United StatesCanada Hydrographic Commission report to the InterRegional

Meetings since IRCC 6 • USCHC 38 was held March 16, 2015 in National

Activities • Reports and Papers – USCHC 38 Meeting Minutes – USCHC Report to

Items of Interest • NOAA Certified Printers for Paper Nautical Products ‒ As of

Items of Interest (continued) • Satellite-Derived Bathymetry

Chart 16240: what we learned • Satellite AIS – Vessels not following charted hydrography

Items of Interest (continued) • Capacity Building • University of New Hampshire CCOM/JHC –

Thank you Gerd. Glang@noaa. gov Denis. Hains@dfo-mpo. gc. ca http: //www. nauticalcharts. noaa. gov/

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United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission report to the Inter-Regional Coordination Committee Mr. Denis Hains, CHS Rear Admiral Gerd F. Glang, NOAA June 1, 2015

Meetings since IRCC 6 • USCHC 38 was held March 16, 2015 in National Harbour, Maryland • Held in conjunction with the US Hydro 2015 Conference • 20 participants • Member State agencies included NOAA, CHS, NGA, US Navy • Observers were the IHB, UKHO, and MACHC • A wide range of discussion topics of mutual interest including: – Organizational changes – Crowd-sourced data – Satellite-derived bathymetry • The Chart Advisory Committee did not meet United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission 2

Activities • Reports and Papers – USCHC 38 Meeting Minutes – USCHC Report to IRCC 7 – Submission to IRCC 7: Eliminating ENC Overlaps: USCHC Case Study (see Doc IRCC 7 -9 C) – Submission to IRCC 7: Proposal to add the topic of Satellite-derived bathymetry as a standing agenda item at all future IRCC meetings (See Doc IRCC 7 -11 F). – MS submitted updates to the INT Catalogue (S-11 Part B) for Region A – Input IHO Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs) and Working-level Performance Indicators (WPIs) United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission 3

Items of Interest • NOAA Certified Printers for Paper Nautical Products ‒ As of April 2015, NOAA moved to a POD model − 17 companies authorized as NOAA Certified Printers • Communication; sharing of data and R&D results ‒ ‒ Maintaining lines of communication at the operational level Writing inter-agency communication into production processes ‒ E. g. For all trans-boundary ENCs • Organizational Efficiencies ‒ OCS began restructuring chart production to reflect an “ENC-First” alignment. Three year plan for completion (2017) ‒ ‒ Supports continuous ENC maintenance ENC are the source of raster products (PODs and RNCs) United States-Canada Hydrographic Commission

Items of Interest (continued) • Satellite-Derived Bathymetry

Chart 16240: what we learned • Satellite AIS – Vessels not following charted hydrography • Landsat 8: – Improved Shoreline – Large uncharted shoals revealed • Magenta line applied to show historical successful transits • Methodology relied upon open-source and no-cost data • Note IRCC 7 -11 F and H

Items of Interest (continued) • Capacity Building • University of New Hampshire CCOM/JHC – CAT A Training – GEBCO Scholars – M. S. and Ph. D Degrees and Certificates • University of Southern Mississippi – CAT A & B Training – M. S. and Ph. D Degrees and Certificates • Chart Adequacy Evaluation Workshop – 12 countries participating July 2015 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA – MACHC in summer 2016 (tentative) • HO to HO exchanges – Example with Haiti in Fall 2015

Thank you Gerd. Glang@noaa. gov Denis. Hains@dfo-mpo. gc. ca http: //www. nauticalcharts. noaa. gov/ http: //www. charts. gc. ca/