The Hydrographic Society UK & Ireland (THS:UKI) is an independent, non-profit making, non-governmental, learned professional society. Our purpose is to raise awareness of the science of surveying at sea, and protect and promote the status of the hydrographic profession. Membership of THS:UKI includes companies, individual professionals and students, who are hydrographers, technologists, policy makers and educators. We provide a forum for all those involved in activities related to hydrography and associated disciplines, in the UK and Ireland.