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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 […]

New Distributors

OceanWise is pleased to announce two new on-line distributors for its digital marine mapping products – emapsite.com and findmaps.co.uk – in addition to its existing online distributor, Astrium’s GeoStore. Already well in advance of similar products, Marine Themes and Raster Charts represent exceptional value for money. Now, with the addition of these leading edge online […]

Port-Log.net Down Under

OceanWise and Valeport, are pleased to announce the successful implementation of a tide, wave and weather monitoring system at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, WA. The system uses a combination of Valeport and Gill Instruments equipment, with data telemetered to the Port-Log.net virtual server in Oxford, UK. The incoming data streams are decoded and […]

SonarBell« demo a great success

Subsea Asset Location Technologies Ltd (SALT) demonstrated its SonarBell« technology at ABP Southampton recently. The demonstrations were a complete success despite local sailors impeding the passage of the ABP survey vessel ‘Protector’ on the first day and fouling the SonarBell« mooring on the second. The day was organised by SALT Solutions Provider, OceanWise Ltd. Press […]

OceanWise expands distributor network

Established suppliers of geographic information are invited to market and distribute marine and coastal data to the engineering, environmental and location based services sectors. The data products comprise raster images of the well-known nautical chart series from the UK Hydrographic Office and marine topographic mapping and seabed surface models created and maintained by marine data […]

Mulberries and Gooseberries

Port-Log is enabling the real-time collation of telemetered tidal information for the duration of proposed 2011 archaeological survey of the artificial harbour built off Arromanches, Normandy in June 1944. This is a full above and below water survey of the Mulberry Harbour. The harbour, officially known as Mulberry ‘B’, but unofficially christened ‘Port Winston’, was […]

OceanWise delivers IHO SDI course

OceanWise and Caris delivered the inaugural ‘Marine SDI’ management course in Bangkok on behalf of the East Asia Hydrographic Commission recently. The course covered the theoretical and practical aspects of hydrographic database design and management to support the development of marine, national and regional spatial data infrastructures (SDI). It was hosted by the Hydrographic Department […]

OceanWise at Ocean Business

OceanWise will be featuring its online marine environmental monitoring service, Port-Log, at Ocean Business, Southampton 6 – 7 April. Come along to the stand of OceanWise partner, Valeport (Stand M1), to find out more and for a demonstration. Visit Ocean Business