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IRCC

The Inter-Regional Coordination Committee (Programme 3 of the IHO Work Programme) supervises the IHO Capactiy Building Strategy, promotes the wider use and collection of marine data and is responsible for the policy matters related to the Worldwide Electronic Navigational Chart Database (WEND), unless otherwise instructed by the Council. The IRCC coordinates and promotes cooperation with other international and regional organizations in areas of mutual interest, including but not limited to the operation of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, the development and maintenance of standards of competence for hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers, mapping the seafloor and governing undersea feature names.

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Seabed Mapping: Enabling Ocean Action - World Hydrography Day 2025

Seabed mapping supports all activities centred on the ocean, from safety of navigation to marine conservation, marine renewable energy, coastal resilience, and the ocean economy. This includes charting new shipping routes in polar regions to providing up-to-date data to improve climate change models.

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Seabed Mapping: Enabling Ocean Action - World Hydrography Day 2025

4th Session of the Assembly (2026)

  4th Session of the IHO Assembly (A-4) Rainier III Auditorium, Monaco 19 - 23 April 2026   Last Update: 24 April 2025

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Data Protection (S-100/S-57 )

Introduction The IHO Data Protection Scheme defines security constructs and operating procedures that must be followed by Data Servers (providers of data) and Data Clients (systems that use the data). The purpose of data protection scheme is to provide: 1. Piracy Protection: i.e. to prevent unauthorised use of data by encrypting the ENC information. 2. Selective Access: i.e. to restrict access to ENC information to only those cells that a customer has been licenced for. 3. Authentication: i.e to provide assurance that the ENC data has come from approved sources

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S-57 ENC Portrayal

Introduction IHO Publication S-52 was developed in conjunction with the IMO Performance Standards for Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS). It provides specifications and guidance regarding the issuing and updating of Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), and their display in ECDIS in terms of symbols and colours.

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SAIHC20 (2024)

SAIHC20 Plenary 17 - 19  September 2024/ Kenya (Hybrid) Online Registration 

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67th Meeting (2024)

67th Nordic Hydrographic Commission Meeting 11 - 12 April 2024 /Malmö, Sweden   Online Registration LIST OF DOCUMENTS  

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MEETINGS AFTER 2024

List of the South-East Pacific Regional Hydrographic Commission Meetings Note: To access the meeting page, you'll need an IHO Portal account. If you don't have one yet, don't worry! Creating an account is easy. Simply follow the instruction provided at the link here to set up your account and gain access to the meeting page. Click the IHO Portal to get started

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MEETINGS AFTER 2024

List of the South West Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (SWAtHC) Meetings Note: To access the meeting page, you'll need an IHO Portal account. If you don't have one yet, don't worry! Creating an account is easy. Simply follow the instruction provided at the link here to set up your account and gain access to the meeting page. Click the IHO Portal to get started

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