Vattenfall Picks OceanWise Marine Maps

Vattenfall has procured OceanWise’s Raster Charts XL (eXcluding Land) as a Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) for Northern Europe.

Raster Charts XL are marine charts which have had all the land and other non-marine features removed, meaning that Vattenfall can combine the WMTS with its own sources of land mapping data to give improved coverage in the coastal zone, according to OceanWise.

In addition, meta-features such as scale bars, source data diagrams and title blocks have been removed, which means they no longer hide more useful information, the company said.

“We have incorporated the OceanWise Raster Charts XL service into our organisational WebGIS. This gives our developers, engineers and other project staff a good overview of many of the key marine features that are relevant for wind farm development,” said Anthony Hunt, Head of GIS, BA Wind at Vattenfall.

“As we take the service to cover a large geographical extent we also use the service to gain a quick view on areas of potential market development growth in addition to our current portfolio.” 

OceanWise has developed Raster Charts XL in response to the increasing requirement for high level, relevant and more accurate marine mapping data, the company said, adding that as modern businesses seek ways in which to work smarter, accessible intelligent data is essential for successful marine planning and monitoring.