Collection: Research and Technology
SO… WHAT IS HYDROSPATIAL?
Abstract In the Article “What’s Hydrospatial?” (Hains, 2020a), it was suggested to adopt a new term to distinguish…
Singapore’s National Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure “GEOSPACE-SEA”: Enabling Hydrospatial Context
1. Introduction At Singapore’s World Hydrography Day celebrations in June 2019, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA)…
ACCELERATING THE USAGE OF EARTH AND OCEANS OBSERVATION DATA IN HYDROGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS
1. Introduction The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) is the national Hydrographic Office (HO) which is responsible for aiding…
MORPHOGRAVIMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN REGIONS OF THE BRAZILIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF
1. Introduction The importance of studying the surface and subsurface of the marine floor is directly related to…
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY WITH AUTONOMOUS SURFACE VEHICLES
1. Overview Increasingly, hydrographic offices are turning to robotic, unmanned, and “autonomous” surface vehicles (ASVs) to conduct systematic…
HYSPEC V2.0 PUBLISHED
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), the New Zealand Hydrographic Authority, has recently revised and published an updated version…
WHAT IS HYDROSPATIAL ?
Abstract The Oceans, coastal waters, including rivers and lakes, navigable or not, cover about 70% of our Planet……
IMPACT OF CYCLONE IDAI ON THE HYDROGRAPIC SERVICES – THE CASE OF MOZAMBIQUE
1. Abstract The deadliest tropical cyclone in 2019 was the Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai in the South-West Indian…
MULTIDIMENSIONAL MARINE DATA: The next frontier for Hydrographic Offices
1. Introduction Hydrography – from the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) S-32 Hydrographic Dictionary (IHO, 2019a) – is defined…
NaAVIC THE MOBILE APP FOR MARINE NAVIGATION USING STREAMED DATA
ABSTRACT NaAVIC is a free and downloadable Electronic Chart System app, specifically developed for safe and professional navigation,…
WILL HYDROGRAPHIC GEOSPATIAL DATA PASS THE “FITNESS TO USE” TEST
OceanWise provided a news item in August 2017 for Hydro International (Reference), outlining the work of the United…
Semi-automated generation of depth contours for ENCS
1. Introduction The era of rapidly acquired, high resolution bathymetric surveys, coupled with mariner expectations for timely incorporation…