{"id":718,"date":"2023-02-01T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dsnmltd.com\/?p=718"},"modified":"2023-06-14T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T09:12:11","slug":"the-future-of-charting-at-the-ukho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dsnmltd.com\/blog\/the-future-of-charting-at-the-ukho\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Charting at the UKHO"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
Last month, dsnm were invited to the UK Hydrographic Office to discuss and learn more, about paper charting and the forthcoming move to a digital charting future.
As you may have read in our previous blog, the UKHO will be withdrawing all paper charting by the end of 2026. This has since been updated to a proposed date of 2030. This news means a complete move to Electronic Navigational Charts is required.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
We visited the UKHO to meet with different staff members and teams, to catch up on the latest and future developments.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
During our time at the UKHO, we had the honour of meeting face-to-face with Chief Executive, Peter Sparkes, as well as several members of the senior leadership team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
They outlined that the decrease in paper navigation, along with the increase in the use of ECDIS, highlighted the need to address the situation and demonstrates the clear business logic behind the decision. In just the last 10 years, the use of paper charting has decreased at a rate of 17% a year, with 84% of vessels now opting for digital charting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Moving away from paper charting also has an economical advantage for the industry, with a huge reduction in paper use, as well as lowering the carbon footprint of companies shipping the charts worldwide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Over the next five years we will see a revolution in cartography and the improvements in coverage thanks to content created by the hydrographic offices around the world, crowdsourcing and the digital age. There will also be advances in the method and speed in which data is delivered from the UKHO to the navigator onboard.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n