A key objective of the 2nd International ECDIS Conference: ‘ECDIS Ð for Coastal and Ocean Navigation’, held in Singapore from 7th to 9th October, was to inform current and potential...

He started his career as a meteorologist, became head of the computer section of the ‘Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut’ (DHI) in 1970 and was responsible for IT affairs, which brought him...

The theme of this issue is ‘Legal Aspects’ and contains many different views and insights into this interesting topic, from boundary determination to liability on products. The knowledge of source...

The Italian Hydrographic Institute (IIM), perched high above the city of Genoa in Forte San Giorgio, has been the official nautical charting agency of the Italian Navy since being founded...

My first experience in the navy with data collecting for oceanography was taking part in a MILOC-survey (military oceanography), near the Azores in the 1960s. It took us 24 hours...

News Workshop Harbour Approach The HSB will organise a workshop on harbour approach, to be held in Ostend, Belgium, on Friday 29th November 2002. The preliminary programme for the workshop...

More and more public institutions are involving themselves in private enterprise (see interview ‘The Public-private Dilemma’, December 2005). Is the line between public and private activities becoming blurred? The UK...

An electronic chart system, whether an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) or an Electronic Chart System (ECS), is primarily designed for safe navigation. But its ability to display...

NATO’s SACLANT Undersea Research Centre (SACLANTCEN), La Spezia, Italy, conducts research in support of NATO’s undersea operational requirements. It operates the only ship jointly owned by all the NATO nations,...

The two most significant developments in navigation for many decades have been the introduction of global satellite navigation systems, such as GPS, and the electronic chart. In the case of...