A collection of articles about coastal mapping.
Collection: Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
AUGMENTED REALITY FOR CREWED HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS
How Augmented Reality Can Leverage Water Depth Management in the Port of Hamburg Abstract For the process of…
US OBJECTIVES WITH NOMEC: ENABLING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEABED 2030
Abstract Building on Seabed 2030 momentum, in 2020, the United States (US) debuted the National Strategy for Mapping,…
CHS PRIORITY PLANNING TOOL
A GIS to Prioritize Data Gaps Abstract Spanning close to 250,000 km in length, the Canadian coastline is…
THE END OF TRADITIONAL PAPER CHARTS: THE FINAL TRANSITION TO ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS
1. Abstract In late 2019, the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) started a five-year program…
DYNAMIC DRAFT AND UNDER KEEL CLEARANCE: A HYDROGRAPHIC VIEW
1. INTRODUCTION The prosperity of civilizations that pioneered economic activity through trading between settlements on the Mediterranean Sea…
CONVERSION OF ELECTRONIC NAVIGATIONAL CHARTS FROM S-57 TO S-101 STANDARD FORMAT
1. INTRODUCTION Electronic navigation consists of defining the position and controlling the ship by any kind of electronic…
AN OVERVIEW OF THE COVERAGE WITH ENC IN THE MESOAMERICAN REGIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC COMMISSION AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA – MACHC
1. INTRODUCTION The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), with the purpose of unifying the use of digital cartography and…
THE KIRKE CHANNEL AND ITS NAUTICAL CARTOGRAPHY FROM THE 1982 EDITION TO THE NEW EDITION 2019
1. Introduction The Kirke Canal is located in the Magellan and Chilean Antarctic Region, specifically in the province…
HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE OF COLOMBIA IN FRONT OF DISASTER CARE
The area of the Colombian Caribbean Sea has historically been a privileged place for natural events, since there…
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF NAVIGATION SERVICES SINCE SOLAS
The IHO has positioned itself and the world’s hydrographic offices for important expanded roles in the coming decades,…
THE BATHYMETRIC COMPILATION, A TRUE CHALLENGE IN THE NAUTICAL CHART GENERATION PROCESS
1. Introduction 1.1 Bathymetry Generalisation for Nautical Charts Generation. A Required Process Topographic maps usually represent both natural and…
AN OVERVIEW OF THE NOAA ENC RE-SCHEMING PLAN
1. Introduction The International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires commercial shipping to carry nautical charts and nautical publications for…