JWG-MGI

Objectives

The objectives of the Working Group are to:

• Play a leading role at the policy level by raising political awareness and highlighting the importance of reliable, timely and fit-for-purpose marine geospatial information to support the administration, management and governance of the marine environment;
• Encourage the use of internationally agreed-upon geospatial information frameworks, schemas, systems and established standards to improve the growing inter-dependent relationships between people and the marine environments; and
• Support the Committee of Experts in the development of norms, principles, guides and standards to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable geospatial information including any regional capacity development initiatives.

Documents

Meeting documents for the current and previous year and all resource are available via the JWG-MGI sessioin of the IHO Portal. 

List of the WG membership (Registered in the IHO Portal)

• [Note] "Join the Working Group by becoming a member through the IHO Portal application process. Click here for detailed instructions on how to join the working group's membership.

Meeting

• 1st JWG-MGI will take place in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 4 to 8 May 2026.
• Meeting registration and documents available here.

Resources

• List of RHC MSDIWGs and Ambassadors
• SDI/MSDI portals around the world (as of 19 August 2024, also see the IHO GIS layer)

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