The U.K. Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is an executive agency sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, serving as the UK's national authority on hydrography and marine geospatial data. It provides hydrographic and geospatial data, navigational charts, and maritime information to mariners and organizations worldwide, ensuring safety at sea and supporting global trade. UKHO produces ADMIRALTY charts and digital services and works with the Royal Navy, commercial shipping, and other national hydrographic offices.
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The UKHO signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project earlier this year.
The UKHO has started supplying bathymetric data that covers the South Atlantic and the waters around Antarctica to GEBCO.
The UKHO aims to support the goal of mapping the world's oceans completely by 2030.
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has started supplying bathymetric survey data for non-UK waters to the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO).
The data supply follows a successful 2021 trial where the UKHO collaborated with the Alfred Wegener Institute on a data set covering South Georgia.
This is the first time that the UKHO has supplied data from outside the UK directly to GEBCO for inclusion in its products.
The UKHO plans to submit data into the Caribbean region next.
The UKHO has agreed to provide bathymetric data gridded map products to GEBCO and advise on data management methods and best practices.
Rhett Hatcher, UK National Hydrographer and Director of Data Acquisition & Defence at the UKHO, will deliver an opening speech at the symposium.
Geovation launched the Diffuse Coastal Pollution Challenge with the UK Hydrographic Office.
The MOU followed a technical cooperation agreement signed by UKHO, Seabed 2030, and Teledyne CARIS in June 2021.
UKHO believes that fully mapping the world’s oceans is essential for supporting safe and secure oceans.
Peter Sparkes is the Chief Executive at the UK Hydrographic Office.
As part of its partnership with Seabed 2030, the UKHO will provide bathymetric gridded map products for the GEBCO gridded bathymetric data set.
The UK Hydrographic Office signed a memorandum of understanding with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project.
EOMAP will deliver high-resolution shallow water grids derived from satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) technology to the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) starting in 2022.
EOMAP was selected by the UKHO as a first-choice provider in 2015.
The UK Hydrographic Office intends to take a leading role in applying common international principles to optimize the use, management, and governance of the UK’s national marine geospatial data assets to support safe, secure, and thriving oceans.
The UKHO is partnering with EOMAP to leverage SDB technology to supplement existing hydrographic surveying and related charting products.
EOMAP produced a very high-resolution SDB record for Lighthouse Reef, Belize as the first engagement for UKHO in 2022.