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NIPWG - Bringing Land and Sea Together (BLAST) - SNPWG Participation.

Standardization of Nautical Publications Information Working Group (SNPWG) Information Page (In English Only)

Capacity Development and Technical Cooperation

Capacity Development is defined as the process by which the IHO assesses and assists in sustainable development of the Member States and other states, to meet the objectives of the IHO and the obligations related to SOLAS Chapter V, UNCLOS and other international instruments. Capacity Development is a strategic objective of the IHO.

IHO Crowdsourced Bathymetry Initiative

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) has a long history of encouraging the collection of crowdsourced depth data to help improve humanity’s understanding of the shape and depth of the seafloor. For over a century, maps of the ocean floor were created from depth measurements collected by vessels as they journeyed across the oceans. These “passage soundings” enabled the creation of progressively more detailed seafloor maps and digital data grids. Recently, systematic surveys with specialized ships have contributed to greatly increasing available data. Unfortunately, despite the multitude of data that has been collected, to this day only 25% of the world’s ocean depths have been measured; the rest of the data used to compile seafloor maps are estimated depths.

The BGR provides high resolution data for the Pacific and Indian Oceans

The German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) is participating in the IHO-led efforts to increase knowledge of the ocean and has shared high resolution depth data for the German contract areas for deep-sea exploration granted by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.  The BGR provided gridded data for 85.000 km² at a resolution of 120 x 120 meters.

Capacity Building Assessment

Assessment is part of the Capacity Building cycle defined as 4As: Awareness-Assessment-Analysis-Action.

Satellite-Derived Bathymetry Best Practice Project Team (SDB-PT)

Achieving a Fully Mapped Ocean: A Call to Action

This interactive side event will look at solutions and how to drive momentum toward a fully mapped ocean. It will explore key opportunities and challenges across policy, finance, governance, technology, marine knowledge sharing, capacity building and more.

ENC Production S-57

Introduction The S-57 "Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data” is the IHO standard to be used for the exchange of digital hydrographic data between national hydrographic offices and for its distribution to manufacturers, mariners and other data users.

EO1, EO2, and EO3 Meetings (2020)

LIST OF DOCUMENTS NHC Extra Ordinary Meeting (April 3rd 2020) [Online Meeting - please see below] and NHC64th Meeting (postponed to 2021) - (30 - 31 March 2020, Reykjavik Iceland) Note: NHC64 is being hosted after the NSHC34 (27 - 28 April) at the same venue. T.B.D