World Hydrography day observed
World Hydrography Day was celebrated in Bangladesh as across the globe with the theme Our seas and waterways - yet to be fully charted and explored. An ISPR release said that to mark the day, Bangladesh Navy organised a seminar at School of Maritime Warfare and Tactics (SMWT) in Chittagong Naval Region, which put emphasis of the hydrography regarding different issues related to the world economy including expansion of trade in maritime ways, collection of natural resources from sea, marine science and research, and defense and security. Chittagong Naval Regions Commander Rear Admiral M Akhter Habib attended the seminar as chief guest while Director of Navys Hydrographic Department Captain Mir Imdadul Haque as key speaker, said the release yesterday. However, hydrographic data has many more uses too such as aquaculture, biomedicine, boats and shipbuilding, cables and pipelines, coastal zone management, defence and security, desalination and water treatment, marine recreation, ocean energy and minerals, ocean science and observation, port operations, robotics and submarines, shoreline development, telecommunications, tourism, very large floating platforms, and weather and climate science.
