SHOM removes facsimiles from UK charts

With the latest update of the SHOM the 16 th 2021, Geogarage announces the removal of 18 facsimile charts from British charts covering, mostly, the south coast of England and Gibraltar. These areas are now only covered by the British Admiralty portfolio (UKHO).

Indeed, SHOM recently announced (¹) the rationalization of its catalog of nautical charts, onwards September 2021, by the deletion of many foreign charts reproduced under historical reciprocity agreements with some foreign hydrographic services.

Dans ce document (¹), on y apprend :

Face à l’évolution des besoins de ses clients civils et militaires et à la généralisation des ENC (Electronic Navigational Charts), SHOM has decided to rationalize its portfolio of charts in foreign waters, principalement reproduites en fac-similé (foreign charts reproduced in the French portfolio).

[…]

De septembre à décembre 2021, le SHOM va procéder à une évolution majeure de son portefeuille, namely :
– La suppression de 194 cartes marines françaises (principalement des fac-similés);
– L’introduction de 180 charts in the complementary portfolio.

[…]

This immediately results in, with this latest update for English Channel navigation with Weather4D R&N et SailGrib WR, the obligation to subscribe from now on to the UKHO catalog to approach the English coasts. Finally, lorsque des conditions plus propices seront revenues…

Que cette décision ait été prise pour des raisons de rationalisation technique, de restriction budgétaire, du Brexit, ou un peu de tout cela, the result is there. Et j’invite vivement les utilisateurs abonnés à Geogarage to check the availability of detailed charts in the catalogue interactif de leur plateforme.

Channel – new SHOM coverage (Source Geogarage)

Channel – UKHO coverage (Source Geogarage)

–––
(¹)SHOM – Communication rationalisation v1.1 Supprimé !
–––
Relative article :
The S-100 standard for ENC charts is quickly evolving [Update]
–––