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IBSC47 (2024)

IBSC47 Meeting Hamburg, Germany 15 - 26 April 2024

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IBSC Recognized Programmes and Schemes

The IHO keeps a list of all institutions or professional bodies recognized by the FIG-IHO-ICA IBSC against the Standards of Competence. Standards indicate the minimum degree of knowledge considered necessary for hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to meet national and international hydrographic and charting requirements and the diverse needs of industry.

MEETINGS AFTER 2024

List of the South West Pacific 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

SCOPE4

Southampton, United Kingdom (National Oceanography Centre) Hybrid Meeting 26 October 2022 13:45 - 15:15 (UTC +1)

S-102PT17 (2024)

17th meeting of S-102 Bathymetric Surface Project Team (S-102PT17) Postponed: 2 - 3 May 2024 (13:00 - 16:00, UTC+2,CEST) / Calendar Day1 & Day2x 8 May 2024 / 13:00 - 16:00 (UTC+2/CEST) Meeting Link (Gotomeeting)

MASS PT

Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Navigation Project Team (PT) One area of concern of MASS PT is the current lack of specific navigational data that is required to “drive” a MASS or more importantly the lack of any stated rules, regulations or standards relating to navigational data in MASS.

What is Hydrography ?

Hydrography involves measuring the depth of the water and fixing the position of all the navigational hazards that lie on the seafloor, such as wrecks and rocks. This is done mainly with specialised ships and boats operating echo sounders and sonars, but also using survey aircraft fitted with lasers. Useful information can also be derived sometimes from satellite observations. Hydrography also involves measuring the tide and the currents. The most well-known application of hydrographic information is for making the nautical charts that all mariners use for navigation. Hydrographic information is required for the safe, efficient and sustainable conduct of every human activity that takes place in, on or under the sea.

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.