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14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference 30 November – 02 December NOUMEA

14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference 30 November – 02 December NOUMEA. Australian Hydrographic Service National Report. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference. General

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14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference 30 November – 02 December NOUMEA

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  1. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference30 November – 02 DecemberNOUMEA Australian Hydrographic Service National Report

  2. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference • General • Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) moved from Navy to the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) on 01Jul16 • Defence White Paper – Future of Hydrographic Capability will be ‘an efficient combination of military and commercial hydrographic and oceanographic surveying capabilities’ 30 November – 02 December, 2016 NOUMEA

  3. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference • HydroScheme 30 November – 02 December, 2016 NOUMEA

  4. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference • Charting Activities • ENC Updates remain highest priority • Recompiling Port ENCs at larger compilation scale and with higher density detail • Approx 850 ENCs and 470 Paper charts • Working with UKHO and SIMSA to assume PCA role for Solomon Islands in early 2017 – add 50 ENCs and 30 paper charts 30 November – 02 December, 2016 NOUMEA

  5. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference • Charting Systems and Services • Migrating to an integrated suite of Caris services, such as: • Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) • Paper Chart Composer (PCC) and Editor (PCE) • Bathy Database (BDB) • ENC sales are increasing while paper chart sales have dropped by 32%. 30 November – 02 December, 2016 NOUMEA

  6. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference • Challenges • Mainly relate to people and resources, although recent organisational changes have improved this situation • System-based challenges are being addressed through ‘evolutionary’ sustainment • The big challenge ahead is parallel production of paper charts, S57 ENCs and S101 ENCs – yet to understand scale and scope of challenge 30 November – 02 December, 2016 NOUMEA

  7. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference • Publications • Fourth edition of Seafarers Handbook published in July 2016 • See report for others • MSI • Australia is MSI Coordinator for NAVAREA X • Self Assessment report provided for discussion later 30 November – 02 December, 2016 NOUMEA

  8. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference • C55 and P5 • Updates provided in May 2016 • Capacity Building • Tides and Water Level workshop – 2015 • Capacity Building in Hydrography for Ocean and Coastal Development • Hydrographic School – Cat B Course • 2015 – 11 Aust, 2 NZ and 2 Malaysian • 2016 – 7 Aust, 2 NZ, 1 Fiji and 1 Malaysian • Tides Workshop – 2 SPC 30 November – 02 December, 2016 NOUMEA

  9. 14th South West Pacific Hydrographic Commission Conference • Conclusion • AHS continues to improve ENC coverage and content • AHS system improvements will reap rewards in years to come • AHS is strongly committed to capacity building in the SWPHC 30 November – 02 December, 2016 NOUMEA

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