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 Banner, from the College of Charleston’s BEAMS (BEnthic Acoustic Mapping and Survey) program, won first pl… Read More
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 current Chair of the Bachelor of Technology (Ocean Mapping) program, at the Marine Institute’s scholars… Read More
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 members trained in the software. Following the training course, consultancy was provided to help achieve opti… Read More
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 was an introductory course with focus on iXSurvey's specific production requirements including the chart defi… Read More
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 data to be supplemented into the bathymetry, the redesigned calibration tools in Subset Editor and the new HIP… Read More
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 Composer training course. Users will have access to the course content, videos and step-by-step exercises th… Read More
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), Inland ENC (IENC) and Digital Nautical Charts (DNC).S-57 Composer 2.4 includes options for new VPF Product creat… Read More
CARIS will be hosting two free workshops at Ocean Business 2013 in Southampton, UK during April 9 - 11, 2013.Bathymetric Processing and Data Management WorkshopTuesday, April 9, 2013 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.CARIS/EIVA Integrated Solution for Offshore Survey WorkshopWednesday, April 10, 2013 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.Conference delegates are encouraged to register for these workshops prior to the confere… Read More
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 Seabed Data Centre staff, the survey was also designed to return detailed images of the harbour remains as… Read More
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 training opportunities.HIPS and SIPS Advanced plus 8.0 Update (3 days) Adelaide, Australia April 30 - May 2, 2013T… Read More
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 and compile data using intuitive CARIS tools and create bathymetric and cartographic products with confiden… Read More
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 waters east of Suez.Discovering the 250 metre deep canyon after leaving the Egyptian port of Safaga, the ship us… Read More
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 HPD users.After implementing HPD for paper chart and ENC production, the Netherlands Hydrographic Service i… Read More
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 Cherbourg and Caen-Ouistreham. CARIS BASE Editor and Engineering Analysis Module have been brought in to complem… Read More
The fourth meeting of the IHO Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure Working Group (MSDIWG) took place from January 31 to February 1, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was preceded on January 30 by an MSDI Open Forum. Both events were held at the Danish Geodata Agency (GST) and were chaired by Mr. Jens Peter Hartmann, of GST. The aim of both events was to reactivate IHO consideration of MSDI and to prop… Read More
Marine Scotland Science (MSS) recently undertook CARIS HIPS and SIPS training conducted by CARIS BV’s Michal Borkowski at the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen, UK. The purpose of the training was to focus on streamlining workflows and processes with their multibeam data. MSS received training a number of years ago, but wanted to update staff on the latest techniques paying particular attention… Read More
Many of the 25,000 miles of inland, intracoastal, and coastal waterways that link thousands of ports and harbours in the U.S. have never been completely surveyed. In those areas that have been surveyed, approximately half of the depth sounding data shown on U.S. nautical charts are from before 1940, collected by antiquated leadline soundings and wire drags. To survey the 500,000 square nautical mi… Read More
CARIS will be hosting two free workshops at Ocean Business 2013 in Southampton, UK during April 9 - 11, 2013.Bathymetric Processing and Data Management Tuesday, April 9, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Access Grid Room 124/14This workshop will focus on data processing techniques, including the supplementation of water column data, and the storage and management of high density bathymetric surfaces using the… Read More
Safety of navigation on inland waterways is as important as in maritime waters. Inland waterways have specific features and regulations that are different from maritime waterways, making the use of existing Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC) insufficient. As a result, international standards have been developed specifically for Inland ENCs.Inland ENCs are intended for use on vessels that travel on… Read More
CARIS recently conducted a training course with the Canadian Hydrographic Services (CHS) in Burlington, Ontario, Canada which focused on the chart compilation workflow between CARIS Bathy DataBASE and CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD).The training course covered components of chart compilation that are not typically covered in introductory Bathy DataBASE or HPD training courses. Topics… Read More
CARIS will be hosting a free workshop at the US Hydro 2013 conference in New Orleans, Louisiana taking place March 25 - 28, 2013. The workshop will cover the latest hydrographic data processing and management software.During the workshop CARIS experts will guide attendees through the post-processing workflow using the new CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.0 followed by the creation and manipulation of various… Read More
Dinas Hidro-Oseanografi (DISHIDROS), or the Hydro-Oceanographic Office, is the marine surveying and charting authority with the mandate to ensure safety of navigation in Indonesian waters. As Indonesia is an archipelago with more than 17,000 islands and nearly 55,000 km of coastline, DISHIDROS has an extensive hydrographic responsibility.DISHIDROS has used CARIS solutions for almost twenty years,… Read More
CARIS recently spent four weeks at the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) conducting training and consultancy on CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD). ACP selected HPD for marine spatial data management and security, and to obtain further efficiencies in chart production.During the training course ACP staff were introduced to working with CARIS HPD. The first two weeks were dedicated to an intro… Read More
As a geomatics professional and avid kayaker involved in training, consulting and supporting CARIS bathymetric processing software, CARIS Customer Service representative Matthew Gudger decided to assemble a simple and easy to use kayak mounted bathymetric mapping system which could be used to create simple bottom terrain maps of local lakes. The original concept was conceived by Paul Illsley, a ge… Read More
CARIS was recently in Hong Kong conducting a CARIS HIPS and SIPS training course with the Hong Kong Marine Department. The Marine Department is responsible for all navigational matters in Hong Kong and the safety standards of all classes and types of vessels.The primary focus of the training course was to learn the latest processing workflows in HIPS and SIPS for processing hydrographic data and c… Read More
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), in collaboration with the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the French Hydrographic Office (SHOM), recently held a two-week training course in hydrography and nautical charting for the benefit of French-speaking African countries.The training took place at the Regional Academy of Science and Sea Technology (ARSTM) in Abidjan, Ivory Coa… Read More
CARIS BV recently held a CARIS LOTS Article 76 training course at their office in Heeswijk, the Netherlands. The training was provided to delegates from the Ghana National Petroleum Agency, Ghana Geological Survey Department and University of Ghana. Members of these organizations have been working together on the Ghana National Continental Shelf Delineation Project.CARIS LOTS software is used thro… Read More
Congratulations to Mr. Giovanni Barracane of Coastal Consulting & Exploration in Italy for submitting the winning 2013 CARIS calendar entry. Mr. Barracane received a large mounted poster of his winning image.The 3-D point cloud image of the giant incense burner in Muscat, Oman was acquired using an Optech ILRIS laser scanner with integrated geo-referencing and motion compensation. The survey w… Read More
CARIS and EIVA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on providing offshore survey organizations with a tightly integrated and streamlined solution. Both companies develop state-of-the-art software for the marine offshore market. CARIS is a world leader in software for hydrographic organizations, marine GIS, and geospatial data management, and EIVA is a world leader in surv… Read More
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) ran an event entitled CARIS on the Desktop on November 13 and 14, 2012. The event was intended to show staff how their desktop would look in the future: how surveys will be handled, charts constructed and data maintained.In total 350 staff attended over the two days and gave enthusiastic feedback on the event and the CARIS software on display.In the op… Read More
CARIS recently attended the European LiDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF) which was held in Salzburg, Austria. During the forum Pelydryn, a hydrographic survey company based in the United Kingdom, presented a workshop focused on meeting the needs of today’s users of hydrographic data using CARIS software.In order to better meet client demands Pelydryn has worked towards the adoption of the CARIS Ping-… Read More
CARIS is pleased to announce an upcoming HIPS and SIPS training course for marine and hydrographic professionals at the CARIS BV office in Heeswijk, the Netherlands. The hands-on training course will be held January 21-25, 2013 and will focus on data processing, visualization, quality control and product creation techniques.Topics such as multibeam processing techniques, Water Column Imaging, TPU,… Read More
Attendees from the South West Atlantic Hydrographic Commission (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) and representatives from Guatemala, Chile and Colombia successfully completed an International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) capacity building workshop on Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI), hosted by the Brazilian hydrographic office Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegaçao (DHN).Thirteen st… Read More
CARIS Asia Pacific recently held an open training course in Adelaide, Australia for the new release of Bathy DataBASE 4.0. The course attracted a number of new and current users ranging from port authorities, charting agencies and private survey companies. Participants received hands-on experience with dedicated workstations over the three-day training course.Topics during the training included th… Read More
MosaicHydro, in partnership with CARIS and RESON, is offering a five-day training course for surveyors new to multibeam surveys. Whether you are an experienced single beam or multibeam surveyor or new to marine surveys, this course will teach you to be an effective multibeam operator and postprocessor.The five-day training course will take place April 29 to May 3, 2013 in Ventura, California. The… Read More
After taking part in a competitive tender process, CARIS is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the PLECO Project with the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS).The NHS, a division of the Norwegian Mapping Authority, is responsible for surveying the Norwegian coast, including polar waters, and for producing and updating nautical charts and Sailing Directions for these waters. To continue t… Read More
CARIS is pleased to announce the release of Spatial Fusion Enterprise 5.7 web mapping technology for data sharing. The latest release provides enhanced usability and performance allowing users to easily discover and download data.The latest release of Spatial Fusion Enterprise 5.7 now supports the following raster files: CSAR, BAG, 32-bit GeoTIFF, USGS DEM and ESRI ASCII. Used in conjunction with… Read More
The Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) recently received CARIS LOTS training delivered by CARIS’ Vittorio Zanobbi. Vittorio is one of CARIS’ limits and boundary delimitation experts and he conducted the training course as part of the CARIS LOTS Limits and Boundaries software delivery to the Swedish Maritime Administration.CARIS LOTS Limits and Boundaries software is… Read More
On board the permanently moored SS Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Hydro12 conference delegates were treated to an exceptional conference. The hydrographic conference, put on by the Hydrographic Society Benelux, saw delegates from over 25 countries congregate on the impressive vessel.During the conference, papers of the highest quality were presented. CARIS representatives and users delivered… Read More
The winning images from the 2013 CARIS Calendar Contest are now available for download as a desktop calendar. Each month enjoy a new image submitted by CARIS users. The desktop calendar images are available in a variety of resolution sizes, including one for your mobile phone.Download the December 2012 desktop calendar today! Read More
Attendees from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand successfully completed an International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) capacity building workshop on Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure (MSDI), hosted by the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration (KHOA).Fourteen students spent five days in the city of Incheon, Republic of Korea, learning theoretica… Read More
CARIS is pleased to announce the following appointments:Release and Product Manager for CARIS HIPS and SIPSJamie Parsons and Burns Foster have been appointed to new leadership roles for the CARIS HIPS and SIPS product suite.The new strategy for the management of this large and important software system is to have Jamie and Burns lead the product development in the following roles:Jamie Parsons as… Read More
CARIS and TOYO Corporation, CARIS' Alliance Partner in Japan, recently held a Ping-to-Chart workshop at TOYO's offices in central Tokyo. The workshop, which focused on the processing and analysis of marine spatial data, allowed participants to gain hands-on experience with the latest versions of CARIS HIPS and SIPS and Bathy DataBASE, as well as obtain insight on upcoming technology improvements.T… Read More
During November 13 to 15 the Hydrographic Society Benelux will be hosting Hydro12 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. On board the SS Rotterdam, this venue is an excellent opportunity to meet CARIS. Come and visit us at booth L10-L11 on the Atlantic Promenade deck, where CARIS domain experts will be happy to show you the latest CARIS developments and answer any questions you may have.During the conference… Read More
The short list of calendar entries for the 2013 CARIS calendar contest is now available on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Visit the CARIS YouTube channel to see some of the impressive images submitted by CARIS users.Thank you to everyone that participated in the 2013 calendar contest! Read More
CARIS and the University of Delaware are pleased to offer CARIS HIPS and SIPS training to marine and hydrographic professionals in the Eastern United State region. The training course will take place in Newark, Delaware from November 12 - 16, 2012. This comprehensive hands-on session will focus on leading data processing, visualization, quality control and product creation techniques using the lat… Read More
CARIS announces the release of CARIS Easy View 4.0, a freeware data viewer for 2-D and 3-D data. CARIS Easy View 4.0 replaces the popular CARIS Easy View 2.0 which has been downloaded by thousands of professionals and students. CARIS Easy View allows users to view spatial data from a wide range of file formats without the need for specialized software. For the first time CARIS Easy View is availab… Read More
The latest release of CARIS HPD 2.9.2 is now available. HPD 2.9.2 provides users with better integration between HPD product data and the new Publications module. The Publications module, a tool for creating and maintaining Notice to Mariners and other nautical publications, is now a stand-alone HPD editor and is enhanced with an improved interface and new commands for linking notices to panels an… Read More
A team from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) recently visited CARIS’ headquarters to continue work on the UKHO raster chart project. This project will enhance the raster chart production capabilities of CARIS HPD to enable the removal of the legacy "Abrahams Revelations" system which has been used to produce and maintain the UKHO's raster chart portfolio for many years.During th… Read More