Abstract
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental consultative and technical organization established in 1921 to support the safety of navigation, and to contribute to the protection of the marine environment. One of its primary roles is to establish and maintain appropriate standards to assist in the proper and efficient use of hydrographic data and information. This paper describes the new IHO Geospatial Standard for Hydrographic Data to be known as S-100, together with the Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII) that is in the course of development and implementation by the IHO. In both cases, details have yet to be finalised – for example, the first draft of S-100 – IHO Geospatial Standard for Hydrographic Data was only released for stakeholder comment in March 2008 and S-100 is not expected to be an active standard until at least 2009 or 2010. Nevertheless, the concepts and supporting organisational framework behind the GII are already beginning to take shape. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to what is happening and thereby promote comment and the active involvement of both existing and potential stakeholders in the development and implementation of both the IHO GII and S-100.
Department
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Publication Date
5-2008
Journal Title
Canadian Hydrographic Conference
Conference Date
May 5 - May 8, 2008
Publisher Place
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Publisher
Canadian Hydrographic Association
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Recommended Citation
Ward, Robert; Alexander, Lee; Greenslade, Barrie; and Pharaoh, Anthony, "IHO S-100: The New Hydrographic Geospatial Standard for Marine Data and Information" (2008). Canadian Hydrographic Conference. 425.
https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/425
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