Safe sailing with official nautical charts. The Norwegian Hydrographic Service is responsible for surveying the Norwegian coast, including polar waters and for preparing and updating nautical charts and descriptions of these waters. The activities also include studies of tides and currents and publishing tide tables. The Norwegian Hydrographic Service has the operational responsibility for the international electronic nautical chart centre Primar Stavanger.
Office hours
8-15.45 (summer 8-15)
Address
Norwegian Hydrographic Service
Lervigsveien 36
4014 Stavanger
Postal address
Norwegian Hydrographic Service
Postbox 60
4001 Stavanger
Telephone
51 85 87 00
E-mail
sksk@statkart.no
The official website for the Bringing Land and Sea Together (BLAST) project has now been launched.
Read more ...Navigators now have the opportunity easily to transfer corrections published in the Notices to Mariners (Efs) to their nautical charts.
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The hydrographic survey data, traditionally called fair sheets, contain the soundings from the hydrographic survey.
Read more ...Here are articles and reports on tide modelling, filtering of sea level data, calculation of nautical chart datum and Z0, etc.
Read more ...In 2010 it will be possible to order updated nautical charts from the Norwegian Hydrographic Service. The Hydrographic Service is conducting a prototype development project for such a service, known globally as Print on Demand.
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A clear majority in favour of mandatory ECDIS implementation was expressed at the recent NAV 54 meeting of the sub-committee on safety of navigation of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) maritime safety committee (MSC).
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Marine geodata or primary data consists of seamless bathymetry and coastline in a vector format.
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