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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 ...
The contemporary geospatial standards (ISO 19100) used in the new stanard allow multiple navigational data layers to be ...
The Coast Guard announced in the federal register that it is seeking public input regarding the modification of the chart and navigational equipment carriage requirements in the Code of Federal ...
San Jacinto College and the Seamen’s Church Institute will host e-Navigation Underway (North America) 2016, the third in the annual North American series of conferences focusing upon the development ...
The U.S. Coast Guard has published guidance that allows mariners to use electronic charts and publications instead of paper charts, maps and publications. “After consultation with our Navigation ...
The Federal Government is targeting about $12 million as annual revenue from the global $90 million worth global market for Electronic Navigational Charts. The Minister of Defence (State), Bello ...
The International Maritime Organization has decreed that by 2015, all large deep sea ships will be required to carry the latest in electronic navigation equipment. But does state-of-the-art navigation ...
I've become a bit of a chartaholic in recent years thanks to the proliferation of electronic charting apps. Particularly now--rainy January in North Alabama-- I spend almost as much time studying the ...
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 Federal Government has announced the establishment of International Centre for Electronic Navigational Charts West Africa Regional Office and Training Centre to be hosted by the National ...
Navionics, an electronic navigational chart maker owned by tech giant Garmin, has secured an exposed database that contained hundreds of thousands of customer records. The MongoDB database wasn’t ...