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1978: Vol. LV, No. 1

The Impact of Automation on Hydrographic Organizations

Enviado
agosto 7, 2015
Publicado
2015-07-09

Resumen

Automated hydrography has been facilitated through advances in the technologies of data collection and processing. The gathering momentum of these advances is forcing hydrographic nations to accept these technological challenges in endeavouring to meet their responsibilities to the mariner. Against such background, this paper discusses the requirement for new approaches to data organization and presentation, together with some of the problems faced by Australia in adapting the traditional methods of surveying and, in particular, chart production. The paper will point to the growing interdependence of charting and mapping agencies, on both the national and international levels. It will suggest areas where further strengthening of international alignment may be required in order to share the burden of hydrographic responsibility for providing more comprehensive and timely information for tomorrow's mariner.