• Discussion on Hydrographic Data Standards at OGC's Washington Meeting 2016/03/03

  Hydrographic data stakeholders are invited to get together at the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) technical committee meeting in Washington, DC on Thursday March 10th to discuss the merits of forming a "Maritime Domain Working Group". The idea for this group is to discuss interoperability be…

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• Reducing the Ping-to-Chart™ time with Unmanned Systems and CARIS Onboard 2016/01/20

  During the Meso American-Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission (MACHC) meeting, which was held in December 2015 in Antigua, staff from CARIS demonstrated the capability of conducting an unmanned hydrographic survey, processing the data and generating a nautical chart within 24 hours.

  A Teledyn…

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• Lake Survey Project 2016/01/20

  For the 2015 installment of the Lake Survey project, CARIS was pleased to join forces with Fugro Survey BV to organize a practical survey week for third year students from the Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB). This year the location chosen to run the project was the Vlietland in Leid…

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• Mapping the Sound – Courtesy of KCTS, Seattle, WA 2016/01/20

  Students and instructors from the University of Washington's School of Oceanography, a member of the CARIS Academic program, are on a research vessel that is mapping the Puget Sound. Students are getting hands-on experience using the latest multibeam sonar technology to gather the data. CARIS…

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• CARIS Delivers Workshops on IHO S-100 and Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure 2016/01/20

  As part of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Capacity Building Program, CARIS has recently delivered hands-on workshops for participants from the South West Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (SWAtHC) and the South-East Pacific Regional Hydrographic Commission (SEPRHC).

  S-100 Wor…

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• CARIS Announces its 2016 World Tour! 2016/01/20

  

  Find out about the latest CARIS technology with hands-on software exercises – detailed demonstrations — information session.

  Click on the World Tour icon for more information and register for our detailed updates.

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• Chart production for Large Suez Canal Expansion 2015/11/27

  Egypt has undertaken a major expansion of the Suez Canal, which resulted in a deepening of the main waterway as well as a parallel 35km (22 mile) channel. This is the most advanced expansion of the canal since its opening in 1869. The undertaking cost $8 billion. The works involved 12 months …

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• Winners announced for CARIS calendar contest 2015/11/27

  The votes are in and the winners of the CARIS calendar contest have been selected. Congratulations to all of the winners. The winning images will be included in the upcoming 2016 CARIS calendar and featured on the CARIS website.

  Congratulations to Fabio Sacchetti from Marine Institute Galway w…

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• The Swedish Hydrographic Office chooses CARIS 2015/11/27

  Through a competitive tender process The Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) has chosen CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) as the new system to meet the Hydrographic Office's current and future requirements.

  With HPD the Hydrographic Office will have the latest and most efficient s…

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• Lest We Forget 2015/11/27

  CARIS was proud to be a sponsor of the Lest We Forget ~ N'oublions jamais 2015 Remembrance Day tribute dinner held in Moncton, New Brunswick. The focus of this event was to raise awareness of the contributions and sacrifices made by local men and women in uniform. The donation from CARIS help…

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• Official release of CARIS Onboard 1.0 2015/11/16

  CARIS is pleased to announce its release of the highly anticipated, near real-time data processing and mapping application, CARIS Onboard™. The development of this new technology will revolutionize the way in which bathymetry and imagery data is processed.

  CARIS Onboard automatically con…

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• HIPS and SIPS and AML Production Training for Royal Australian Navy 2015/10/07

  CARIS recently completed a series of training courses with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in preparation to standardize the data processing and electronic charting workflows for their Survey Motor Launches (SMLs) on CARIS software. Introductory training courses were led by Tami Beduhn, Ferna…

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• Help us select a winner 2015/10/07

  We’ve had some fantastic entries for the CARIS 2016 calendar and we are asking for your help to select the winning images! To vote please go to the CARIS website and Facebook voting pages.

  The winning images will be included in the upcoming 2016 CARIS calendar and featured on the CARIS w…

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• Teledyne and CARIS demonstrate CARIS Onboard live at Shallow Survey 2015/10/07

  During the Shallow Survey 2015 conference held in Plymouth, UK, Teledyne and CARIS showcased the latest capabilities in autonomous survey operations with a live demonstration. Teledyne equipped a Z-Boat Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) with a MB1 multibeam sonar, and installed the latest versio…

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• Change in the Management of CARIS EMEA 2015/10/07

  After having been director of CARIS Geographic Information Systems BV, also known under its trade name CARIS EMEA, since its incorporation in 1994, Hans van Opstal decided to officially retire from the board of directors of the company from the 1st of July 2015.

  Hans van Opstal laid the founda…

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• CARIS wins NHS contract to provide a chart production system to Albania 2015/10/07

  CARIS has been awarded a contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) to deliver a data management and chart production system for the Military Geographic Institute (MGI) of Albania as part of the cooperation project Albanian-Norwegian Hydrographic Information Project (ALNO HIP). CARI…

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• CARIS welcomes Travis Hamilton onboard 2015/08/14

  CARIS is pleased to announce that Travis Hamilton has joined the team as the Product Manager of the newest application in the CARIS software suite, CARIS Onboard.

  Travis has a bachelor's degree in Geomatics from the University of New Brunswick and is currently completing his master's degree. T…

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• New Sound velocity correction and ERS improvements in HIPS and SIPS 2015/07/27

  CARIS has introduced a new Sound Velocity Correction (SVC) algorithm in HIPS and SIPS that significantly improves results for many deep-water sonars. The new algorithm accounts for the separation between transmit and receive arrays when performing the ray-trace. This key change in a fundament…

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• US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency adopts CARIS geospatial software 2015/07/27

  The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, military, intelligence professionals and first responders. NGA has invested in a wide range of geospatial solutions from the CARIS Ping-to-Chart p…

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• Dutch Navy receives training at CARIS EMEA's smart new location 2015/07/27

  CARIS’ longest-standing European client, The Royal Netherlands Navy, was the first to experience the training facilities at CARIS EMEA’s new location, which includes the use of smart board technology. The Royal Netherlands Navy has been using CARIS software since 1986. The three-d…

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• Boundary delimitation training for Africa's third largest Lake 2015/07/27

  

  CARIS recently provided training on the new BASE Editor Limits and Boundaries software for the delimitation of the Malawi-Mozambique boundary in Lake Malawi / Lake Nyasa. The lake is Africa’s third largest and the ninth largest in the world. The training was held in the framework of the…

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• Shallow Survey 2015 2015/07/27

  CARIS is looking forward to the Shallow Survey 2015 conference to be held in Plymouth, UK 14th – 18th September 2015.

  In addition to the papers that we will present, we will have a stand with our lead technical experts on hand to answer questions and to demonstrate the latest technology …

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• New Sound Velocity Correction for HIPS and SIPS 2015/07/07

  CARIS™ has introduced a new sound velocity correction algorithm to HIPS and SIPS™ that significantly improves results for many mid and deep-water sonars and benefits some shallow water multi-sector systems as well.

  The new algorithm was based on research from the Ocean Mapping Grou…

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• Creed's Clearwater Revival 2015/06/11

  CARIS recently joined the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) for their first survey of the 2015 field season aboard the C.C.G.S Frederick G. Creed. Burns Foster, Product Manager for HIPS and SIPS, met the vessel and the CHS survey team in the New Brunswick Port of Belledune to learn about th…

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• Unique underwater technology seminar in Abu Dhabi 2015/06/11

  CARIS recently participated in an Underwater Technology Seminar in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The seminar was jointly organized by Unique Group, Bayanat, Kongsberg Maritime and CARIS. It was well attended by organizations involved with underwater survey and mapping from the Middle East …

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• CARIS Announces 2016 World Tour 2015/06/11

  The 10 year anniversary of CARIS'; widely acclaimed Ping-to-Chart™ World Tour will be marked in 2016. We think that's a great excuse to embark on a new global workshop series and update your wardrobe with a new tour t-shirt at the same time. CARIS experts will be coming to a city near y…

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• Latest Engineering Analysis Module Webinar now available on YouTube 2015/06/11

  
  In case you missed the recent Engineering Analysis Module Webinar related to the enhancements to vertical and inclined feature modelling, it's now available on our YouTube channel.
  

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• Busy training season for NOAA 2015/06/11

  CARIS trainers recently completed a round of pre-season training courses with NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey in preparation for new challenges and survey objectives in the coming field season. Advanced training courses were led by Karen Hart, Burns Foster, and Tami Beduhn at the Pacific …

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• BSH publish List of Lights with CARIS HPD 2015/06/11

  CARIS is pleased to announce that, for the first time, the latest editions of the German List of Lights have been successfully published by the The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) using the CARIS HPD Publications Module.

  CARIS HPD Publications Module accesses relevant…

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• CARIS in The Netherlands is Moving 2015/04/07

  After nearly two decades at its current office in Heeswijk, The Netherlands, CARIS' European office is moving to a new location. The new office, located in the beautiful city of 's-Hertogenbosch, will double the available space and provide new facilities; including three fully equipped rooms …

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• Government Of Canada Unveils 3D Model Of HMS Erebus 2015/04/01

  Data collected by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ Canadian Hydrographic Service used to develop models of HMS Erebus

  Officials from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, today joined with Canadian geospatial software company CARIS and geomatics technology innovation support centre TECTERR…

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• CARIS launches developer website 2015/03/19

  CARIS has launched a new website for developers to aid in the creation of custom applications. The new developer.caris.com website provides users with access to tools and documentation of CARIS Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) as well as a discussion forum for the collaboration of in…

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• Hydrographic data processing training for Fugro Brasil 2015/03/19

  Fugro Brasil recently undertook training on the latest hydrographic data processing techniques with CARIS. Staff members, who came from diverse backgrounds in hydrography, geophysics and GIS, took part in a week-long training course in Macaé, Brasil using the latest release of CARIS HI…

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• Digital chart production system for Fiji Hydrographic Service 2015/03/19

  The role of the Fiji Hydrographic Service (FHS) is to provide up-to-date hydrographic information to meet the needs of government departments, merchant shipping and all other public and commercial interests with the main focus being on safe navigation and safety of life at sea. The objectives…

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• S-100 support in CARIS S-57 Composer 3.0 2015/03/16

  CARIS™ is pleased to announce the release of CARIS S-57 Composer™ 3.0, a desktop application for the production of electronic navigational products, including Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), Additional Military Layers (AML), Inland Electronic Navigational Charts (IENC) and D…

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• ITS Magnaghi hydrographic team receives poster of winning entry 2015/02/11

  Congratulations to the ITS Magnaghi hydrographic team of the Italian Navy for submitting the winning image for the 2015 CARIS calendar contest. Their submission of the Liberty Samuel Tilden shipwreck was voted the overall winner by public voting.

  The hydrographic team of the ITS Magnaghi, whic…

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• Database production for the Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy 2015/02/11

  The Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy (HOPN) is responsible for navigation, hydrography, oceanography and meteorology of Polish waters and areas of operational significance for the Polish Navy. All surveys, charts and publications produced by HOPN meet International Hydrographic Organiza…

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• Joint S-57 production training for CARIS' newest and oldest users in Europe 2015/02/11

  The Maritime Administration of Latvia is the latest hydrographic office to use CARIS S-57 Composer for the production of electronic navigational charts (ENCs). The Maritime Administration of Latvia, which acquired CARIS Bathy DataBASE less than a year ago for managing their survey data, has t…

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• New Brunswick's Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries deploys Spatial Fusion Enterprise for resource management 2015/02/11

  The Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries in New Brunswick, Canada has recently upgraded their web maps to run on CARIS Spatial Fusion Enterprise 5.8. This deployment of Spatial Fusion Enterprise includes a lightweight, easily navigable map client with a bilingual English-Frenc…

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• Caribbean islands use LOTS Limits and Boundaries 2014/12/17

  For many Small Island Developing States (SIDS), such as Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, access to natural resources continues to play a critical role in shaping their sustainable economic and social development. Twenty-five of the world’s 39 SIDS are members of…

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• New comparison tools in HPD 3.1 2014/12/17

  The latest release of CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) 3.1 offers an abundance of new functionality, including new comparison tools and customizable user access.

  The leading database production system allows users to manage their marine spatial information and create cartographic p…

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• Enhanced discovery capabilities in Spatial Fusion Enterprise 5.8 2014/12/17

  CARIS is pleased to announce the latest release of its web mapping server, CARIS Spatial Fusion Enterprise 5.8. Enhancements to the catalogue services, coverage services and data connections to raster data have been the primary focus of this release.
  
  The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Catal…

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• CSIRO and IMAS survey M/V Lake Illawarra shipwreck 2014/12/17

  Earlier this year, Matt Boyd and Stuart Edwards from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Geophysical Survey and Mapping team acquired multibeam bathymetry data over the wreck of the M/V Lake Illawarra, which lies under the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, the capi…

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• Seafloor Exploration in Malta 2014/12/17

  In the early morning hours of April 27, 1917, the pre-Dreadnaught battleship HMS Russell was steaming ahead just north of Valetta Harbour, Malta when she was rocked by a sequence of explosions. Several mines laid by the German submarine U-73 had punctured its hull and ultimately resulted in i…

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• Passing of ECDIS pioneer Mike Eaton 2014/12/17

  It is with great sadness that we learn of the recent passing of scientist and former Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) employee, Mike Eaton.

  In the late '80s CARIS worked with CHS on an ECDIS test bed project led by Mike Eaton. The research that Mike did with CARIS in the '80s and early '90s…

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• New self-paced Nautical Chart Production training course 2014/10/23

  CARIS is pleased to announce the launch of a self-paced online training course for the production of nautical charts. This new training course is part of a series of self-paced online training courses CARIS is offering to its users. The Nautical Chart Production training course is an introduc…

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• CARIS celebrates Australian Navy software adoption 2014/10/23

  The CARIS HIPS and SIPS team recently celebrated news that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has decided to standardize their data processing workflow for their Survey Motor Launches (SML) on CARIS software.

  CARIS has been used successfully for several years on the larger RAN survey vessels and …

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• Winners announced for CARIS calendar contest (1) 2014/10/23

  The votes are in and the winners of the CARIS calendar contest have been selected. Congratulations to all of the winners. The winning images will be included in the upcoming 2015 CARIS calendar and featured on the CARIS website.

  Congratulations to Erika Buttaro from the Italian Navy who was th…

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• CARIS releases HIPS and SIPS 9.0 and Bathy DataBASE 4.1 2014/10/23

  CARIS is pleased to announce new releases of its hydrographic data processing and bathymetric data management and analysis solutions. The latest releases of HIPS and SIPS 9.0 and Bathy DataBASE 4.1 feature significant enhancements, as well as providing streamlined connectivity and smart utili…

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• Michael Redmayne joins CARIS team 2014/08/06

  CARIS is pleased to announce that Michael Redmayne has joined its US Operation as the Account Manager for the region. Michael brings with him 10+ years of hydrographic experience from the Royal Navy, the US Navy Fleet Survey Team and from the private sector at Teledyne Odom, where he spent th…

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