IHR - Volume 29(1)

Editorial by Patrick Westfeld

Welcome to the first issue of The International Hydrographic Review (IHR) in 2023. This year is a jubilee…

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Editor in chief: Patrick Westfeld

Published: May 2023

Articles in this IHR issue

People and Institutions

Editorial of Volume 29(1)

By Patrick Westfeld

Welcome to the first issue of The International Hydrographic Review (IHR) in 2023. This year is a jubilee…

Greetings from IHO, IOC of UNESCO, and FIG

By Mathias Jonas, Abri Kampfer, Luigi Sinapi, Ariel Hernán Troisi, Diane A. Dumashie

IHO Directing Committee Less than two years after the birth of the IHO, 100 years ago in 1923,…

People and Institutions Research and Technology

New horizons for hydrography

By Mathias Jonas

1 Introduction Hydrography is an engineering science, which does not seek knowledge for knowledge’s sake. The goal is…

Data Management Research and Technology

Digital Twins of the Ocean can foster a sustainable blue economy in a protected marine environment

By Ute Brönner, Maike Sonnewald, Martin Visbeck

1 Introduction The ocean is everything to us: life, food, energy, recreation and jobs. Right now, the ocean…

Bathymetry and Positioning Research and Technology

Uncrewed surface systems facilitating a new era of global ocean exploration

By Larry Mayer

1 Introduction As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of The International Hydrographic Review (IHR) one might ask why…

People and Institutions

The future is CLEAR: Community-Led Engagement for Adaptability & Resilience

By Helen F. Stewart

1 Lifting the clouds for a CLEAR future Many years ago, as a young graduate student at the…

People and Institutions

100 years of international cooperation in hydrography

By Peter Ehlers

Preamble This manuscript is a reprint of the original paper previously published in 2021 in the Journal of…

People and Institutions

Interviews

By Renato Arruda, Geneviève McCormack, Arturo Oxley Lizana, Elikkos Elia, Pia Dhal Hojgaard, Jervis Marvin Robinson, Laurent Kerléguer, Thomas Dehling, Dimitrios Efstathiou, Masayuki Fujita, Toine Barten, Chukwuemeka Ebenezer Okafor, João Paulo Ramalho Marreiros, Gustavo Adolfo Gomez-Pimpollo Crespo, Roshan Ranaweera, Bernice Mahabier, Magnus WALLHAGEN, Rhett Hatcher, José Pedro Dominguez Viloria, Benjamin K. Evans, John Nyberg

Preface The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) currently has 98 Member States (as of February 2023). The Member States…

Bathymetry and Positioning

Hydrographic datum planes

By Harry A. Marmer

Preamble This manuscript is a reprint of the original paper previously published in 1929 in the Hydrographic Review,…

People and Institutions Research and Technology

Definition of the words “Hydrographer” and “Hydrography”

By John Dodd Nares

Preamble This manuscript is a reprint of the original paper previously published in 1934 in the Hydrographic Review,…

Research and Technology

The nautical mile

By Alton B. Moody

Preamble This manuscript is a reprint of the original paper previously published in 1950 in The International Hydrographic…

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…