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“The (IHO) Member States face a growing request for maritime geoinformation beyond surface navigation, a rapid development in technology to survey the oceans and chart- ing technologies, the increase in exploitation and exploration of the vulnerable maritime ecosystems, the digitalization of all processes and the compelling need for collaboration across all maritime science, engineering and administration domains.” • IHO´s provision of digital GIS grated approach (IMO e-navigation) Decade of Ocean Sciences for sustain- services to create a global image of sur- • The renewal of IHO´s corpo- able development vey and charting activities of their mem- rate design, the upgrade of communica- • The revival of collaboration bers tion means and digital outreach with the bodies of the Antarctic Treaty • The further de? nition modern • The intensi? ed contribution and the Arctic Council to create a more technical standards for data exchange of bathymetric data and geodata stan- comprehensive image of the physical and installation of technical infrastruc- dardization competences to overarching conditions within polar waters ture for the next generation of digital processes addressed under the UN Sus- • The efforts spent for an in- nautical charting to enable a fully inte- tainable Development Goals and the UN crease in ocean mapping by means of www.marinetechnologynews.com

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