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In the last decades, we have progressed from ‘graphic’ to ‘digital’ and now to ‘spatial’. Today, the marine geospatial revolution is so dramatic that it is recommended to adopt a new word to describe it, this word is ‘hydrospatial’; a word that conveys the image of the modern, hi-tech, multi-role, digital data environment in which we now operate. The term hydrospatial was first used in the UK in early 2000’s. Hydrospatial aims to broaden and expand the more widely known term ‘hydrography’ beyond the realm of sea navigation. Some may prefer to use Spatial Hydrography. But it is suggested that the term hydrospatial provides a refinement of the concept of blue geospatial in the blue economy.
World Hydrography Day is observed globally on 21st June every year. This day was adopted by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) as an annual celebration to publicise the work of hydrographers and the importance of hydrography. It is designed to raise awareness about hydrography and how it plays a role in improved knowledge of the seas and oceans.
“Hydrography – Underpinning the Digital Twin of the Ocean”
With this World Hydrography Day 2023’s theme, the digital twin of the ocean aims to develop a consistent, high-resolution, multidimensional and near real-time virtual representation of the ocean that could make ocean knowledge open-access, available to citizens, scientists and policy-makers around the world, and will provide a platform for global cooperation. The theme for WHD is designed to highlight the relationship between hydrography and oceanography, and how hydrography can play a key role in developing the digital twin of the ocean.
