Nathan Barr joins us!
We are really pleased to welcome a new member to our expanding OceanWise team! Nathan started with us in July and is on a year’s placement from his studies at Plymouth University where he is studying for a degree in Geography and Ocean Science. Nathan will be training as a Marine Data Analyst as part […]
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Keynote address at HydroSEA 2018
Our MD, Dr Mike Osborne, was invited to present a keynote address at the Hydrography Southeast Asia (HydroSEA) 2018 conference. The presentation focused on ‘Data Management to Hydrography’ and recognised that hydrographers have been managing data for a long time, since the first sounding was taken, or chart compiled, but that recently data management has […]
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Environmental Monitoring goes Portable!
Our environmental monitoring system is now available as part of a complete turnkey portable solution. Originally developed for the Royal Yacht Squadron (weather) and UK Dredging (tides), the system has been expanded to include additional sensors, allowing a wide range of environmental data types to be measured from a remote, moving or temporary location and […]
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Students benefit from our Marine Mapping via New Online Service
Our intelligent marine mapping data is now accessible to students in Further and Higher Education across the British Isles via ‘Digimap’TM the online map and data delivery service provided by EDINA, based at the University of Edinburgh. EDINA works with data partners such as Ordnance Survey, British Geological Survey, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Getmapping […]
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REGISTER NOW for our Marine Data Management and GIS Workshop, 27 November 2018
Keynote: ‘Data as Infrastructure’ by Leigh Dodds, Open Data Institute Other presentations include: The Geospatial Commission – A Road Map for Change? Smart Ports – A Myth or Reality? Vulnerability Mapping in the Caribbean The Impact of GIS in Peel Ports Developments in Environmental Monitoring Where Land and Sea Collide – The Cartographic Challenge Why […]
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New Environmental Monitoring System for Harwich Haven
We are delighted to announce that we have been selected to deliver a new environmental monitoring system for Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) which will measure tide, weather and wave conditions at the ports of Harwich and Felixstowe. HHA, a trust port that have been operating for more than 900 years, attract trade from all over […]
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Smart Cities but Smart Ports?
The concept of ‘Smart Cities’ has been around for some years and is described as ‘one that makes optimal use of all the interconnected available data and information to better understand and control its operations and optimise the use of limited resources’ (Source: IBM). Now ‘Smart Ports’ are emerging across the world. According to CEO, […]
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We are now ISO 9001:2015 Accredited!
We are delighted to announce that we are now officially ISO 9001 accredited. After much hard work from the entire OceanWise team, our Quality Management System (QMS) has been confirmed as meeting the standards of the latest 2015 revision. The International Standards Organisation (ISO) helps businesses to have minimal waste and maximum productivity and sets […]
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The Team Go Sailing!
We had a wonderful team building day out on a Sunsail First 40. Departing from Port Solent we sailed over towards Southampton and took in the stunning sights of the Isle of Wight and the south coast. The sun was shining, the waves were calm and the wind was mostly in our favour. All in […]
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Well done Will!
OceanWise’s Will Girard, who started with the team in September 2016, has won an award of ‘highly recommended’ at the recent PETA Apprentice of the Year Awards 2018, in recognition of his high standards of achievement, outstanding commitment and excellent progression. Will is pictured here receiving his award from the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth. Will […]
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