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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
The Hydrographic Department, Royal Thai Navy (HDRTN) is responsible for surveying the navigable waterways of Thailand and producing official nautical products to serve both the Royal Thai Navy and mariners. In addition, the hydrographic department has the vision to support all dimensions…
In the latter half of 2013 the British Royal Research Ship, RRS James Cook, set sail for the Atlantic to conduct the field work component of a European Research Council funded project, Reconstructing abrupt changes in chemistry and circulation of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean: Implications fo…
For the second year in a row CARIS collaborated with industry manufacturers to provide third year students from Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB), located on the northern island of Terschelling in The Netherlands, with a valuable week-long surveying experience.
The purpose of the surve…
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has an important role in increasing foreign trade and supporting sustainable development for Bangladesh. The port of Chittagong, which is the country's main port, handles approximately 92 per cent of international trade. It is therefore essential that …
Now in its ninth year of production, CARIS' popular calendar contest is back!
Enter your favourite CARIS images
Submissions for the calendar contest are now being accepted. CARIS software users are invited to submit their favourite CARIS images including geospatial datasets, maps, charts, 3-D v…
CARIS successfully held its 15th international user group conference in Brest, France during the week of June 2-5, 2014. CARIS 2014, which brought together CARIS users from all over the world, was the largest user conference to-date with approximately 170 delegates from 25 different countries…
CARIS and ROMOR, EIVA’s Canadian partner, will host a half day tutorial at the upcoming Oceans 2014 conference in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada in September. The tutorial titled Streamlined offshore survey processing will focus on the integrated software solution for offshore survey …
The Indian Naval Hydrographic Department (INHD) is the agency responsible for hydrographic surveys and nautical charting to support national and international agencies, as well as public and private sector activities in Indian waters. INHD utilizes leading equipment and techniques as part of …
CARIS is pleased to announce that Dr. Salem Masry, President and CEO of CARIS, was awarded the 2014 C.C. Kirby Award, by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB), in recognition of his world-beating land and marine mapping software.
Dr. Masry foun…
After taking part in a competitive tender process, CARIS is pleased to announce that Le Havre in France has chosen to implement CARIS Bathy DataBASE and Spatial Fusion Enterprise for the management and distribution of their bathymetric data.
The harbour of Le Havre, or Grand Port Maritime du H…
CARIS 2014 is just around the corner. In a little over a week CARIS users from all over the world will come together in Brest, France for the 15th international CARIS user group conference.
The final program for CARIS 2014 is now available for download. Complete conference details are availabl…
A CARIS HIPS and SIPS workshop was conducted this past March for new and existing CARIS clients in Indonesia. The workshop was organized by CARIS Alliance Partner, PT OceaTekno Indonesia (OTI), and held at the famous Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. The park, which is located in Jakarta, summ…
The Maritime Administration of Latvia, Hydrographic Office, has become the latest user of CARIS Bathy DataBASE for managing its increasing volumes of bathymetric data. Latvia is an IHO member state and is responsible for hydrographic surveys, paper and electronic chart production as well as m…
The event we've been waiting for is finally here. The staff at CARIS have been busy preparing for CARIS 2014, the largest international gathering of CARIS users, which will take place in Brest, France in a couple of weeks!
CARIS 2014 will run June 2-5, 2014 with two days of dedicated boot camp…
Congratulations to Dan Sweeny on being awarded the annual CARIS scholarship for the 2013/2014 academic year. Dan is a second year student of the Marine Institute's Ocean Mapping program at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and was selected as the scholarship recipient due to hi…
The Interdisciplinary Centre for the Development of Ocean Mapping (CIDCO) is a marine geomatics Research and Development (R&D) organization located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada. It is dedicated to the enhancement of state-of-the-art technology for marine geomatics. CIDCO is a not-for-profi…
The countdown to CARIS 2014 is on! The conference is a little over a month away and is shaping up to be one of our best user conferences. CARIS 2014 delegates are coming from all over the world including Norway, Iceland, Romania, the United States, Indonesia and South Korea.
If you haven't alr…
In their continuous expansion using CARIS technology the Panama Canal Authority has recently adopted CARIS Bathy DataBASE for the storing and management of the Canal´s bathymetric information.
The waterway's heavy traffic and expansion operations called for a robust and efficient method …
The Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB) in the Netherlands joins the CARIS Academic Partnering Program with CARIS HIPS and SIPS and BASE Editor for hydrographic data processing. The program provides academic institutes with CARIS software used by industry, allowing students to gain valu…
CARIS will be at the upcoming Canadian Hydrographic Conference (CHC) which will be held April 15-17, 2014 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. During the conference CARIS will run a half day workshop on the Wednesday afternoon focusing on the use and management of bathymetric data with CARIS …
During the first week of March CARIS completed the implementation of CARIS Spatial Fusion Enterprise (SFE) at the Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas (CIOH) of the Colombia Navy in the city of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
CARIS staff were onsite to provide …
Oceanology International 2014 just wrapped up in London, United Kingdom. The show, which lasts for three days had more than 520 exhibitors from 35 different countries and a record breaking attendance of over 8,400 visitors.
The exhibition was very well attended this year with the CARIS stand s…
Have you registered for CARIS 2014?
CARIS 2014 is shaping up to be an excellent conference. With three exceptional keynote speakers and a packed technical session (speakers will be announced shortly) you won't want to miss it.
Register before March 21, 2014 and save! Delegates who register befo…
CARIS and Kongsberg Maritime put pen to paper on an enhanced Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at Oceanology International 2014 in London, United Kingdom. CARIS and Kongsberg, who have partnered for over a decade, continue to work closely together to ensure their hydrographic solutions work h…
CARIS is delighted to announce the addition of Gilles Bessero, Director of International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), as a keynote speaker at CARIS 2014. Mr. Bessero will be the closing keynote speaker on Thursday, June 5.
Gilles Bessero, is Director at the International Hydrographic Organ…
In keeping with its mandate to make data more accessible to as many people as possible, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is now offering its Raster Navigational Charts (RNCs) free online in BSB format.
The charts were produced using the CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) Raster Mo…
TECTERRA, in collaboration with the OGC and with funding from GeoConnections, is hosting a one-day event in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada that will focus on geospatial standards.
The event geared towards geomatics professionals will bring together first rate speakers in the field of geomatics, …
Congratulations to Jennifer Campo and the LARsen Ice Shelf System Antarctica (LARISSA) program at the University of Houston for submitting the winning image for the 2014 CARIS calendar contest. The LARISSA program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
The image of the Eastern Antarc…
CARIS is pleased to announce the opening keynote speakers at CARIS 2014. Bruno Frachon, Director General of SHOM will give the opening keynote address on Wednesday, June 4 and Wendy Watson-Wright, Executive Secretary and Assistant Director General of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commis…
A Ping-to-Chart™ workshop was recently held in Tokyo, Japan to inform existing and new clients about the latest improvements offered by CARIS marine GIS solutions for the processing, analysis and management of high-volume marine spatial data. The workshop, which was a follow-up to the s…
CARIS has recently completed implementation and training on CARIS Bathy DataBASE (BDB) at the Centro de Investigaciones Hidrográficas y Oceanográficas (CIOH) de la Armada de Colombia. This was an essential task in the renewal of production processes and tools at the Colombian Na…
Vice President of CARIS USA, Paul Cooper, has been elected as the new president of The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA). THSOA is a non-profit organization and has been in operation for 33 years with a mission to promote education in hydrography. The officers and board of trustees are …
As the national hydrographic and charting authority in Malaysia, the Hydrographic Directorate of the Royal Malaysian Navy (HDRMN) has a mandate to collect measurements using modern techniques, and provide adequate and timely hydrographic information to support safety of navigation, national d…
The winning images from the 2014 CARIS calendar contest are now available for download as calendar desktop images.
Enjoy 14 months of the winning images submitted by CARIS users. The desktop calendar images are available in a variety of resolution sizes.
Download the December 2013 desktop image…
One year ago, Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM) set up a pilot project at their cartography department with five cartographers for the implementation of the CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) suite tools. Tests were conducted for paper chart and El…
Delegates from the Geospatial Information Agency of Indonesia, Badan Informasi Geospasial (BIG), recently travelled to CARIS headquarters in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada to participate in training on maritime boundary determination and maintenance using CARIS LOTS. The training was arra…
Members of the offshore industry community in Aberdeen, Scotland were invited to attend a CARIS and EIVA workshop featuring the integrated solution for offshore survey. The workshop was well attended with 24 attendees from survey companies in the Aberdeen area and beyond.
CARIS’ Trish G…
Safe Software and CARIS have announced that support for the CARIS Spatial Archive (CSAR) raster format for gridded bathymetry and elevation data will be included in FME 2014, available already in the beta and scheduled for official release in January.
FME users will now have direct access to t…
The Portuguese Hydrographic Institute, which is celebrating their 53rd anniversary, recently organized a seminar about “The contribution of hydrography to the development and security of coastal states” in Lisbon, Portugal. The purpose of this event was to allow the exchange of id…
