OceanWise News & Views
How Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures (MSDI) is now core to Maritime Services and e-Navigation It was not very long ago that many in the Hydrographic Office (HO) community considered Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) as something of a distraction from the core business of providing navigational products and services to the maritime user. That view […]
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You asked and we delivered. We have created a short sharp introductory video for our data management and display system Port-Log. Perfect for anyone new to the system that wants to know what it does and how it might be able to support you. Why not view it here now or find it on our […]
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Oceanology International, the world’s largest ocean technology exhibition and conference, has gone virtual for 2020. We are excited to announce that will be exhibiting at this virtual event which is running from the 1st to the 4th of December 2020. Join us online and discover our most recent developments, innovations and what’s coming next for […]
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Our planet’s oceans are subdivided by international and national laws into many areas and zones. Specific rights, restrictions and responsibilities apply within each of these areas and zones aimed at facilitating the development of the world’s ocean resources while providing for the protection of the marine environment and safety of navigation. States that adhere to […]
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At OceanWise, we take our responsibility for our customers’ data very seriously and part of this is to ensure our and their data is protected by the highest standards of information security possible. Cyber Essentials is a UK Government initiative that helps organisations assess and address risk in four key areas: Access Control; Secure Configuration; […]
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With climate change leading to unforeseen weather patterns, the need for reliable ‘just in time’ environmental data becomes ever more pressing. John Pepper outlines a development in marine telemetry that ticks all the right boxes. Traditionally, environmental data such as tides, currents and met-ocean conditions have been telemetered. However, the challenge of using this technology […]
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OceanWise, the leading UK supplier of Intelligent Marine and Coastal Mapping Data is pleased to announce the release of its Global Raster Chart dataset of the worlds’ oceans: ‘Raster Chart XL Oceans’ (RCXL Oceans). RCXL Oceans is a new fast service which is widely accessible using most GIS software. It is perfect for those practitioners […]
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Cyclone Amphan made landfall in eastern India and Bangladesh on 20 May 2020, killing at least 15 people as it lashed coastal areas with ferocious wind and rain. The Angtihara Monitoring Station installed by the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) continued to monitor levels throughout as the centre of the storm passed overhead. Angtihara […]
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Environmental monitoring is essential to almost all marine and coastal operations, collecting data in real-time, 24 hours a day, transmitting that data and making it available to those who need it most reliably and continuously. The systems that underpin this monitoring comprise a variety of hardware and software components, from the sensors that acquire the […]
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Above image courtesy of EMEC As global energy consumption increases and climate change makes headlines across the world, developing new technologies to harness energy from our oceans to generate electricity is now more important than ever. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), established in 2003 and based in Orkney, Scotland, is the first and only […]
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