The S-57 Reader module produces FME features for all S-57 features in one or more related S-57 data files. An S-57 dataset can be an S-57 catalog file in which case, all files referred to from the catalog are selected, or an individual S-57 data file.
S-57 feature objects are translated into FME features. S-57 geometry objects are automatically collected and formed into geometries on the features. Geometry objects are not separately accessible with the S-57 reader.
The FME S-57 reader supports S-57 update files. S-57 update files contain information on how to update a distributed S-57 data file. Update files have a file extension of 001, 002, etc.