Description
The Admiralty Updating Service is an on-line service for subscribers to Admiralty digital chart services that offers immediate access to the latest digital chart updates over the Internet.

The service is complementary to the standard CD-based updating service for Admiralty digital charts and offers rapid access to the most up-to-date chart information.

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For software download, installation and user instructions please click here.

Features

• Free of charge to subscribers to Admiralty digital chart services.
• Updates the Admiralty Raster Chart Service (ARCS), Admiralty ECDIS Service and Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS).
• Voyage specific updates can be downloaded to reduce transmission costs.
• Updates are delivered on request, so you will not receive updates that you haven’t asked for.
• Updates can be requested by email or directly over the Internet.
• Online updates are applied to your ECS or ECDIS in the same way as the weekly update CD.
• Updates can be transferred to your ECS or ECDIS on CD, USB memory stick or other transfer media.
• An information log is maintained for Officers of the Watch or colleagues to review.
• Updates are secured with Digital Signatures to ensure that they are authentic and uncorrupted.

Benefits
Rapid access to the most up-to-date information

• Immediate access to the most recent updates published by the UKHO and other National Hydrographic Offices. Updates are published alongside the renowned Admiralty Notice to Mariners Service and are available online at the same time as the update CD is despatched.

Cost effective

• Transmission costs are minimised by downloading the minimum number of updates for a voyage, regardless of the size of the ship’s digital chart folio. Other charts are brought up-to-date when an update CD is received.

Easy to use

• Fully compatible with all ECS and ECDIS that use ENCs or ARCS, the ECS or ECDIS is updated in the same way as using the weekly update CD. An intuitive user interface guides you through the process of selecting and downloading updates, which can then be transferred to your ECS or ECDIS on CD, USB memory stick or other media.

Flexible

• Allows you to choose between using a direct web connection or email to obtain updates. The application can be installed on a computer with no Internet connection providing files can be transferred to another computer for emailing to the UKHO. Maximum email size can be specified to allow emails to pass through firewalls.

System Requirements
The Admiralty Updating Service has the following minimum system requirements:

	Updating ENCs	Updating ARCS
Operating System	Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista	Windows 2000 Windows NT 4.0 (service pack 5 or higher) Windows XP
Processor	300 MHz	333 MHz
Memory	128 Mbytes RAM	64 Mbytes RAM
Hard Disk Space	50 Mbytes	1 Gbyte
Web browser and Internet access
Email client e.g. Microsoft Outlook Express (for email requests)
CD Writer and software (or alternative method for transferring files to the ECS or ECDIS)
Floppy drive (if necessary for transferring permit files to the ECS or ECDIS)