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CHS is a world leader in the adoption of hydrographic survey technology, as well as in research and development. With responsibility for charting the world's longest coastline (243,792 kilometres) as well as 6.55 million square kilometres of continental shelf and territorial waters (second largest in the world), including extensive inland waterways such as the St. Lawrence Seaway, CHS ...
The baselines are defined as "the low-water line along the coast or on a low-tide elevation that is situated wholly or partly at a distance not exceeding the breadth of the territorial sea of Canada from the mainland or an island," [2] and the territorial sea is defined as extending 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the points of the baselines, or such other points as may be prescribed.
The International Hydrographic Organization 1953 defines it as follows: [39] On the Northeast: A line running from Cape Bauld (North point of Kirpon Island , 51°40′N 55°25′W / 51.667°N 55.417°W / 51.667; -55.417 ) to the East extreme of Belle Isle [ 28 ] and on to the Northeast Ledge ( 52°02′N 55°15′W / 52.033 ...
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO; French: Pêches et Océans Canada, MPO) is a department of the Government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters.
This list is non-exhaustive, as many organizations and territories have produced their own watershed map data and have published via the web. Notable datasets include: United States Watershed Boundary Dataset, [35] website (continually updated) Canadian National Hydrographic Network Watershed Boundaries, [36] website; HydroBasins [37] website ...
In other forms, Canadian industry has a long history of extracting large coal and natural gas reserves. Canada's mineral resources are diverse and extensive. Across the Canadian Shield and in the north there are large iron, nickel, zinc, copper, gold, lead, molybdenum, and uranium reserves. Large diamond concentrations have been recently ...
Nautical charts must be labeled with navigational and depth information. There are a few commercial software packages that do automatic label placement for any kind of map or chart. Modern systems render electronic charts consistent with the IHO S-52 specification, issued by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). [7]
This is an average of lowest low waters taken over a fixed period of tidal predictions, as opposed to actual observations. This is the datum used for coastal charts published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, [11] with the average taken from the lowest tides, one from each 19 year period of tidal predictions. [12]