Hosting a party on a ship’s maiden visit to Malta in 2002, I mentioned in my welcome the initiative of the Maltese ambassador to the United Nations, Dr Arvid Pardo....

The Military Survey Department of the Armed Forces is the sole federal mapping agency and entity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is responsible for co-ordinating, processing and disseminating...

The fascinating world of hydrography confronts the current hydrographer with an interesting challenge: to serve a wide variety of customers as quickly as possible with a wide variety of products,...

Global warming, climate change, rising sea levels and increased commercial exploitation of the seabed and sea space are important global indicators of a changing world environment. A crucial role is...

A growing problem exists with forward-deployed electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) in obtaining and updating geospatial data(electronic nautical charts). This problem is commonly referred to as distributing geospatial...

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...

IHO Publication 57 (IHO S-57) is the official IHO Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data, formally adopted in 1992. S-57 was intended to support all types of hydrographic data, the...

A B$9.5 million project for the delivery of Brunei's national Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) was officially contracted end of April 2007 during a signing ceremony between the Ministry of Development...

Imagine piloting a 398m container ship into port TODAY using an ENC updated with survey data collected YESTERDAY. Isn’t this order of turnaround time the ultimate dream of any ENC...

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) hosted its 3rd ECDIS Stakeholders’ Forum in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 7 and 8 November 2007. The forum was held during the annual meeting of...