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EVALUATION OF A CROWD SOURCED BATHYMETRIC APPROACH

By Barry Grinker, Shaul Solomon, Assif Hassin

1. BACKGROUND Harbors are relatively shallow confined areas where maneuvering is limited and therefore monitoring their depths is…

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THE HYDROGRAPHER OF THE FUTURE — Reflections on an International Virtual Workshop

By Mina Foroutan, Sonja Bhatia, Geneviève McCormack

Reflections on an International Virtual Workshop Abstract The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) expects the skillsets of its multidisciplinary…

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THE EMPOWERING WOMEN IN HYDROGRAPHY PROJECT

By Sonja Bhatia, Annie Biron, Gretchen Imahori, Helen F. Stewart

Fix Your Leaking Pipeline 1. INTRODUCTION This is part of a series of Notes related to the International…

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PORTUGAL’S CARTOGRAPHIC RESPONSIBILITY IN AFRICA

By João Paulo Delgado Vicente

Abstract This article covers the safety of navigation in Africa and considers the significant limitations both in the…

Bathymetry and Positioning Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting Research and Technology

AUGMENTED REALITY FOR CREWED HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS

By Julia Bräker, Julia Hertel, Marc Briede, Thomas Thies, Martin Semmann

How Augmented Reality Can Leverage Water Depth Management in the Port of Hamburg Abstract For the process of…

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MINILAB

By Frank Niemeyer, Christopher Karberg, Kathrin Baumgarten, Henrich Preuß, Jan Witte, Patrick Bethke, Johann Wollstadt, Konrad Chwelatiuk, Jana Brinkmann, Eileen Trunczik

Agile Underwater Platform with Integrated Sensors for Environmental and Visual Applications Abstract The Fraunhofer “Smart Ocean Technologies” (SOT)…

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HYDROSPATIAL – UPDATE AND PROGRESS IN THE DEFINITION OF THIS TERM

By Denis Hains, Lars Schiller, Rafael Ponce, Michael Bergmann, Hayley C. Cawthra, Karen Cove, Paola Echeverry, Latia Gaunavou, Seong-Pil Kim, Ana Carolina Lavagnino, John Maschke, Maria Emanuela Mihailov, Victoria Obura, Parry Oei, Pearlyn Y. Pang, Geetha Plackal Njanaseelan, Shereen L. Sharma

It is all about the Blue of our Blue Planet and… It is not replacing Hydrography! Abstract The…

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CAN ARGO FLOATS HELP IMPROVE BATHYMETRY?

By Esmee M. van Wijk, Bryan Hally, Luke O. Wallace, Nathalie Zilberman, Megan Scanderbeg

1. Introduction Currently, less than 24% of the global ocean floor has been well mapped (Seabed 2030 Project,…

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US OBJECTIVES WITH NOMEC: ENABLING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEABED 2030

By Benjamin K. Evans, Jeremy Weirich

Abstract Building on Seabed 2030 momentum, in 2020, the United States (US) debuted the National Strategy for Mapping,…

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CHS PRIORITY PLANNING TOOL

By René Chénier, Loretta Abado, Adam Jirovec

A GIS to Prioritize Data Gaps Abstract Spanning close to 250,000 km in length, the Canadian coastline is…

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Editorial IHR 27

By Patrick Westfeld

Welcome to the 27th Volume of the International Hydrographic Review (IHR). With this edition, I officially take over…

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MEASURING WATER LEVELS BY HANDHELD SMARTPHONES – A contribution to exploit crowdsourcing in the spatio temporal densification of water gauging networks

By Melanie Elias, Hans-Gerd Maas

1. INTRODUCTION Along with droughts, floods are one of the two most important water-related disasters closely linked to…