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

People and Institutions

EDUCATION IN HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYING AND NAUTICAL CARTOGRAPHY

By R. Furness

1. Introduction The FIG/IHO/ICA International Board on Standards of Competence for Hydrographic Surveyors and Nautical Cartographers (IBSC) maintains…

Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF NAVIGATION SERVICES SINCE SOLAS

By Shepard Smith

The IHO has positioned itself and the world’s hydrographic offices for important expanded roles in the coming decades,…

Bathymetry and Positioning

ESTIMATING OBSERVER AND DATA REPUTATION IN MARINER VOLUNTEERED BATHYMETRY

By B. Calder

1.  Introduction Most hydrographic offices (HOs) now agree that data volunteered by mariners, called variously Crowdsourced Bathymetry or…

Maritime Safety Information and Nautical Charting

THE BATHYMETRIC COMPILATION, A TRUE CHALLENGE IN THE NAUTICAL CHART GENERATION PROCESS

By LCDR J. Manzano

1. Introduction 1.1  Bathymetry Generalisation for Nautical Charts Generation. A Required Process Topographic maps usually represent both natural and…