The NoorderSoft Waterways Database is a georelational database that contains all data on inland waterways in Europe, the United States and many other parts of the world. The database is maintained in order to allow logistic calculations and planning processes for inland waterways transport, inland shipping and leisure boating. The database contains dimension data, distance data, communication data and operational data.
NoorderSoft is a company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It develops and produces voyage planners for inland shipping and other logistical software tools. The company maintains a range of dynamic data concerning the inland waterways network, such as obstruction tables, harmonized selections of Notices to Skippers and similar relevant data.
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“We are prisoners of the world’s demented sink.
The soft enchantments of our years of innocence
Are harvested by accredited experience
Our fondest memories soon turn to poison
And only oblivion remains in season.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)