SeaZone HydroSpatial 2 - A new era for marine mapping for GIS

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SeaZone HydroSpatial 2 | Base

Oxfordshire, UK, 24 April 2012 – With the launch of HydroSpatial Base, the foundation data layer for our all new HydroSpatial product range. SeaZone introduces SeaZone HydroSpatial 2 - A new era for marine mapping for GIS

SeaZone Solutions, developer of the world’s leading Marine Vector Map product: HydroSpatial, has released the first in a new series of marine mapping layers to sit within the new HydroSpatial 2 Product Family.  Resounding benefits include an enhanced data model, allowing for intuitive feature filtering; geo-processing and spatial analysis to create customised data outputs and map views using both real world and abstract feature types.  Mapping is delivered in themed tiers with improved symbology, and licensed as a complete package, delivering an exceptional user experience in both desktop, and web GIS.

Hydrospatial Base – Giving you the bigger picture to make the right decision

SeaZone HydroSpatial Base provides users with a definitive worldwide marine reference map incorporating large-scale, authoritatively sourced, marine geographic datasets. The content is processed to form a continuous vector layer dataset, with a well structured and defined feature and attribute model, providing the best possible marine mapping experience.

SeaZone HydroSpatial Base is ideal for use as a marine spatial planning aid and as a primary decision support tool. It has a global reach and is available for regions where content is captured to scales greater than or equal to 1:1,500,000.

The feature attribution for SeaZone HydroSpatial Base is comprehensive and serves a wide range use scenarios. For the high end technical user, HydroSpatial Base performs well when interrogated by vigorous and complex geo-processing or spatial analysis in GIS.  For less demanding requirements, HydroSpatial Base represents an excellent high-resolution selectable back-drop with flexible filtering and styling.

In short, SeaZone HydroSpatial Base provides decision makers with accurate information to make effective decisions in the marine environment.

SeaZone HydroSpatial Base was delivered as a result of an extensive consultation with our HydroSpatial customers about how they would like the product to evolve, the improvement content they needed and the prices they would like to pay.  SeaZone acknowledges the support of EU Interreg IVB Bringing Land and Sea Together (BLAST) Project in developing and testing the HydroSpatial Base concept,  Our existing HydroSpatial product, originally developed in 2006 continues to be available as HydroSpatial One.                                                      

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SeaZone Wrecks Database

Oxfordshire, UK, 9 January 2012 - Do you know that there are thousands of recorded shipwrecks and many are not shown on navigation charts? Navigation charts only contain wrecks which are considered to be a navigational hazard.

Do you need to know the full picture?

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SeaZone has the definitive database of UK wrecks information and extensive worldwide coverage. SeaZone wrecks data is captured from multiple sources ensuring you receive the best-available and latest information. As well as detailing wreck location, considerable additional information is available including wreck depth, identification, state, cargo, and circumstance of loss.

SeaZone can provide information relating to wrecks in a specific geographic area or we can make our whole wrecks database available under license. This information is fully available for use in customer GIS systems.

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English Heritage reaches an important milestone in its Thames/Medway Historic Landscape Study

Looking north east over the complex historic cultural landscape and seascape of the Medway Estuary, Kent: part of the area encompassed by English Heritage's recent Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (26600/023 © English Heritage.NMR)

Oxfordshire, UK, 9 November  2011 - An important milestone has been achieved in the English Heritage 'Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project', designed to substantially increase understanding of the Hoo Peninsula's historic landscape and enable better informed inputs to the future changes envisaged for this part of the Thames Estuary. 

One module of that project, the ‘Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape and Historic Seascape Characterisation (HLC-HSC)’ has been successfully completed on time. This module focussed on identifying the dominant historical processes that have shaped the present landscape and seascape on and around the Hoo Peninsula. The HSC’s marine and maritime perspective took in such aspects as shipping routes past and present, anchorages and shell-fishing areas, but also extended onto coastal land to encompass daymarks and the previous character of land reclaimed from the sea, including early salt-making areas and coastal grazing land.

The completed module is now providing vital landscape/seascape contextual information for the wider Hoo Project's other modules and integrated report. The HLC and HSC datasets are designed to be interoperable with other map-based planning and environmental datasets. Many of those are incorporated within SeaZone HydroSpatial Topic Layers, thereby facilitating a faster and smoother application workflow for English Heritage and other prospective users.

The threads tying all of these themes together are the Thames and Medway Estuaries whose lengths adjacent to the Hoo were fully encompassed by the project's use of a comprehensive GIS-based HSC approach developed by English Heritage.

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Marine GI Market Leader SeaZone reduces price of charted raster and extends coverage across North Sea

Oxfordshire, UK, 3rd October 2011 - SeaZone maintains a constant dialogue with its customers and many have asked if administration and data preparation fees can be removed for Charted Raster. We have now done just that!  From October 1^st 2011 there will be no administration or data preparation fees for Charted Raster orders anywhere in the world. Single purchases can now be made for as little as £35, excluding V.A.T.

As for SeaZone data coverage, this is being substantially extended throughout the world and in particular across the North Sea, with data now being available for Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands and Norway.

You may view the SeaZone website http://www.seazone.com/dataAvailability.php to see our product coverage maps and to request a quotation.

CONTACT:

For further information please contact Simon James, Sales Manager, SeaZone Solutions Ltd. Tel: +44 (0) 870 013 0607. Email: s.james@seazone.com 

About SeaZone:  http://www.seazone.com

SeaZone is a world leader in the field of marine geographic information solutions, including its innovative data products; SeaZone HydroSpatial; the first ‘off the shelf’ authoritative digital marine map, and SeaZone TruDepth Grids; one seamless layer of best available UK bathymetry.

Over 850 organisations across the oil and gas, renewable energy, conservation and public sectors use SeaZone data, software and services to help support decision making in the marine environment and coastal zone.

The company, SeaZone Solutions Limited, is wholly owned by HR Wallingford Ltd.

About HR Wallingford:  http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk

HR Wallingford is an independent non-profit distributing company providing world-leading analysis, advice and support in engineering and environmental hydraulics, and in the management of water and the water environment. Established for 60 years, HR Wallingford employs more than 200 engineers, scientists, mathematicians and support staff. Predictive physical and computational model studies, desk studies and field data collection are backed by large scale laboratory research. Clients include the UK Government, the European Commission and international funding agencies, as well as consultants, contractors and developers.

Are you “all at sea” with your marine data?

Oxfordshire, UK, 18 May 2011 – To coincide with ”European Maritime Day” on the 20^th May 2011, SeaZone is launching a range of new services.  Many of our customers request not only data, but advice on how the data can be best used to support their operations and business processes.  SeaZone has acquired considerable experience and expertise in this area and consequently, we have developed a range of services that draw on our knowledge of marine science and engineering together with our information systems, data management and modelling capabilities.

The services cover four distinct areas;

Investment Decision Support:  Organisations need the right information to support business critical marine investment decisions, for example, site selection or a new measurement campaign. SeaZone advises on the data you need, how it can be used and the risks associated with different options.

Data Management: SeaZone is making its many years of data integration expertise available for the first time to our customers. Many marine operations generate large quantities of data. Whatever data is collected, SeaZone can ensure it is accurately processed, effectively managed, properly documented and can even integrate it with our marine mapping products, if required.

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