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...

The idea of a Universal Hydrographic Database is well known within the hydrographic community. Years of discussion and technological development have made UHD an attractive goal for those striving to...

The Electronic Chart situation has developed in an unexpected way. When the first standards for chart systems were being written, the concentration was on those installations which would become the...

When a hurricane, a tsunami, or other disaster occurs, one of the first and most critical challenges facing effective disaster response is rapid access to accurate spatial data. Safe Software...

Hydrography, as the science committed to safety of navigation, was centralised in our country 125 years ago by means of the creation of the SERVICIO DE HIDROGRAFêA NAVAL (SHN); its...

The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) organised a workshop on Inland ECDIS in Strasbourg (France) on 14 May 2002. The workshop was about the present status of...

Hydrography, as the science committed to safety of navigation, was centralised in our country 125 years ago by means of the creation of the SERVICIO DE HIDROGRAFåA NAVAL (SHN); its...

Kuwait is situated in the north-east corner of the Arabian peninsula and in the north-west corner of the Persian gulf. Because of this location and the unrivalled skills of its...

The Romanian Maritime Hydrographic Directorate, founded in 1926, gathers together under its complex framework the tasks of various institutions with responsibilities in the field of hydrography, aids to navigation and...

The first Hydrographic Service of the Republic of Cuba was created 80 years ago. Every year the Cuban Hydrographic Service carries out the important function of guaranteeing the safety of...