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OceanWise provides the Data ‘Road Map’ to emergent Caribbean and Central American Hydrographic Offices

OceanWise was invited to contribute on the subject of ‘Maritime Data Management -Achieving Best Practise’ at the 18th Meso-American and Caribbean Regional Hydrographic Commission (MACHC) Capacity Building Seminar. Entitled ‘Hydrographic Governance and Managing Hydrography in Challenging Environments’, the event was held it the Melia Marina Resort Hotel in Varadero, Cuba on 27-28 November 2017. The […]

A High Tech Future explained at OceanWise’s Marine Data Management and GIS Workshop

OceanWise hosted its annual Marine Data Management and GIS Workshop in London on 22 November 2017. A gathering of over 60 people were treated to a great programme of talks and demonstrations with the keynote provided by Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist at Google. Ed reinforced the role geography plays in our increasingly connected world by […]

Data Centricity in Hydrography through Standardisatisation

Newly elected IHO Secretary General, Dr Matthias Jonas pledged at Hydro 17 conference in Rotterdam to further encourage data centric operations across the IHO community through effective standardisation. This will widen the appeal and application of hydrographic data and in doing so create an interoperable platform for sharing and re-using the data in new ways.

We’re looking for a Marketing Coordinator

As part of our continued growth, we are looking to recruit a Marketing Coordinator to support our promotional and sales activities internationally. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing OceanWise’s marketing plan and contributing to the plan as they grow into the role. The role includes the following duties: Understanding and maintaining details of […]

OceanWise delivers Data Management training to Skilltrade IHO Cat B Hydrographic Survey Course

OceanWise has successfully delivered a further Data Management Training course to the IHO Category ‘B’ Hydrographic Survey course on behalf of Skilltrade BV, at ROC Nova College Maritiemin in Ijmuiden, Netherlands. The course provided an introduction to maritime data management ‘best practise’ covering subjects including Data Governance, Data Lifecycle, Data Standards, Metadata, Data Quality and […]

OceanWise exhibits at the UK Harbour Masters Association (UKHMA) Autumn Seminar

We will be exhibiting at the upcoming UKHMA Autumn Seminar at the Victory Services Club, in London, on 21st November where we will be showcasing both our Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and productivity tools and our Port-Log Environmental Data Sharing and Publishing services. The importance of collecting and utilising high resolution maritime data […]

OceanWise Marine Data Management and GIS Workshop

OceanWise, supported by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI), hosts its popular annual Data Management & GIS Workshop on Wednesday 22 November 2017, at The School of Economic Science, 11 Mandeville Place, London W1U 3AJ. Our keynote speaker will be Ed Parsons, Geospatial Technologist at Google. This year’s theme is ÔÇÿModernising Our Approach to Data […]

OceanWise Offers Continuity for Marine Mapping Users

OceanWise is very 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 founded SeaZone in 2004, commented: “High quality marine spatial mapping data is essential for many businesses, and OceanWise would […]

European Consortium completes Demonstration of new Internet-of-Things (IOT) Platform

A consortium led by exactEarth Europe and comprising OceanWise, UK Satellite Applications Catapult, Pole Star Space Applications and TeamSurv has completed the demonstration of a new global maritime machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet-of-Things (IOT) platform/service. The project was funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) Integrated Applications Promotion Programme. The innovative global M2M/IOT data service known […]

Tide Station Survives Hurricane Maria!

Hurricane Maria caused widespread damage on the Caribbean island of Dominica on the night of 19/20 September and our thoughts are with the islanders as they start to rebuild their lives. Data from the OceanWise and GIS SRL installed monitoring station on the island’s east coast stopped being received at around 0230 AST, either via […]