On 24 January 2023, the European Union declared the Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS) operational for testing, and it is scheduled to become fully operational in 2024. This free signal adds...

Two leading international publishers in the geospatial field are to combine their resources. PV Publications Ltd, publisher of 'Geomatics World', 'GIS Professional' and other titles, is to join forces with Geomares,...

Although navigational charts play an essential role in guaranteeing safe passage through our oceans, the information they contain also has many other uses beyond safe journeying from point A to...

The IHO has published new guidelines for the development of product specifications for the creation of hydrographic geospatial data. Modern navigation systems and geospatial solutions use digital data from a...

The RIEGL VQ-820-G has won the Geospatial Excellence Award in the Technology Innovation category at the MAPPS/ASPRS 2012 Specialty Conference. The VQ-820-G introduced the world's first 'tightly coupled', shallow-water, land...

World Bank personnel are hosting a workshop at GSDI12 in Singapore in October that will explore the need for a pragmatic How-to Guide. The proposed guide would explicitly address the...

A growing problem exists with forward-deployed electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) in obtaining and updating geospatial data(electronic nautical charts). This problem is commonly referred to as distributing geospatial...

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has strengthened its long-standing relationship with Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) by enhancing its membership level from technical to strategic to provide greater leadership, boost innovation...

The Marine Geospatial Data Industry seminar held at the UKHO at beginning of July attracted representatives from government departments and agencies, academia and from the commercial sector. The purpose of...