Why aren’t more Ports producing their own Electronic Navigational Charts?

Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) are produced by national Hydrographic Offices (HOs) and distributed directly to users, via regional centres and via value added resellers. Naturally, the range of ENCs available includes the approaches to major ports and harbours, the harbours themselves and sometimes larger scale ENCs of individual berths. These ‘official’ ENCs contain data that […]

Peel Ports trust OceanWise for New Tide and Weather Data System

Peel Ports has chosen Port-Log, our cloud based Environmental Data Management and Publishing platform, to store and disseminate tide gauge and weather station data across all its ports. Port-Log will acquire data from Peel’s existing network of sensors, using the ip.buffer Smart Telemetry unit. The system also has the capacity to add new types of […]

Improving Data Management Guidance for the International Marine Community

In our role as expert contributor and provider of the Secretariat to the International Hydrographic Organisation’s (IHO’s) Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI) Working Group, OceanWise has been leading the revision of the IHO Publication “C-17: Spatial Data Infrastructures – The Marine Dimension”. The revised document has now been submitted for approval at the IHO 8th […]

OceanWise rigs up to deliver real-time Vessel Tracking Data to Port-Log

We are currently rigging up to process real-time Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel tracking data as part of a commitment to extend the functionality of our Environmental Data Sharing and Publishing platform, Port-Log. The data will be used to further enhance the situational awareness provided by the Port-Log interactive map. As part of a pilot […]

OceanWise data enhances Scottish Government Marine Planning website

Our latest mapping data product, Raster Charts XL (eXcluding Land), has recently been implemented as a background layer within the Scottish Government National Marine Plan interactive (NMPi) website. The NMPi, designed to assist in the development of national and regional marine planning, allows users to examine different types of geographical information online. Links have been […]