In its current state of development, ECDIS is not only a commercial failure but it is also a clear demonstration of the fact that a number of Hydrographic Offices and...

The Norwegian Navy seeks offers for the supply of digital cartography equipment. Bidding Type International Competitive Bidding Financier Self-Funded Description Tenders are invited for the supply of digital cartography equipment...

Electronic charting offers many opportunities, but also many problems. Much has been and is said about so-called competition between official Hydrographic Offices (HOs) and private chart producers, especially concerning electronic...

In September 2001, the University of Southern Mississippi, in conjunction with the US Navy, established an Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) Laboratory to conduct Research, Development, Test and...

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...

I always follow the discussions in Hydro International with great interest, especially your articles on electronic navigation that appeared in the previous issue. Jeppesen Marine sees both the importance as...

The 4th Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference (EIHC), held in the Auditorium Rainier III in Monaco from 2 to 4 June, was followed on 5 June by World Hydrography Day. The...

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...

The introduction of Electronic Chart Systems (ECS) and digital chart data to support these systems goes back more than twenty years to when the industry first started to realise the...

Transas Marine has called for chart distributors to unify their message to consumers ahead of the Nor-Shipping 2009 exhibition in Norway. The company, whose own data service; Transas Admiralty Data...