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August 2018
ADMIRALTY Information Overlay (AIO)
Contents
Overview ................................................. 2
Content................................................ 2
Compatibility ........................................ 2
Managing T&P NMs with AIO.................. 3
T&P NMs ............................................. 3
EP NMs ............................................... 4
‘No Overlay’ feature ............................. 4
Passage Planning ................................... 5
Producer nation policy ......................... 5
ECDIS symbology ............................... 5
Using AIO ............................................ 5
Compliance ......................................... 5
Further guidance ................................. 6
Frequently asked questions: AIO V2 ....... 7
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ADMIRALTY Information Overlay (AIO)
Overview Content
Except for areas where there is no
ADMIRALTY chart at equivalent scale to
The AIO is a worldwide digital dataset that is the ENC (indicated by ‘No Overlay’
designed to be displayed over ENCs in polygons), AIO covers the whole world.
ECDIS and other chart display systems to Temporary information is assessed for
provide additional information during inclusion as follows:
passage planning.
• Excluded if the producer nation
The AIO is refreshed every week, as part
confirms that they include temporary
of the AVCS Weekly Update and is issued
information in their ENCs.
on disc and by download.
• Included if it affects an ADMIRALTY
A New Edition of AIO is issued twice a paper chart and has been issued as a
year. The weekly disc contains the base T&P NM.
edition and all the updates, so you only • Excluded if the information only relates
need to load the most recent disc on to paper charts and is therefore not
board. relevant to the ECDIS user.
• Included as EPNM if the information is
Some back of bridge software applications about a navigationally significant
allow the vessel to download the updates difference between the ENC and the
each week. The AIO New Edition is a equivalent paper chart.
large dataset, so you should work with
your ADMIRALTY Chart Agent if you wish
to avoid large download sizes by loading Compatibility
from disc instead. In common with all
The Overlay can be displayed on AIO-
ENCs, downloaded weekly updates can
compatible ECDIS equipment as well as
only be applied to the most recent base
some software applications. Please see the
edition issued.
UKHO website at admiralty.co.uk/AVCS for a
Where the ENCs do not include temporary list of AIO-compatible ECDIS, or consult your
information, the Overlay contains supplier.
ADMIRALTY Temporary & Preliminary The Overlay data is held on a single CD
Notices to Mariners (T&P NMs) that are which is installed and updated in the same
issued for paper charts. Each polygon carries way as ENCs. The AIO permit GB800001 is
the same number as the original NM in the free of charge for AVCS users and can be
ADMIRALTY Weekly Bulletin. added to your licence. Please contact your
The AIO also draws attention to areas where ADMIRALTY Chart Agent if you wish to use
differences between ENCs and paper charts the Overlay or cannot view it on your ECDIS.
may affect the passage plan.
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T&P NMs
AIO does not contain paper T&P NMs
The UKHO issues a weekly bulletin of
issued by the ENC producer.
Temporary and Preliminary Notices to
Mariners (T&P NMs) which contains There may be a time delay between the
temporary information of navigational publication or cancellation of national
interest to mariners using ADMIRALTY T&P NMs and the publication or
paper charts. Mariners are only required to removal of the equivalent ADMIRALTY
hold Notices to Mariners for paper charts T&P NMs that are included in AIO.
that are on board.
Although UKHO tries to avoid duplication, it is
Like UKHO, Hydrographic Offices around
possible that the AIO will occasionally contain
the world issue Notices to Mariners to
T&P information similar to that displayed in
update their paper charts. Some countries
the ENC.
do not issue T&P NMs and some do not
update their ENCs with temporary AIO does not include T&P NMs that only
information. relate to paper charts. For instance, a non-
temporary update to a local ENC may result
If the producer nation does not include in a T&P NM for the ADMIRALTY paper
temporary information in their ENCs but chart. Because the information is contained
the UKHO has issued a T&P NM for an in the ENC, the ADMIRALTY T&P NM would
equivalent scale paper chart, it is added to be excluded from AIO.
the ADMIRALTY Information Overlay
(AIO). This allows you to receive extra Some ADMIRALTY T&P NMs solely refer to
temporary information which has not been non-navigational charts e.g. Port Approach
included in your subscribed ENCs. Guides and Maritime Security Charts. As the
T&P NM often relates to text boxes and
The T&P NMs are displayed as polygons cannot be geo-displayed, they are not
over the ENCs on the ECDIS. included in AIO.
A list of ENC producers whose policy is to
include T&P NM information in their ENCs
can be found at admiralty.co.uk/AVCS and in
the INFO folder on all AVCS and AIO discs.
Please note that official ENCs remain the
primary source of information for navigation
at all times.
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Producer nation policy Use the ENCs and route checking in the
Most countries now include temporary normal way, noting any features that are
information in their ENCs and it is received described in the pick report as being
on your vessel as a normal ENC update or temporary.
new edition. This means that you can see
Check your route with the date set to the
the change on the ECDIS and use the pick
report to obtain more information in the planned passage time.
normal way. The ECDIS Route You may see coloured polygons that are
Assessment tools will automatically associated with ADMIRALTY paper T&P
assess the temporary information because NMs issued by the UKHO. The T&P NMs
it appears as standard ENC objects. Your will be giving you additional information
passage plan should be compiled as that is not already included in your ENCs.
normal using what you see displayed on You should then open the text of the
your ECDIS along with the pick reports. notice using the ECDIS Pick report to
assess and include the information in your
Some nations do not describe the
passage plan as necessary. You may
information as ‘temporary’ or ‘preliminary’
wish to annotate your ECDIS display with
in their ENCs; they simply issue updates
key information from the T&P NM, so it is
as required.
available as a prompt for watchkeepers if
ECDIS symbology you prefer to hide the AIO during passage
monitoring.
In August 2017, the S-52 Presentation
Library 4.0 introduced a ‘d’ symbol for If you use the mariner’s notes function on
temporary information. your ECDIS to mark the temporary items
of interest, your notes should be checked
against each week’s AIO update.
Compliance
ADMIRALTY paper T&P NMs are not
issued as corrections to electronic charts.
Audit and compliance inspections require
It is displayed when the ENC producer
you to demonstrate that you are working
codes a feature with time-based attributes
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Further guidance
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Since the introduction the ECDIS Why is the list of ADMIRALTY T&Ps in the
Presentation Library 4.0, countries have bulletin different to AIO?
the ability to code their ENCs to better ADMIRALTY T&P NMs are issued for
display temporary information to the paper charts, and therefore may not be
ECDIS user. added to AIO.
T&P NMs have disappeared from my How do I know which ENCs contain
ECDIS. How can I check them? temporary information?
If the local country states that they include A list of countries that publish temporary
temporary information in the ENC, you just information in their ENCs is available at
use the ECDIS as normal. In that case, admiralty.co.uk/avcs and in the INFO
you don’t need to reference paper T&Ps. folder of AVCS and AIO discs.
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