. Though powerful, we think the library is easy to use and as such OEMs will not need to paid support or training courses.
For more information see www.encx.com
New Contract Award from UKHO
CherSoft are pleased to announce an important new contract with the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office.
We have been selected to implement a new workflow system to support the UKHO's production of Admiralty List of Radio Signals (Volume 6) and List of Lights data.
Using our high performance chart display system, the UKHO will be able to view, input and amend data in both these important datasets with massively increased ease, flexibility and control.
CherSoft is particularly pleased once again to have been selected to support one of the world's leading producers of marine data, and to have won the contract in competitive tender against a field including global corporations.
We believe this reflects considerable faith in our ability to provide efficient solutions to challenging problems and builds on our experience delivering a number of projects to the UKHO, including Admiralty TotalTide and Admiralty List of Lights applications.
CherSoft Director Simon Salter says:
"This is very exciting for us. We had already developed significant expertise with this data through our work on several generations of the Digital List of Lights, EasyTide and TotalTide applications. Integrating backwards to support the data production was a natural step. This project is using our chart display system to control the data production process, which is a good example of its power and flexibility. We're now working very hard to make sure we get it right - but our track record speaks for itself there."
Henry, the navigation system that forms the underlying technology for the project is also making progress in its own right and has been sold to thousands of customers in various forms - including the UKHO. There have been recent sales to the Mediterranean Shipping Company, and plans to launch a chart display kernel for software developers are well-advanced.
ISO 9001:2000 TickIT Certification - May 2005
CherSoft have just been undergone an audit by SIRA to ensure continued compliance with the ISO9001:2000 standard. The audit was a success and CherSoft's accreditation was renewed without any non-conformancies (major or minor).
Rotherham Business Awards - October 2004
CherSoft have been recognised as one of the leading local companies at the inaugural Rotherham Business Awards held at Hellaby Hall Hotel. Simon Salter received the runners-up commendation in the 'Success Through People Award' from the chief executive of Rotherham Chamber, John Lewis.
New Office - July 2004
CherSoft have moved into their new office at The Point on the Bradmarsh Industrial Estate in Rotherham. Although this office is quite close to the previous premises it is a considerable improvement in working conditions. The brand new office is spacious, has full climate control, extensive natural lighting and all the features expected from a state of the art business facility.
EasyTide Shortlisted for Government Award - July 2004
EasyTide, the on-line tidal prediction service that was developed for the UKHO by CherSoft, was short listed for the 'Best government e-service' award at 'theForum' awards held at the Paddington Hilton on the 29th July 2004.
Launch of the BP Shipping Marine Distance Tables - June 2004
CherSoft were invited to attend the launch of the BP Shipping Marine Distance Tables by AtoBviaC plc at the Barbican in London. This marked the public unveiling of a major project to create an electronic version of the BP Shipping Distance Tables. A team of Master Mariners using CherSoft navigation software are currently creating the tables. Already nearly 1000 of the world's most frequently covered ports are included in the tables. CherSoft software was chosen by AtoBviaC in the face of considerable competition. John Howe of AtoBviaC said, "The CherSoft navigation system is easy to work with, fast and accurate". He went on to say that CherSoft's enthusiasm, expertise and flexibility made them an outstanding company to work with.