Newsletter Articles

Licensed Partner Programme Update

We have significantly expanded our new network of Licensed Partners over the last year or so in order to better serve our growing UK and international client base for our products and services. Our latest partners include: Elcome Integrated Systems PVT of Mumbai, providers of land and marine survey services, India EDINA, providers of mapping […]

MEDIN Portal Refresh

The Marine Environmental and Data and Information Network (MEDIN) launched its new portal in December 2017. As well as making the most of latest web technologies, the new look portal allows more advanced searches and enables users to add their own map layers, including OceanWise’s medium scale seabed Digital Elevation Model (DEM) which is provided […]

Leading the Way in Marine and Ocean ICT at Oceanology International 2018

The unfolding revolution in marine and ocean information and communications technology (ICT) is to take ‘pride of place’ at Oceanology International 2018 in London. As a leading provider of marine data solutions, OceanWise will be showcasing the latest technological developments. These include the company’s modernising approach to marine data management, its Smart Telemetry unit, the […]

A CBI Report – From Ostrich to Magpie

A recent CBI report published in Nov 2017 highlighted the fact that the vast majority of UK businesses believe that adopting digital technologies is a crucial driver to achieving greater efficiency, thus facilitating the required productivity gains highlighted by recent government statistics, if individual organisations and the UK are to remain competitive in a global […]

Data Product and Service Developments

We have greatly expanded our Raster Charts XL coverage to Northern Europe including France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Denmark with Sweden to be added in the next few months. Available as Web Map Tile Service (WMTS), it provides wider coverage, ease of access and negates the need to handle local updates, as we will manage […]

Changes to Mapping Data Terms and Conditions

We have made some amendments to our Marine and Coastal Data Standard Terms and Conditions of Licence. We have added new data products, notably our Raster Charts XL Web Map Tile Service and our ENC Web Map Service. We have updated references to our Licensed Partners and clarified that Licensed Partners are able to provide […]

Continuity for SeaZone Licensees

We were sorry to hear the announcement that SeaZone will no longer be selling or renewing licences for HydroSpatial or any of its other marine mapping data. Dr Mike Osborne, Managing Director of OceanWise, who established SeaZone in 2004 commented, “High quality marine spatial mapping data is essential for many businesses and OceanWise would like […]

OceanWise Sponsors Junior Rugby

Our directors are big rugby fans and also like to get involved with supporting the local community where we can. With our office being in Alton we thought it would be great to support the local rugby club (Alton RFC) by supplying sponsored match shirts for the Under 8’s. The shirts made their debut recently […]

Royal Navy of Oman improves its Data Management

OceanWise delivered two training workshops on Data Management and Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) on behalf of the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) and the Oman National Hydrographic Office (ONHO). The workshops, held between 10-14 Sep at the Park Inn hotel, Muscat, examined the development, role and contribution of marine data to the Oman National […]

Tees Bay Pilots Benefit from ENC Writer Extension software

Following on from the successful creation of a high resolution Port Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) for the Tees Bay pilots to safely bring in the Brent Delta Oil Rig topside for decommissioning to the Able Yard, Hartlepool in May 2017, this capability has now been successfully delivered to PD Teesport Harbourmaster’s office. The OceanWise ENC […]