The Port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port and is one of the world’s key logistic hubs. Hydrographic data is critical to the Harbour master’s department for the operation of the Port of Rotterdam, to support the nautical accessibility of the deep-sea vessels by electronic nautical chart. The introduction of PortMaps enables the Port of Rotterdam to produce a wide variety of information products, including ENCs, from the Port’s survey data, in less than 48 hours. With over 500 line connections to and from more than 1,000 ports around the globe, the Port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands is the cornerstone of international freight transport. It is the...

An extensive Report Card on the US National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) was published earlier this year by the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO). One of the seven data themes...

UK-based OceanWise has developed a Maritime Toolbar (MTB) for ArcMap so maritime users on an Esri platform can take advantage of the functionality previously only available to Cadcorp SIS users....

To tie in with NASA’s recent announcement about the discovery of liquid water on Mars, Esri has put together an interactive story map showing the craters and canyons on Mars that...

Esri® helps organisations map and model our world. Esri's GIS technology enables the organisations to effectively analyse and manage their geographic information and make better decisions. They are supported by an experienced and knowledgeable staff and an extensive network...

On 9-10 July 2015, at the Portuguese Navy Base of Alfeite (Almada) in Lisbon, 24 Project Partners from 9 countries demonstrated the ICARUS (Integrated Components for Assisted Rescue and Unmanned...

US Hydro 2015 convened at National Harbor, MD, USA from 16–19 March 2015. US Hydro is a biannual conference hosted by the Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA). THSOA and Canadian...

Esri, headquartered in the USA, has released ArcGIS for Maritime: Bathymetry 10.3, adding features such as the support for point feature classes. Some of the added options are: Custom spatial...