Navigational safety and political-economic considerations make it essential for port administrations and hydrographic services to have a prioritised survey programme. Finding criteria that reflect the importance of re-survey over a...

News A combined AHS Annual General Meeting and General Meeting of the East Australia Region was held on Tuesday 27th September 2005 in The Wardroom, HMAS Kuttabul, Sydney. We had...

An international team of scientists, working over the last four years, has developed a framework for Mapping European Seabed Habitats (MESH). The project achievements far exceeded those originally planned, and...

The potential for hydrographic information in the holdings of today’s Hydrographic Offices (HOs) extends far beyond its classical use: the production of charts and nautical publications to ensure safety of...

Base data used in the development of marine mapping products are generally not made freely available and are normally at a price that is decided on by their owner. The...

JNCC has launched the new MESH website. The site has been enlarged and completely redesigned to reflect the enormous number and range of products that the project has generated over...

As human use of the oceans continues to grow both in spatial scope of operations and diversity of activities, the use of hydrographic charts in roles other than navigation is...

In July 2004 HSA Systems Ltd (HSA) commenced an 18-month project for Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to assess and assign Zones of Confidence (ZOCs) to all hydrographic surveys incorporated...

A great deal of metadata is registered during hydrographic survey. This data (information on survey conditions, online and offline filter settings and calibrations) is essential for assessment of the quality...

Safe Software has introduced support for Bathymetric Attributed Grid (BAG), enhancing their raster ETL offerings in the marketplace. FME now enables organisations to translate and convert data between BAG, a...