Test Facilities for Transponders

01 Jan 2004

Sonardyne invites users to 'do more with their Super Sub-Mini (SSM) transponders' by acquiring new firmware for testing and configuring a host of proprietary subsea positioning transponders. 

Video Mosaicing Technology Will Expedite Seabed Mapping

01 Jan 2004

Underwater navigation software originally developed for the Royal Navy is set to benefit home users of camcorders and digital video, says QinetiQ , Europe's largest science and technology organisation employing over 9,000 personnel across the UK and US. 

New HYPACK Software

01 Jan 2004

United States-based Coastal Oceanographics Inc , developers of widely-used software for marine surveying, positioning and navigation, has announced availability of a new HYPACK MAX version 2.12a Gold program for survey design, data collection, graphical editing, plotting, volume computations, surface modelling and contouring. 

Valeport Tide Gauges for RN

01 Jan 2004

Valeport of Totnes reports a repeat order from the Royal Navy for its Model 740 portable tide gauges, to be used in support of survey applications. Also being supplied are miniSVS sound velocity sensors. 

Multibeam Systems for Colombian Navy

01 Jan 2004

Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic , in association with Ferrostaal de Colombia, has received an order from the Colombian Navy 'sHydrographic Service for a 30kHz Atlas Hydrosweep MD-2 multibeam echosounder with a depth range of 5,000m in addition to a 200kHz Atlas Fansweep 20 shallow water system combining bathymetric and sidescan imaging functions.