This year’s conference of the German Hydrographic Society took place in the north eastern German city of Stralsund from 7-9 June 2004. As Senator Velguth, representing the city«s Mayor, said...

New Zealand is a small country located in a vast ocean. Its hydrographic responsibilities cover 18 million square kilometres reaching from the shores of Antarctica to the Tokelaus and from...

The Venezuelan Hydrographic Office is part of the National Navy under the denomination of Dirección de Hidrografía y Navegación (DHN). Created in April 1947, DHN is located in Caracas, the...

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...

Sir Robert Dudley was born in 1574 but his birth was kept secret from Queen Elizabeth, for she would have been enraged had she heard that her favourite courtier, the...

A powerful transport junction at the intersection of many countries' interests, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov have always been a focus of interest for the world community....

As we all know, hydrography means different things to different people, even amongst our readership. For example, physical oceanographers see it as measuring and describing the physical characteristics of the...

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...

Navionics has added a new coverage size for its Gold+ Charts, XL9 for the Americas, Europe and Rest of the World. Providing over three times the coverage previously available in...

Italy is the first nation officially to adopt ECS systems - other than ECDIS - as equivalent standard to paper charts. The approved ECS systems, as defined by issued standard,...