General Navigation USCG Question #928 (Set 29)

Raster-scan chart data is __________.

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option A — a digitized "picture" of a chart in one format and one layer

Raster-scan charts are essentially digital photographs of paper charts. They consist of a single, flat layer of pixels without underlying database intelligence. Unlike vector charts, they cannot be queried for specific object attributes, and the entire image is treated as a single graphical file by the ECDIS software.

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