Jahresbericht  Hr.15/1960

Exange  relations  are  fostered  between  6Q0  -  700  partners  in  Germany
and  abroad  comprising  both,  nautical  and  scientific  publications,  charts
and  maps.  Ehe  "Deutsche  Hydrographische  Zeitschrift 11  appeared  in  I960  in
its  thirteenth  year  with  6  numbers  for  every  volume,  At  the  close  of  the
year  under  review  the  Hos.1  -  5  of  volume  13  were  available  or  completed
respectively.  Above  this  a  total  of  7  "Ergänzungshefte"  (Supplementary
Numbers)  were  issued  of  which  No.3  of  Series  B  reports  on  the  participation
of  the  German  Federal  Hepublic  in  oceanographical  work  during  the  International ­
  Geophysical  Year.
A  voluminous  volume  is  being  prepared  bearing  on  the  history  of  German
hydrography,  entitled  "400  Jahre  Merkator-Karten"  (4ÔQ  years  Maps  in
Mercator  Projection).
Ehe  "Ausschuss  des  Seeyerkehrsbeirats  für  die  Angelegenheiten  des  Deutschen ­
  Hydrographischen  Instituts"  (Committee  on  the  Sea  Transport  Advisory
Council  for  the  Affairs  of  the  German  Hydrographic  Institute)  held  its  17th
meeting  on  March  15th  I960  in  the  new  experimental  workshop  of  the  G.H.I.
at  Kirchenpauerkai.  After  a  report  was  given  on  the  work  of  the  Institute
in  1959,  the  Committee  was  informed  of  the  plannings  in  the  German  Chart
Work  for  the  year  I960,  which  were  approved  of  by  the  Committee  after  a
thorough  discussion.  A  lecture  on  "Demands  on  the  carrying  range  of  airsound
  signals"  gavé  an  insight  into  questions  of  producing  and  audibility
of  traffic  and  fog  air-sound  signals  and  of  fighting  the  noise  aboard  which
problems  the  G.H.I.  and  other  institutions  are  striving  to  solve.  Finally
the  persons  attending  the  meeting  were  shown  round  the  workshop  and  over  the
survey  ship  "Süderoog",
The  relations  of  the  Institute  to  international  organizations  in  scientific
and  technical  fields  were  cultivated  also  in  the  year  under  review.  Shus,  the
G.H.I.  was  represented  at  the  preparatory  discussions  for  the  establishment
of  an  intergovernmental  organization  for  the  promotion  of  oceanographic
research  which  shall  be  set  up  at  the  suggestion  of  U1BSC0,