CARIS users were recently in Wellington, New Zealand for the annual CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) and Bathy DataBASE (BDB) user group meetings. This was the first time the meetings were held in the southern hemisphere, which attracted a number of new participating agencies.
CARI…
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recently helped organize and deliver a workshop on the new S-100 standard in Ecuador. The workshop was coordinated by Instituto Oceanográfico de la Armada del Ecuador (INOCAR), which hosted members from the South East Pacific Hydrograph…
CARIS, a leader in the development of marine GIS software, has announced the acceptance of abstracts for CARIS 2014, the 15th International User Group Conference, which will be held June 2-5, 2014 in Brest, France. Users of CARIS software are invited to submit an abstract for this internation…
CARIS has long included support for Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (IENC) products in our software and has been closely involved and supportive of the Inland ENC Harmonization Group's (IEHG) work. CARIS S-57 Composer and CARIS HPD, the desktop and database solutions for electronic chart…
CARIS and EIVA recently held a workshop in Brazil featuring the integrated solution for offshore survey. The workshop was well attended with 20 attendees from survey companies, Petrobras, Diretoria de Hidrografía e Navegacao (DHN) the Brazilian Navy, and other agencies.
During the works…
The votes are in and the winners of the 2014 CARIS calendar contest have been selected. Congratulations to all of the winners. The winning images will be included in the upcoming 2014 CARIS calendar and on the CARIS website.
Congratulations to Jennifer Campo from LARISSA who was the overall co…
Sydney Ports Corporation(Sydney Ports) recently selected CARIS Paper Chart Composer to streamline the production and maintenance of its paper chart products.
Sydney Ports' main functions include:
Managing and developing port facilities and services to cater for existing and future commercial tr…
In recent weeks, it has been reported in the media that the Royal Navy's survey ship, HMS Echo, made a successful visit to Libya to further support the Libyan authorities. The surveys completed off the Libyan coast revealed a number of uncharted wrecks in addition to reefs and rocks.
The multi…
This week marks the last week to submit images for the 2014 calendar contest. The submission deadline is Friday, September 13.
CARIS software users are encouraged to submit their favourite CARIS imagery including geospatial datasets, maps, charts, 3-D views and more for a chance to be featured…
CARIS will host a series of webinars, during the week of September 23, featuring the new SIPS processing engine for side scan sonar data available in the latest release of CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.1.
During the webinar participants will hear from HIPS and SIPS experts as they outline:
Functionalit…
Fredericton, NB, Canada - Agust 29, 2013 - CARIS is pleased to announce the release of CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.1. The latest release of the leading hydrographic data processing system, which offers a single solution for bathymetry, seafloor imagery and water column data processing, includes sig…
CARIS is pleased to announce the release of CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) 3.0. CARIS’ flagship enterprise GIS solution, HPD provides efficiency in maintaining source data and the production of multiple marine products from a single database.
Significant new features and f…
In close cooperation with the Dutch Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz in Terschelling, The Netherlands, CARIS BV worked on a project with a group of third year undergraduates of the Ocean Technology (hydrography) section from the Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz. The project was aimed at g…
Teledyne-RESON has announced their first comprehensive multibeam training seminar since Teledyne Technologies’ acquisition of RESON A/S. The five-day training course, which will consist of both in-depth classroom and practical offshore vessel training, will take place September 30 to Oc…
Recently the Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, acquired an additional CARIS HIPS and SIPS software license. To help improve their working knowledge of CARIS HIPS and SIPS tools, researchers from the Oceanographic Centres of Má…
CARIS’ popular calendar contest is back! Now in its eighth year of production, the calendar contest continues to gain in popularity.
Submit your CARIS images for the calendar contest
Submissions for the 2014 calendar contest are now being accepted. CARIS software users are encourage…
The 27th session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly recently took place at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. The IOC Assembly, which meets every two years, is composed of 145 Me…
CARIS is pleased to announce the release of CARIS Paper Chart Composer 1.1. The successor to the long-trusted CARIS GIS product, Paper Chart Composer delivers a highly intuitive workflow for creation of paper chart products.
Seamless migration from CARIS GIS to Paper Chart Composer
CARIS users …
The first Mexican Hydrography Convention recently took place in Veracruz, Mexico. The event was organized by the Dirección Adjunta de Oceanografía, Hidrografía y Meteorología of the Mexican Navy and was held at the Senior Naval Club.
During the convention, CARIS hos…
Welcome to CARIS 2014! Bienvenue à CARIS 2014!
CARIS is pleased to announce its 15th International User Group Conference, CARIS 2014, will be held in Brest, France from June 2 – 5, 2014.
The four-day user group conference will be the world’s largest gathering of CARIS users, …
Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China (Shanghai MSA) is responsible for the hydrographic surveying and mapping of the coastal areas of East China. To safeguard navigation and improve the efficiency of maritime traffic in harbours and channels, Shanghai…
Recently, the Centro de Investigaciones Oceanográficas e Hidrográficas del Caribe (CIOH), from the Colombia Navy, hosted a CARIS HIPS and SIPS training course which was delivered by CARIS’ SJ(R) José Arturo Arias Cardozo. CIOH summoned hydrographers from different d…
CARIS is pleased to announce an upcoming HIPS and SIPS training course for marine and hydrographic professionals at the CARIS USA office in Alexandria, Virginia. The hands-on training course will be held July 16-18, 2013 and will focus on data processing, visualization, quality control and pr…
CARIS and Kongsberg recently teamed up to conduct a five-day joint acquisition and processing workshop with Servicio de Oceanografia, Hidrografia y Meteorologia de la Armada (SOHMA) in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Thirty-five attendees from hydrographic organizations and survey companies from Argentin…
On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 CARIS’ former colleague, Björn van Vliet, took over command of the Royal Netherlands Navy hydrographic vessel Zr. Ms. Luymes.
Having already worked for the Dutch Navy for 13 years, Björn started working at CARIS BV in June 2007 where he proved to b…
The University of Vigo in Spain, recently acquired a small vessel to carry out their own surveys and projects for research purposes. The University is already an existing CARIS HIPS and SIPS user and is planning on going further into data processing and quality control using the new vessel.
To…
Deakin University, one of Australia's leading universities, has acquired CARIS HIPS and SIPS as part of the Deakin University Warrnambool Marine and Aquaculture Science Research Initiative, which aims at boosting marine research and teaching in the region.
The Marine and Freshwater Sciences re…
CARIS Asia Pacific recently travelled to 'Windy Wellington' in order to provide training and consultation to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) for the implementation of CARIS Bathy DataBASE to allow them to efficiently store and manage their bathymetric assets.
NI…
Join CARIS for a webinar featuring the latest release of CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.0.
CARIS HIPS and SIPS is the leading hydrographic data processing system capable of integrating bathymetry, seafloor imagery and water column data processing in a single solution.
Through this webinar learn first-ha…
During the recent US Hydro 2013 conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, undergraduate and graduate geology students participated in a poster session showcasing their research projects.
Awards were given to the top poster presentations during the conference. Graduate student Matthew Ritting…
Following the recent purchase of CARIS software by Fototerra, CARIS recently completed two weeks of training for Fototerra and Petrobras personnel in Macaé, Brazil. The software sale and training was coordinated by CARIS strategic alliance partner Intelligent Maritime Solutions (IMS).
T…
CARIS recently conducted a HPD Source Editor training course with the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration (KHOA) in Busan, South Korea. The course was coordinated and delivered through collaboration with HYUNDAI e-MARINE, CARIS’ strategic alliance partner for the region.…
During the recent US Hydro 2013 conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, undergraduate and graduate geology students participated in a poster session showcasing their research projects.
Awards were given to the top poster presentations during the conference. Undergraduate students Kyle…
The New Zealand Hydrographic Authority, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), has announced that they will host the next CARIS HPD and CARIS Bathy DataBASE User Group Meetings in Wellington, New Zealand.
The HPD User Group Meeting will be held on October 7-9, 2013, followed by the Bathy DataBAS…
The inaugural CARIS and EIVA workshop recently held at the Ocean Business conference in Southampton, United Kingdom was a huge success with the room packed with more than 40 attendees.
During the workshop attendees learned how CARIS and EIVA software will work together to provide an optimum so…
Historically, land and sea data sets have been manipulated separately and the merging of data proved to be challenging. However, many of the technical challenges can be addressed by today’s geospatial software allowing agencies to benefit from combining data sets that cover terrestrial …
During the recent US Hydro 2013 conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, undergraduate and graduate geology students participated in a poster session showcasing their research projects.
Awards were given to the top poster presentations during the conference. Undergraduate student Robin Banne…
Congratulations go out to Nicholas Ridgeley of the Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador who is the inaugural winner of the CARIS Scholarship for the 2012/2013 academic year.
Nicholas was recently presented the CARIS Scholarship by Doug Cartwright, who is the cu…
The Danish Hydrographic Office (part of the Danish Geodata Agancy) has expanded its use of CARIS BASE Editor as an important tool in their chart production processes. The agency has already been a user of BASE Editor and other CARIS tools for many years, and wished to have additional staff me…
CARIS Asia Pacific's Christian Fellinger recently conducted a CARIS Paper Chart Composer training course for iXSurvey in Brisbane, Australia.
iXSurvey have traditionally used CARIS GIS for chart production, but plan to adopt CARIS' next generation desktop chart production tool.
The training wa…
CARIS is pleased to announce the release of CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.0, the leading hydrographic data processing system. The much anticipated release of HIPS and SIPS 8.0 includes some significant enhancements, such as the continued implementation of water column data processing allowing the dat…
CARIS users interested in taking the new self-paced online training course for ENC production using CARIS S-57 Composer can now take advantage of a free demonstration version of the course. The free version allows users to go through the first part of the full ENC Production with CARIS S-57 C…
CARIS is pleased to announce the release of CARIS S-57 
Composer 2.4, the next-generation desktop application for production of electronic navigation and related products, including S-57 Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), Additional Military Layers (AML), Inlan…
CARIS will be hosting two free workshops at Ocean Business 2013 in Southampton, UK during April 9 - 11, 2013.
Bathymetric Processing and Data Management Workshop
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
CARIS/EIVA Integrated Solution for Offshore Survey Workshop
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
10:3…
Between September 26 and October 4, 2011, the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) led a detailed bathymetric survey of the Mulberry ‘B’ World War II harbour off Arromanches–les–Bains on the northern coast of France. Intended primarily as a training event for the UKHO’s…
CARIS is pleased to offer marine and hydrographic professionals in the Asia Pacific region access to training opportunities on the latest technology across the Ping-to-Chart workflow.
With the release of CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.0, CARIS Asia Pacific is offering new and existing users two trainin…
Join CARIS for a webinar featuring the leading solution for the management of bathymetric data.
Powered by the CSAR engine and backed by proven relational database technology, CARIS Bathy DataBASE delivers a scalable solution for the management of elevation data. Users can manipulate, analyze …
A Royal Navy survey ship has produced a series of captivating images of a Grand Canyon-style ocean floor hidden deep under the Red Sea. HMS Enterprise used her state-of-the-art surveying equipment to reveal the natural wonder during her nine-month mission to improve understanding of the water…
CARIS HPD Publications Module supports the creation and maintenance of nautical publications, such as Notices to Mariners, List of Lights and other publications. The Publications Module, which was recently released in CARIS HPD, has added further production possibilities for existing and new …
CARIS recently visited the Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA) in Ouistreham, France for a training course on CARIS BASE Editor and Engineering Analysis Module. The Ports of Normandy Authority is responsible for the maintenance, dredging preparation and dredging monitoring of the ports of Cherb…
