CARIS has announced the worldwide availability of S-57 Composer desktop software for electronic chart production. S-57 Composer represents the future in desktop production of S-57 Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), Additional...

For his contribution to technological innovation and the development of the electronic chart, not only was Helmut Lanziner awarded the Transport Canada Marine Safety Award in May of 2005, but...

NOAA has released ASSIST, a system for submitting questions and reporting nautical chart errors to NOAA's Office of Coast Survey. ASSIST has a mobile-friendly design and improved user interface that...

The presence of suspended sediments in water bodies presents significant challenges for the dredging industry. Existing methods to determine nautical depths are intrusive single point methods relying on in situ density or shear strength measurements1,3 or low-frequency single-beam echosounder recordings1,2. The use of single-beam echosounders is however systemically problematic as they are not practical in satisfying the CATZOC A1 coverages required for contemporary electronic navigational charting. The presence of suspended sediments in water bodies presents significant challenges for the dredging industry. Existing methods to determine nautical depths are intrusive single point methods relying on in situ...

NOAA's development of a new navigational chart processing system moved to initial limited production on 21st September 2011. The new system, which slims down the current map production process while...

The Danish Geodata Agency, alongside several collaborators, is currently conducting trials on the latest iteration of navigational charts in the Baltic Sea region. This initiative forms part of an EU-funded...

IHO standard S-44 is often used (or misused) to specify the quality of a hydrographic survey. While it is a useful tool, it is easy to misinterpret. One ‘misuse’ is...

S-101 is the new product specification for Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) datasets based on the overarching S-100 framework standard of the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO). The development of S-101 is...

On U.S. coastal nautical charts, the areas closest to the shore, shoals and rocks generally do not have updated depth measurements. In many areas, safety concerns prohibit the use of...

After a three-month trial period, PDF versions of USA’s NOAA nautical charts will become a permanent product, at no cost to the public. The PDFs, which are digital images of...