IHR - Volume 25

Editorial by Brian Connon

Welcome to the May 2021 edition of the International Hydrographic Review! I am excited to share the articles…

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Editor in chief: Brian Connon

Published: May 2021

Articles in this IHR issue

SPECIAL – IHO Directing Committee contribution

By Abri Kampfer, Luigi Sinapi, Mathias Jonas

It is with great pleasure that we accept the invitation of the IHR Editor to write a few…

Research and Technology

IDENTIFYING FUTURE HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY PRIORITIES: A QUANTITATIVE UNCERTAINTY BASED APPROACH

By C. Bongiovanni, A. Armstrong, B. Calder, Dr T. Lippmann

1.  Introduction 1.1  The Hydrographic Health Model (HHM) The United States of America has collected hydrographic data for…

Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting

THE KIRKE CHANNEL AND ITS NAUTICAL CARTOGRAPHY FROM THE 1982 EDITION TO THE NEW EDITION 2019

By M. I. Sifon

1. Introduction The Kirke Canal is located in the Magellan and Chilean Antarctic Region, specifically in the province…

Bathymetry and Positioning

PROGRAM SEAMAP 2030 – 100 % of the Portuguese maritime spaces mapped by 2030

By Lieutenant Commander T. Geraldes Dias

Abstract At present, we only know in detail about 19% of the world seafloor. Concerning the Portuguese maritime…

Bathymetry and Positioning

CLOUD-BASED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION FOR REMOTE WORK AND LEARNING

By Alison Proctor, Denis Hains, Guillaume Labbe-Morissette, Ian Church, Marc Thibodeau, Sean Mullan, Tami Francksen

1. Abstract The hydrographic industry is undergoing radical changes in mission and technology to bring rise to a…

Bathymetry and Positioning

AUTONOMOUS SURVEY IN NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTS

By D Bazowsky, D. Mallace, M. Day, R. MacKenzie

1. Abstract This note depicts the use of a next generation Uncrewed Surface Vessel for the collection of…

Research and Technology

SDB Day 2021 – The 3rd International Conference on Satellite-Derived Bathymetry

By P. Klinger

“We thought it would not be easy to engage people for a virtual SDB Day event. We were…

Bathymetry and Positioning

MULTI-SENSOR SDB AT A NEW SCALE – Addressing the urgent need for coastal bathymetry in the Caribbean with rapid, scalable SDB powered by deep learning and cloud technologies

By K. Goodrich

With National Science Foundation funding, TCarta Marine launched Project Trident to re-imagine satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) methods for greater…

Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting

HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE OF COLOMBIA IN FRONT OF DISASTER CARE

By Dagoberto U. DAVID VITERI

The area of the Colombian Caribbean Sea has historically been a privileged place for natural events, since there…

Research and Technology

SO… WHAT IS HYDROSPATIAL?

By Denis Hains, Emre Gulher, Hayley C. Cawthra, Karen Cove, Kim Picard, Michael Bergmann, Parry Oei, Pearlyn Y. Pang, Rafael Ponce

Abstract In the Article “What’s Hydrospatial?” (Hains, 2020a), it was suggested to adopt a new term to distinguish…

People and Institutions

PORTUGUESE HYDROGRAPHIC INSTITUTE: 60 Years of Ocean Knowledge Projected into the Future

By Rear Admiral C. Ventura Soares

The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute (IH) celebrated its 60th anniversary on September 22, 2020. The heritage it carries from…

People and Institutions

EMPOWERING WOMEN IN HYDROGRAPHY

By Annie Biron, E. Flier

In October 2020, the main author had the great pleasure to present at the International Hydrographic Organization Inter-Regional…