To support the production and maintenance of navigational charts, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) receives large quantities of bathymetric data from a great number of sources. This data is...

Richard Burt of Chelsea Technologies Group has been elected Chairman of Council for the Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI). He replaces Paul Ridout of OSIL who has been Chairman...

Development of a vertical surface separation model will allow easier assimilation of land and maritime data sources, resulting in seamless vertical data. The future possibilities of having data that can...

An electronic chart service designed to ease paper chart users into the digital age will be showcased by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) at the Marintec China show. The Admiralty...

Leading representatives from across the public sector are today meeting to discuss how the Atlantis Initiative is helping Britain combat flood risk in the 21st century. Directors, government advisers, local...

The 4th international conference on high-resolution surveys in shallow waters took place in Plymouth (UK) from 12 to 15 September. The conference focused on the ‘Common Data Set’ (comparison data...

The UK Hydrographic Office's distributors network can now receive a permit for ENCs online in less than 10 minutes. This improvement to the UKHO's digital licensing and ordering service now...

Open any publication in the maritime sector and you will encounter a litany of discourse and debate as experts expound on the state of the industry, the latest in technology...

The hydrographic and cartographic community is having to adapt to what is becoming ‘continuous change’. Such changes include new systems, new processes, regulations and an increasingly dynamic digital world. Never...

Royal Navy ice patrol ship, HMS Endurance, is pictured breaking through ice north of James Ross Island as she carries out survey work in the Antarctic on behalf of the...