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LMO Description
Organisation NL Hydrographic Service
Details
Level of authority National
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Formal Mandate The Hydrographic Service provides sea maps and nautical publications concerning the maritime region belonging to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and in the context of international treaties.

In addition, the Hydrographic Service produces military hydrographic and meteorological products in accordance with NATO standards. The area of responsibility for civil and military products primarily includes:

the Netherlands Continental Shelf;the waters surrounding the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
Main Activities The main tasks of the Netherlands Hydrographic Service are to chart the sea, to publish the nautical charts and the related hydrographic publications. The area of responsibility concerns the Netherlands Continental Shelf and the waters around the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.

Two hydrographic vessels HNLMS Snellius and HNLMS Luymes are conducting surveys on a daily basis to monitor and record shipping lanes and sea bottom changes. Not only changes in depth are registered but also obstructions and wrecks on the sea bottom are investigated and if necessary, accurately charted.

At the shore based Hydrographic Office the collected data, together with other relevant information such as buoys, beacons, lights etc., is stored in a database. The information in this database is the source of all the nautical products. Distribution of all nautical products is organised through a network of agents.

On a national level the Hydrographic Service cooperates with the North Sea Directorate of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Waterways as a federation called 'Netherlands Hydrographic Institute' (NHI). Internationally, as a full member of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) in Monaco, the service coorporates with all other Hydrographic Services in the world.

Additionally the Hydrographic Office makes its knowledge and expertise available to support Naval operations in the fields of hydrography, oceanography, meteorology, positioning, tides and marine geodesy.
LMO URL www.hydro.nl 
Comments
LMO CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person E. Vos
Organisation NL Hydrographic Service
Function Geo Officer
Address P.O. Box 90701
Country NETHERLANDS 
Tel +31(0)703162832
Fax  
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the LMO in INSPIRE development
  1. submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
  2. participate in the review process
  3. contribute to awareness raising and training
  4. be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: International
Description of geographic extent: globally
Societal Sector central government
Specific Expertise
Metadata
Data Specifications
Network services
INSPIRE Data Themes
Theme UserProducerCoordinator
Coordinate reference systems  
Geographical grid systems  
Geographical names  
Transport networks  
Hydrography    
Protected sites    
Elevation  
Land cover    
Orthoimagery    
Geology    
Statistical units    
Buildings    
Land use    
Utility and governmental services    
Production and industrial facilities    
Agricultural and aquaculture facilities  
Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units  
Natural risk zones    
Meteorological geographical features  
Oceanographic geographical features  
Sea regions  
Bio-geographical regions    
Energy Resources    
Mineral Resources    
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development Comments on Annex I specifications through national channels (SDIC).
Primary Business Geospatial standards 
Environmental application domains  

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