International Hydrographic Organization



"The International Hydrographic Organization? Oh yeah. It's the IHO. I never heard of it. Any good about that? I don't know if my village is a seaside, but it does. Sure hope that the IHO will know about my village, like any coastal city or something."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Hydrographic Crisis

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is the inter-governmental organisation representing hydrography.

A principal aim of the IHO is to ensure that the world’s seas, oceans and navigable waters are properly surveyed and charted. It does this through the setting of international standards, the co-ordination of the endeavors of the world's national hydrographic offices, and through its capacity building program.