Collection: Research and Technology
From volunteer ping to community map – The CHS’ Community Hydrography Program
1 Introduction The International Hydrographic Organization’s (IHO) report Status of Hydrographic Surveying and Charting Worldwide (IHO, 2023) reveals…
Improving a ship’s energy efficiency in Korean coastal waters using tidal current information
1 Introduction The international shipping industry, which contributed about 2.89 % of global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in…
Exploring the possibility of adding DGGS support to the S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model
1 Introduction The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has developed the S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model to modernize and…
Exploration of hydrothermal venting sites using deep-towed multibeam echosounder data
Preamble The following work was presented at the Hydrographic Conference HYDRO 2023, 7–9 November 2023, Genoa, Italy in…
Closing the data gap – Automated seafloor health maps to accelerate nature-based solutions
Preamble The following work was presented at the Hydrographic Conference HYDRO 2023, 7–9 November 2023, Genoa, Italy in…
Unlock insights from hydrographic data with GeoAI
Preamble The following work was presented at the Hydrographic Conference HYDRO 2023, 7–9 November 2023, Genoa, Italy in…
Science Monitoring And Reliable Technology (SMART) to monitor the ocean using submarine cables
The ocean covers almost 70 % of our planet. It is responsible for approximately 50 % of the…
Shared waters, same standards – The Baltic Sea e-Nav project: A partnership for the future of marine navigation
1 Introduction During the past decades, the countries around the Baltic Sea have cooperated in the process of…
Empowering hydrographic professionals: Highlights from IFHS Student Awards and insights into the Hydrographic Professional Accreditation Scheme
1 IFHS Student Award 2023 We are delighted to announce that Manuela Ammann (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern…
BathyGlobe GapFiller: A planning tool to help fill the gaps in world bathymetry
1 Introduction The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO-Seabed 2030 (SB2030) project (Mayer et al., 2018) is an initiative to map the…
Towards mapping the gaps in Alaska
1 Introduction Charting the seas and managing fisheries within the United States (U.S.) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) are…
Analysis of the potential of full-waveform stacking techniques applied to coastal airborne LiDAR bathymetry data of the German Wadden Sea National Park
1 Introduction The seabed near the coast is constantly changing as a result of natural processes and human…