Web-based GIS for Nautical Charts
GIS

Web-based GIS for Nautical Charts

The existence of Web-based Geographic Information System (Web-based GIS) will enable the Hydrographic Information System to integrate all the activities of a Hydrographic Office on a single integrated...

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Digital Video: The Challenges
media

Digital Video: The Challenges

Digital methods of data acquisition are now commonplace in most offshore survey techniques. One of the last operations still being performed with analogue technology is the recording of video signals ...

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A Top-down Approach
navigation

A Top-down Approach

Many international organisations and individuals have been aware of the dire need for the improvement of navigational services to shipping in many parts of the developing world. The lack of these serv...

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Worldwide High-resolution Bathymetry

Worldwide High-resolution Bathymetry

GOMaP, the Global Ocean Mapping Project, was a plan to methodically map all the world's oceans by multi-beam sonar. It may be stalled, but swath mapping of the oceans is certainly proceeding at a bris...

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Regulations in Chapter V of SOLAS
SOLAS

Regulations in Chapter V of SOLAS

There are three new elements of hydrographic importance contained in Chapter V of SOLAS which will increase safety at sea; the provision of hydrographic services, the definition of nautical charts and...

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Sir, Can I Use My ECDIS Now?
ECDIS

Sir, Can I Use My ECDIS Now?

July 2002 signalled a significant milestone in the long, tortuous life of ECDIS. It was the month that ECDIS was formally recognised (and specifically mentioned) in SOLAS Chapter V. It should have bee...

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Fixing the Future
geospatial

Fixing the Future

As the Gulf coast of the USA recovers, and preparation to rebuild progresses in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the nexus between science and management will be crucial to informed coastal decisio...

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"Joined-up Hydrography"
FIG

"Joined-up Hydrography"

With the launch of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) later this year we bid a fond farewell to The Hydrographic Society (THS). Earlier this year, I attended the EGM of The ...

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Towards ECDIS Mandatory Carriage
ECDIS

Towards ECDIS Mandatory Carriage

The International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) are co-operating very closely to take appropriate action for the mandatory carriage of ECDIS to incr...

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Towards ECDIS Mandatory Carriage
ECDIS

Towards ECDIS Mandatory Carriage

The International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) are co-operating very closely to take appropriate action for the mandatory carriage of ECDIS to incr...

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Cat A Hydro or Cat A Carto
IHO

Cat A Hydro or Cat A Carto

For many years we have been familiar with the term ‘Cat A’ or ‘Cat B’, referring respectively to International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) and International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) A...

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