A collection of articles about coastal mapping.
Collection: Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Research and Technology
Marine accidents ascribe to man or machine?
By BK Ramprasad
1 Introduction Let us have a look at the existing national and international regulations in force for the…
Bathymetry and Positioning
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
People and Institutions
Research and Technology
From volunteer ping to community map – The CHS’ Community Hydrography Program
By Mathieu Rondeau, Michel Breton, Gabriel Montpetit-Allard, Michel Leger, Yan Bilodeau, Johnny Kasudluak
1 Introduction The International Hydrographic Organization’s (IHO) report Status of Hydrographic Surveying and Charting Worldwide (IHO, 2023) reveals…
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Research and Technology
Exploring the possibility of adding DGGS support to the S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model
By Kimberly Mason, Jens Schröder-Fürstenberg
1 Introduction The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has developed the S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model to modernize and…
Bathymetry and Positioning
Data Management
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
CSB as part of the modern hydrographic toolbox
By Jennifer Jencks, Belen Jimenez Baron
Preamble This paper is intended as a response to a Note by Philip Payne, published in The International…
Bathymetry and Positioning
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Citizen Hydrospatial Sciences − To csB or not to csB, that is the question!
By Denis Hains, Steven Geoffrey Keating, Chandana Rathnayake, Victoria Obura, Shereen Sharma, Stephen Hall
1 Introduction The foundational part of the hydrospatial sciences (Hains et al., 2022) is the science of hydrography,…
Bathymetry and Positioning
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
People and Institutions
Research and Technology
Shared waters, same standards – The Baltic Sea e-Nav project: A partnership for the future of marine navigation
By Benjamin Hell, Magnus Wallhagen, Patrick Westfeld, Sophie Hohwü-Christensen, Rainer Mustaniemi, Antti Värre, James Harper
1 Introduction During the past decades, the countries around the Baltic Sea have cooperated in the process of…
Bathymetry and Positioning
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Research and Technology
Towards mapping the gaps in Alaska
By Mark Zimmermann, Megan M. Prescott
1 Introduction Charting the seas and managing fisheries within the United States (U.S.) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) are…
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Research and Technology
The effectiveness of S-100 ECDIS capable of ENDS in the view of ship officers’ visual characteristics
By Junhyuk Jang, Sekil Park, Sewoong Oh, Iji Kim
1 Introduction Electronic Chart Display & Information System (ECDIS) is a navigation equipment that displays chart information and…
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Research and Technology
Methodological proposal for the standardization of the Electronic Navigational Chart scheme in the Caribbean Sea
By Olga Bonfante, Rafael Ricardo Torres Parra, Julio Castillo
1 Introduction The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are organizations that work together…
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Research and Technology
The Hydrographic Geospatial Products and Services Committee (HGPSC) – Using technology to facilitate international collaboration on USA- Canada transboundary charting discussions
By Christie L. Ence, Laura Colombe
The United States and Canada have a long history of collaboration when managing maritime charting items. For decades,…
Bathymetry and Positioning
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
Hydrographic surveys – The purpose and the choice of scale
By Archibald Day
Preamble This manuscript is a reprint of the original paper previously published in 1955 in The International Hydrographic…
Bathymetry and Positioning
Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting
World bathymetric charts – On the requirement for a world wide bathymetric chart on a scale larger than the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)
By L. N. Pascoe
Preamble This manuscript is a reprint of the original paper previously published in 1972 in The International Hydrographic…