Has the Marine Geospatial Community Broadened its Knowledge Base in the last 10 years?

John Pepper, Chairman of OceanWise, looks back at the progress made by the marine geospatial community over the last 10 years. Despite early promise, the publication of the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model standard has not resulted in the hoped-for adoption of the S-101 specification for   [...]

NEW Global Marine Mapping Service: Raster Charts XL 'Oceans'

We are proud to launch our latest marine mapping product known as Raster Charts XL 'Oceans', a global data service which provides a contextual, authoritative ocean-wide resource ready to be paired with global land mapping of the user's choice e.g. Open Street Map. The dataset is ideal for use as a familiar global base map of the oceans in desktop and web GIS. It is being launched up to a scale of 1: 3.5 Million.

See full details on our marine mapping product pages on our website here. Have you seen our mapping demo site? Please visit https://maps.oceanwise.eu

Does Data have a Role in Fighting Ocean Plastics?

The negative effects of human activities on our planet are now becoming widely published and better understood. Every day, climate change, habitat destruction and plastic pollution are having a major impact. OceanWise is passionate about marine data! Every day we see the positive effects that data can have on improving   [...]

Bangladesh Inland Waterways benefits from OceanWise's Environmental Monitoring Data Platform

We were contracted recently by Next Generation Graphics Ltd (NGGL), working for the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), to provide the data telemetry, management and visualisation components of a project to supply, install and maintain water level gauges at 53 locations across the inland waterways network, comprising tidal and non-tidal waters. ‘Port-Log’, OceanWise's widely used commercial off-the-shelf environmental monitoring data platform, was installed at BIWTA’s offices in Dhaka and is being used to collect, manage and display the data collected from this extensive network of water level (and tide) gauges.

Environmental Monitoring and Data Management in Ghana

OceanWise is supporting the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) – dubbed as “the trade and logistics hub of Western Africa” in its digitalisation programme, an essential step to becoming 'smart'. The project which is a collaborative effort between OceanWise and our Licenced Partner in West Africa, Brewzone Ventures Ltd, involved installing a comprehensive environmental monitoring system at two key GPHA ports and improving the way GPHA manages and maintains its data.

Next 'Introduction to Data Management' Course announced

We are running our next Introduction to Data Management Course (Marine) on Tuesday 29th September 2020. This 1-day course is for anyone working in or around the marine industry. The course is presented by world-class tutors and provides insight, knowledge and opportunities to discuss your own data challenges with marine data experts.

OceanWise Supports the Seabed 2030 project

Did you know that less than 20% of the world’s oceans have been surveyed to modern standards. Crazy really when we compare it to how much we know about the Moon and Mars!

The Nippon Foundation's GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project aims to rectify this. Launched at the United Nations (UN)

New Personnel

We are pleased to welcome Andrew Bell to our team as Information System Manager. With over 16 years of experience in the geospatial industry, Andrew will be working within our Technical Team to help install and maintain our growing bank of cloud servers and databases, developing online applications and providing GIS expertise and training. Andrew is a keen sailor and competes in offshore and inshore yacht races, as well as taking time to go cruising, and enjoys exploring new waters.