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ESA Funded A-SeNS enables Port-Log Data to be captured by Satellites

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a tracking system used by ships and vessel traffic services for identifying and locating vessels by electronically exchanging data with other nearby vessels, shore stations and satellites. As well as providing information such as vessel location, speed and direction, AIS is capable of handling environmental data, such as wind […]

Introduction to GIS for Maritime Users using Cadcorp SIS 8.0

OceanWise, a Cadcorp parter, will be providing a two day GIS course in early December focusing on Cadcorp SIS 8 and it’s new functionality. The course is aimed at those in the maritime sector who are new to GIS/Cadcorp and those who just need a refresher. Taking place in Alton, Hampshire from the 9th – […]

OceanWise Marine GIS Workshop proves popular

OceanWise, the UK’s leading independent marine data management, publishing and GIS specialists, hosted its annual Marine GIS Workshop in London on Tuesday 17th November. This year’s event considered ‘why data is important and why good data management is critical to the health of projects, programmes and your company bottom line’. For the second consecutive year […]

A New Era for Raster Charts

OceanWise, UK leaders in the provision of intelligent Marine and Coastal Mapping data, has developed a set of specialist tools and methodology to identify specific content from Raster Charts. By removing all content to the landward side of the coastline OceanWise has created a product which can be used seamlessly alongside terrestrial data and as […]

OceanWise develops Maritime Toolbar (MTB) for Esri Users

OceanWise has now developed Maritime Toolbar (MTB) for ArcMap so maritime users on an Esri platform can take advantage of the great functionality previously only available to Cadcorp SIS users. This new add-in extends the GIS functionality commonly used within the maritime sector to ArcMap 10.1 and above. The toolbar includes 31 tools that can […]

OceanWise present at SAIHC

OceanWise recently attended the 12th Conference of the Southern Africa and Islands Hydrographic Commission (SAIHC), hosted by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), at the Karibu Kunduchi Beach Hotel and Resort near Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. OceanWise hosted a Marine Data Management and Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Workshop for those attendees from African States embarking on the […]

OceanWise Launches New Interactive Marine Mapping Data Product Demonstrators

OceanWise, the leading UK supplier of Intelligent Marine and Coastal Mapping Data is pleased to announce the release of free, interactive, Marine Mapping product demonstrators available here. Built using OpenLayers, the demos allow the user to pan around a defined area and get a feel for our different data products. We currently have individual demos […]

DelNorte and OceanWise deliver Tidal Level System to RNLI

DelNorte in conjunction with OceanWise has delivered a new online tidal level system to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to assist its crews to safely launch its rescue craft from its new Lifeboat station at Portishead, Avon, UK. With a tidal range in excess of 12 metres in this part of the Bristol Channel, […]

Marine Data Management Awareness course goes down a treat!

On Thursday 18th June OceanWise provided it’s first “Marine Data Management Awareness” course, on behalf of IMarEST, at its London HQ in Aldgate House, London. The course was met with some really positive and useful feedback. Thankfully, at the end of the day for what to many is a dry subject, the window was not […]

OceanWise at Stand R5 – Ocean Business

The countdown is on: Ocean Business 2015 is opening its doors in one week and we will be there to see our valued customers both old and new. Come and say hello at Stand R5. Register Now