There’s an old saying you used to hear that states: “It’s not where you’re going, it’s how you get there.” With the speed and accuracy of today’s chart plotters, it seems like the “how” part of ...

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has launched an international sea trials program in partnership with the French Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (Shom). The joint program represents the most ...

In November 2019, the Office of Coast Survey (OCS), part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announced the start of a five-year program to “sunset” all raster and paper ...

Crewmembers from Station Honolulu and members of NOAA Fisheries' telemetry team train for whale disentanglement training off Oahu on Feb. 16, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class ...

The Arctic waters off Alaska are, in a sense, off the charts -- poorly understood and lightly mapped. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is seeking to change that and also asking the ...

Across high-stakes sea operations, a mapping platform establishes a new reference point for automating printed navigation used in paper chart series and modern nautical charts.

Guernsey's east coast seabed is being surveyed for depths and contours to update electronic map charts. The survey has been commissioned by Navionics, a manufacturer of electronic navigational charts, ...

The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more than 150 years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...