The PRIMAR Training Portal provides a wide range of training material, courses and support instructions, developed to empower you to become an S-100 expert.
Get an introduction to the differences between S-57 and S-100 to get a head start on developing functionality supporting the new S-100 series of chart standards.
Enable your staff to get an in-depth understanding of the S-100 data model and the many other product specifications. Many of the courses include practical exercises and relevant reading material.
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These are the same courses offered internally to train staff in PRIMAR and in the Norwegian Hydrographic Service to learn all aspects about the new S-100 standard, including the data model and for S-101 ENC production.
Hans Christoffer Lauritzen
PRIMAR Director
Our S-100 experts
Svein S. Skjæveland
Lead S-100 and International Standardization
Svein has been working with electronic navigational charts since 2003, starting out as an engineer at the Norwegian Hydrographic Service focusing on ENC, NTM updates and paper chart production. From 2006 employed by Electronic Chart Centre (ECC) working as Senior Geodata Consultant focusing on ENC validation and quality assurance. Svein currently holds a position as Lead S-100 and International Standardization, and has been involved in standardization since 2009. He currently attends a number of IHO working groups.
Robert Sandvik
Key account PRIMAR
Robert Sandvik was the chair of IHO Data Protection Working Group when S-63 was developed and released. He is now a member of the IHO S-100 Task Force on Data Protection. He has been working with international standardisation and hydrographic information since 1989 in the Electronic Chart Centre AS and PRIMAR operation.
Mikus Ranka
SR. Geodata Consultant
Mikus Ranka har been in mapping since 2002 and been working with Nautical publications since 2007. From 2008 he led the Nautical Charting Division at Maritime Administration of Latvia Hydrographic Service overseeing navigational and nautical publication production. From 2008 he participated in various working groups within IHO and BSHC. Mr Ranka is also a member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) and a Chartered Marine Technologist since 2018. From 2015 to 2022 he has worked in various positions and projects at Hydrographic Offices in New Zealand and Denmark. In 2022 he was employed by the Electronic Chart Centre (ECC) as a Senior Consultant with responsibilities of data validation, standardization, consultation and project management.
Introduction The S-100 & S-101 Course Bundle contains the following Training Courses:
Module 1: S-100
Module 2: S-100 IHO Registry
Module 3: S-101 General
Module 4: S-101 Data Quality
Module 5: S-101 Conversions & Challenges
Module 6: S-100 Part 15 - Data Protection
In a turnover period, the new and updated content of those training courses will be added as additional chapters to the existing training courses. All those chapters have names starting with S-100 5.2.
Students with existing access: Students with existing access to the training courses: Please feel free to do the newly added chapters as a refreshment training.
New students: New students: It is adviced to start directly with the updated chapters of the training courses.
Important notice: NB! By the end of 2025, the outdated content will be removed, leaving only the updated content remaining.
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