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17th Conference of the Eastern Atlantic Hydrographic Commission Mindelo, São Vicente, Cabo Verde Hybrid conference, 28 – 30 September & Regional Awareness Seminar: “Working with NAVAREA II and your Primary Charting Authority” 26 – 27 September

S-101PT12 (2024)

12th S-101 Electronic Navigational Chart Project Team (S-101PT12) Online Meeting 13-15 February 2024 (14:00 to 17:00 CET (13 and 15 February)) (UTC+1)                        (12:00 to 15:00 CET (14 February)) (UTC+1) 07 March 2024 (1300-1700 CET (UTC+1)) Meeting registration here Meeting Link

Capacity-Building Sub-Committee discusses new projects and challenges

The Capacity Building Sub-Committee (CBSC) met last week in Denpasar, Bali, for its annual meeting where participants discussed training and education initiatives. Hosted by Pushidrosal, the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Centre of the Indonesian Navy, the gathering enabled the Committee members to review projects such as the IHO e-learning centre and achievements of the Empowering Women in Hydrography project.

Joint IHO-Singapore Innovation and Technology Laboratory Established in Singapore

Singapore and the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) launched the Joint IHO-Singapore Innovation and Technology Laboratory on 26 October 2021.

S-100 based Product Specifications

Introduction An S-100 based Product Specification defines a data product, and usually includes additional resources such as a machine readable Feature Catalogue and Portrayal Catalogue, a data Encoding Guide and at least one data encoding format.  A guidance document S-97 for developing Product Specifications can be downloaded from the GI registry. A list of known IHO S-100 based product specifications is provided below;

TWCWG4 (2019)

Tides, Water Level and Currents Working Group (TWCWG4) Meeting Busan, Republic of Korea - 8 to 12 April 2019

ARHC Intersessional VTC-01 Meeting (2020)

ARHC Intersessional VTC-01 Meeting 29 April 2020 Last Update: 26 May 2020

TWCWG

The TWCWG is tasked with providing technical advice and coordination on matters related to tides, water levels, currents  and vertical datum, including integrated water level/current data models. Transfer of Tidal Constituents : An XML Schema has been prepared to facilitate the digital transfer of harmonic tidal constituents. The schema and further information is available from the UKHO web site. Capacity Building : The Working Group has developed a training course on the theory and measurement of tides and water levels in support of hydrography. Course material can be accessed via the link.

External Liaisons

Inter-Governmental Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations are recognized as observers to be invited to meetings of the Assembly and all subsidiary organs and subordinate bodies of the IHO in which they have an interest and to which they can make a contribution. The IHO maintains a substantive number of Memoranda of Understanding and Co-operative Agreements with relevant organizations active in the maritime domain.