July 2018 | OceanWise

Archive for July, 2018

OceanWise delivers accurate real-time weather data from Calshot Spit Light Float on the Solent

A Gill Instruments supplied weather station on the Solent – Calshot Spit Light Float – now has the OceanWise’ data telemetry system which is transmitting accurate real-time weather data direct from the light float to the OceanWise Environmental Data Sharing and Publishing platform, Port-Log.net. The OceanWise system, which has a proven track record in delivering […]

OceanWise adds new software extension which drastically reduces segmentation time for marine images

OceanWise has added a dynamic software Extension to Maritime Toolbar for Esri ArcMap, which powerfully and easily helps the user to manipulate maritime data. This latest extension ‘Object Based Image Analysis’ or ‘RSOBIA’ takes raster imagery and segments the data into geographic areas with similar statistical properties. It interprets the areas and boundaries seen in […]

We are now ISO 9001:2015 Accredited!

We are delighted to announce that we are now officially ISO 9001 accredited. After much hard work from the entire OceanWise team, our Quality Management System (QMS) has been confirmed as meeting the standards of the latest 2015 revision. The International Standards Organisation (ISO) helps businesses to have minimal waste and maximum productivity and sets […]

OceanWise awarded 4-year GIS Marine Data contract for the Scottish Government

We are very pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Framework Agreement for the provision of GIS Marine Data to the Scottish Government until 2022. We will be supplying Marine Mapping Data products and services including Marine Themes Vector, Marine Themes Digital Elevation Model (DEM), Raster Charts and Raster Charts eXcluding Land (XL) […]

The Team go Sailing!

For our annual team building day this year, we all climbed aboard a Sunsail First 40 cruising yacht and enjoyed a beautiful day of sailing in the Solent. We embarked from Port Solent and made our way over towards Cowes, before heading back past the New Forest and Southampton Water. The OceanWise team has a […]

Raster Charts eXcluding Land (XL) Data now extended to include the Arabian Gulf

OceanWise, UK leaders in the provision of intelligent Marine and Coastal Mapping data, has extended its Raster Charts XL dataset to include the Arabian Gulf. Based on the familiar nautical chart series, Raster Charts give contextual marine information dovetailed with terrestrial mapping to provide a rich background layer in support of Marine Planning. Raster Charts […]

Vattenfall procure OceanWise Raster Charts XL

Image Source: Vattenfall. Photographers: Above left Robin Dawe/Perfectly Clear Marketing. Above right Paul Langrock. Vattenfall, the Swedish energy group, have procured OceanWise Raster Charts XL (eXcluding Land) as a seamless Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) for Northern Europe. Based on standard nautical charts, and therefore with a familiar look and feel, Raster Charts XL are […]

OceanWise welcomes another new prestigious customer using our Raster Charts XL

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is the latest customer to take our Raster Charts Excluding Land (XL) product joining a prestigious list of Marine industry organisations such as Vattenfall, Qatar Petroleum, Scottish Government and the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland. Raster Charts provide intelligent marine mapping data delivering a […]

OceanWise launches Port-Log Connect

OceanWise’s latest product launch enhances its commitment to continually support the development of environmental data monitoring services in Ports and Harbours. Port-Log* Connect delivers reliable data direct from source to system. It resolves current limitations such as requiring a direct line of site between the tide gauge and survey vessel and the increasingly unreliable, over […]