June 30, 2015 — DelNorte in conjunction with OceanWise has delivered a new on-line tidal level system to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to assist its crews to safely launch its rescue craft from its new Lifeboat station at Portishead, Avon, UK.
With a tidal range in excess of 12 metres in this part of the Bristol Channel, the life-boat crews have to make quick decisions based on the prevailing conditions as to whether they are able to launch the life boat from the outer slipway, or from within Portishead harbour. Tidal elevations have been kindly provided by the Port of Bristol, via UHF link from their gauges at Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Dock from where the real-time tidal level data is posted to the OceanWise Port-Log subscription service and made available online to the RNLI crews and its operation control.
Due to the complexity of the tides in the area, special analyses are undertaken to detect rapid rates of change and ensure that the latest information is available immediately to the crews.
A RNLI spokesperson stated that he was “very happy with the system” and that the “smartphone access was a revelation!”
About OceanWise
OceanWise Ltd is an independent company specialising in all aspects of marine environmental data acquisition, data and knowledge management and GIS. In addition to Environmental Data Sharing and Publishing (Ocean Database and Port-Log.net); OceanWise also offers:
• Intelligent Marine and Coastal Mapping Data
• Data Policy, Strategy and Management Systems Advice and Training
• Enterprise GIS Productivity Tools and Software (Maritime Toolbar and Workflow
Extensions)
• Capacity Building, Training and Mentoring
About DelNorte
DEL NORTE Technology Ltd is an ISO 9001:2008 registered company which has been established for over 40 years. Throughout this time DEL NORTE has been a world leader in precise positioning systems. From the late 1980s onwards DEL NORTE’s primary focus switched to the development of advanced DGPS systems and under the ownership of Laurie Smith since 2000 we have been involved in a wide range of Hydrographic systems and products. Suppliers of Quality hydrographic Survey equipment and Software to port authorities, survey companies and the MOD for seabed mapping from GNSS, Sidescan Sonar, Echo Sounders and Multi-Beam to name but a few.
For more information about how OceanWise can improve your environmental and spatial data management capacity and capabilities, please contact Mr John Pepper, Marketing Director, on j[email protected] or visit the OceanWise website at www.oceanwise.eu
