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IHO Secretariat
The Secretary General and Directors, together with international experts in hydrography and nautical cartography as well as locally-recruited administrative support staff make up the IHO Secretariat in Monaco. The Secretariat coordinates and promotes the IHO's work programmes and provides advice and assistance to Member States and relevant third parties.
Importance of Hydrography
Definition of Hydrography Hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their change over time, for the primary purpose of safety of navigation and in support of all other marine activities, including economic development, security and defence, scientific research, and environmental protection. In addition to supporting safe and efficient navigation of ships, hydrography underpins almost every other activity associated with the sea, including: - resource exploitation - fishing, minerals,.. - environmental protection and management - maritime boundary delimitation - national marine spatial data infrastructures - recreational boating - maritime defence and security - tsunami flood and inundation modelling - coastal zone management - tourism - marine science
World Hydrography Day
Celebrated on 21 June, World Hydrography Day is designed to raise awareness about hydrography and how it plays a role in improved knowledge of the seas and oceans.
HSSC
HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE
IHO Online Catalogues
IHO Online Catalogues are maintained by the IHO Secretariat. This includes information provided by the RENCs, the Member States and other organizations.
Meetings
List of NHC Meetings Note: To access the meeting page, you'll need an IHO Portal account. If you don't have one yet, please 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.
AGL& RsWG
African Great Lakes & Rivers Sub-Working Group
S-100 Standards in Force
Introduction SOLAS regulations V/18 and V/19 requires that, to meet requirements for carrying charts (in terms of SOLAS), the Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) equipment must conform to the relevant IMO performance standards. IMO resolution MSC.530(106) applied to S-100 ECDIS and thus in addition to S-57 based standards in force units must also comply with the following:
ENC Data Protection 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
