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OceanWise supports 2nd Mexican Hydrographic Convention, 15th Meso-American and Caribbean Hydrographic Commission

OceanWise actively participated in both the 2nd Mexican Hydrographic Convention and 15th meeting of the Meso-American and Caribbean Hydrographic Commission (MACHC) of the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) hosted by the Mexican Navy Hydrographic Department at its Oceanographic Institute for the Pacific Region in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico from 8-13 December 2014. OceanWise were invited to provide […]

OceanWise Marine GIS Workshop hailed a great success

Independent marine data management, publishing and GIS specialist, OceanWise held its Marine GIS Workshop in London on Tuesday 18th November at the School of Economic Science to great acclaim! The free-to-attend event, themed ‘the innovative use of GIS as a powerful toolset to achieve best practice’ was full to capacity with over 80 delegates registering. […]

New Recruits to the OceanWise team!

OceanWise are pleased to welcome two new members of staff to its team. Richard Marlow has joined OceanWise as a Senior Information Systems Developer. Joining us from Fugro EMU, he will focus on further developing our GIS capabilities both internally and externally. Over time he will be extending our portfolio of Data Products to increase […]

OceanWise addresses 5th EIHC on Marine SDI

The importance of hydrography and its role in an increasingly geospatially enabled world took centre stage at the 5th Extraordinary International Hydrographic Conference in Monaco recently. OceanWise’s Director, John Pepper (pictured), presented on the status and future of Marine SDI. The recognition by Hydrographic Offices that hydrographic data is ‘not just for charting’ was unanimous, […]

OceanWise to Host Marine GIS Workshop

OceanWise is pleased to announce that it will again be hosting its annual Marine GIS Workshop on Tuesday November 18th 2014 at The School for Economic Science in Mandeville Place, London, W1U 3AJ. The workshop, which is FREE to attend, will include presentations and demonstrations of new and existing tools and techniques and how these […]

OceanWise Agrees Distribution Arrangements with GPS Geofisica y Posicionamiento Satelital, C.A.

OceanWise is pleased to announce the appointment of GPS, Geofisica y Posicionamiento Satelital, C.A., as a distributor of its range of oceanographic software and services. The deal combines GPS instrumentation and equipment supplier capability with OceanWise’s data telemetry, storage and publishing software and services, as well as its expertise in system design and integration, data […]

OceanWise appoints Chartworld International as Distributor

We are pleased to announce the appointment of ChartWorld International to its growing network of Distributor and Value-Added Resellers (VAR’s) for its range of marine mapping products and data management and publishing software and services. The deal combines ChartWorld’s expertise as a VAR of digital electronic charts for marine applications including digital charts and publications […]

Bathymetric and Port ENCs for Peel Ports Pilots

OceanWise Ltd has provided the Marine Department at Peel Ports (Clydeport) with specialist tools that takes processed hydrographic survey data and converts it into Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) suitable for use within Portable Pilot Units (PPUs). The production of the Bathymetry and Port ENCs, which are now being used operationally by Clydeport Pilots, is an […]

Launch of Seabed DEM

To accompany the above datasets, OceanWise has created Marine Themes DEM, a seabed digital elevation model (DEM) at 1 and 6 arc seconds utilising single and multi-beam hydrographic survey data from the UK Hydrographic Office and other agencies. Data derived from Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) is used to provide additional coverage. OceanWise Marine Themes DEM […]

SDI Capacity Building for NIOHC

The importance of the theoretical and practical aspects of hydrographic database design and management to support the development of marine, national and regional spatial data infrastructures (SDI) was again demonstrated by delegates attending the second in a series of capacity building courses, held 26-30 March 2012 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The course was hosted by […]