The International Hydrographic Organization

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• The International Hydrographic Organization
• - ECDIS Stakeholders Forum -
• Captain Robert WARD
• Director, IHB

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Programme - Topics

• IHO Structure
• Decision Making Process
• New WGs
• IHO Resolutions
• ENC Coverage
• E-Navigation

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Programme - Topics

• Preparing for the Future
• IHO Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII)
  and the IHO Geospatial Registry
• S-100 Hydrographic Geospatial Data Standard
  development status report
• S-101 - ENC Product Specification status report
  

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Programme - Topics

• Inland ECDIS developments status report
• Other ECDIS-related digital development - status
  reports
• Digital Nautical Publications
• Marine Information Overlays
• Marine Information Overlays
• S-52 - ECDIS Symbology status report

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Timetable

• 0900 ESF Starts
• 1000 1020 Coffee Break
• 1200 1330 Lunch Break
• 1500 1530 Coffee Break
• 1630 End day One
• 1830 Social Function
• 0900 Start
• 1000 1020 Coffee Break
• 1200 ESF ends

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S-100 and S-101 will not affect S-57 based ECDIS
for the next 10-15 years - at least When it
does, it will be user demand driven
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Safety of Life at Sea Convention(SOLAS)

• Chapter V, Regulation 2
• 2 Nautical chart or nautical publication is a
  special-purpose map or book, or a specially
  compiled database from which such a map or book
  is derived, that is issued officially by or on
  the authority of a Government, authorized
  Hydrographic Office or other relevant government
  institution and is designed to meet the
  requirements of marine navigation.
• Refer to appropriate resolutions and
  recommendations of the International Hydrographic
  Organization concerning the authority and
  responsibilities of coastal States in the
  provision of charting in accordance with
  regulation 9.

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Safety of Life at Sea Convention(SOLAS)

• Chapter V, Regulation 9
• Contracting Governments undertake to arrange for
  the collection and compilation of hydrographic
  data and the publication, dissemination and
  keeping up to date of all nautical information
  necessary for safe navigation.

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Chapter V, Regulation 9 (cont)

• Contracting Governments undertake to ensure the
  greatest possible uniformity in charts and
  nautical publications and to take into account
  whenever possible, relevant international
  resolutions and recommendations

• Refer to the appropriate resolutions and
  recommendations adopted by the International
  Hydrographic Organization.

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• 167 IMO Member States
• 80 IHO Member States
• 4 applications pending

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80 IHO Member States
2 Approvals and 2 Applications Pending Bulgaria
and Mauritania, Cameroon and Sierra Leone
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IHO - Objectives

• The Objectives of the IHO are
• the coordination of the activities of national
  hydrographic offices
• the greatest possible uniformity of nautical
  charts and documents
• the adoption of reliable and efficient methods
  for hydrographic surveys
• the development of related sciences and
  techniques

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IHO Structure
International Hydrographic Conference
5y
CBC
CHRIS
WEND
1y

• Finance Committee
• Tidal Committee
• S44 WG
• Hydrographic Dictionary WG
• Committee on Antarctica
• ..

CSPCWG
TSMADWG
CSMWG
SNPWG
DQWG
?1y
Note RENCs and RHCs are not accountable to IHO
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New CHRIS WGs

• Reactivation of Data Quality WG
• Consideration of application of ISO quality
  standards and principles
• Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure WG
• Scoping study
• Hydrography and Cartography in Inland Waters WG
• Scoping study

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Regional Hydrographic Commissions
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2009 Transition to a two - Committee Structure

• Hydrographic Specifications and Standards
  Committee (HSSC)
• All technical programs, technical WGs, ..
• Inter Regional Coordination Committee (IRCC)
• All inter-regional and capacity building programs

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IHO Decision Making

• Committees and WGs only provide proposals
• Unless decided at a Conference ( General
  Assembly)
• ALL Member States are consulted
• At least a 50 positive vote is required
  (currently 38 votes)
• Not responding, is in effect NO
• This is normal procedure for many
  inter-governmental organizations

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• Standards

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IHO Standards
S-44 Standards for Hydrographic Surveys
M-5 Standards of Competence for Hydrographic
Surveyors
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IHO Standards
M-8 Standards of Competence for Nautical
Cartographers
ISO
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IHO Standards
S-32 Hydrographic Dictionary
M-4 Chart Specifications
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IHO Standards
S-52 Specifications for ECDIS
S-57 IHO Transfer Standard for Hydrographic Data
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Introduction of new or revised standards
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INT Chart Series
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ECDIS
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ENC Coverage and Availability
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Actual ENC Coverage late 2007- early 2008
Published
Confirmed in Production
Status Unclear
Status unclear
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Actual ENC Coverage late 2007- early 2008
Background AMVER shipping density
Published
Confirmed in Production
Status Unclear
Status unclear
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ENC Availability (July 2007)
7155
Additional cells believed to exist 2000
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2007 Coverage Navigation Purpose 1 Overview
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2007 CoverageNavigation Purpose 2 General
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2007 CoverageNavigation Purpose 3 Coastal
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2007 CoverageNavigation Purposes 4,5 and 6 ENC
Coverage
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Looking Ahead to 2010

• Current coverage HO answers to IHO Circular
  Letter 71/06 on route coverage in 2010

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Coverage of International Shipping Routes - 2010
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IHO ENC Production Initiatives

• ENC Production
• Regional Hydrographic Commissions
• Capacity Building Program
• Training
• Inter-regional cooperation
• Bi-lateral Assistance / Co-production
• IHB and CBC technical visits program
• Harmonization of Data
• Regional Hydrographic Commissions
• INT Chart Regional coordinators

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We are all trying to avoid this
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S-100 and S-101 will not affect S-57 based ECDIS
for the next 10-15 years - at least When it
does, it will be user demand driven