NOT FOR NAVIGATION Australian Hydrographic Office Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2025 https://www.defence.gov.au/copyright
The Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) is part of the Department of Defence. It is responsible for providing Australia's national charting service under the terms of SOLAS and the Navigation Act 2012 (Cth).
AusENC is a local, official vector Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) service tailored to meet Australian, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands domestic operations. It provides coverage of:
This service provides a continuous depiction of ENC products published by the Australian Hydrographic Office. It displays ENC datasets using the IHO S-52 presentation library specification. It is not certified for navigation. It is not an official navigational chart and must not be used for navigation. This service can be integrated into various Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and web applications that support RESTful services. AusENC provides chart coverage for the waters of: Australia, the Australian Antarctic Territory and Timor Leste ("AU" cells), Papua New Guinea ("PG" cells), and Solomon Islands ("SB" cells). AHO ENC Series is drawn from a tile cache packaging ENC products published by the Australian Hydrographic Office. This service is intended to be updated weekly in accordance with AusENC updates. For a comprehensive overview of electronic charts, Electronic Chart Display Information Systems (ECDIS) and Electronic Chart Systems (ECS), please visit the AHO Electronic Charting Information page.
The information and data contained and provided by this service is not an official chart and must not be used for navigation. The Australian Hydrographic Office makes no warranties or guarantees, either expressed or implied, as to the completeness, accuracy or correctness of the data and information provided by this service and accepts no liability arising from any incorrect, incomplete or misleading information contained therein. These caveats on the service apply to any information derived from this service. By accessing the information provided by this service, each user waives and releases the Commonwealth of Australia to the full extent permitted by law from any and all claims relating to the usage of material or information made available through the service. In no event shall the Commonwealth of Australia be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from use of this service. In particular and without limit to the generality of the above, information provided in publications of the Commonwealth Government is considered to be true and correct at the time of publication. Changes in circumstances after time of publication may impact on the accuracy of this information and the Commonwealth Government gives no assurance as to the accuracy of any information or advice contained. (See https://hydro.gov.au/disclaimer.htm)
Further information can be found via:
https://www.hydro.gov.au/prodserv/digital/ausENC/enc.htm
https://amsis-geoscience-au.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/aho-chart-series/about
