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Volume 6, Number 2 (2005)

The UK Civil Hydrography Programme: Changing the Mould

Submitted
August 13, 2013
Published
2005-06-06

Abstract

The Civil Hydrographic Programme (CHP) is funded by the government agency responsible for maritime safety in the United Kingdom (UK), the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The CHP is now a major element of the UK strategy for delivering valid source data for maintenance of British Admiralty charts and associated nautical publications. Under the CHP, commercial survey companies such as Gardline Hydro compete for surveys of predefined areas on the UK continental shelf.