Hydrographic Survey – Page 56
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Low-cost Chart Planner
WinChart Planner , an entry-level chart plotting programme costing just £ 99, was one of a number of new developments featured by Chartwork which specialises in developing navigational software for fishing, leisure and commercial vessels from bases in Portsmouth and Norway. The suite, says Director Tim Lovegrove, can run on ...
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NewsNew Valeport Tide Gauge
Among new developments on show at seawork was Midas TMS from Valeport , which the Totnes-based company claims to represent an evolution in the field of tide gauges and environmental monitoring stations.
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New UKHO Developments £1.5m Order for Sonardyne
The UK Hydrographic Office and Metoc in Hampshire are to further collaborate with the formation of SeaZone Solutions Ltd, a joint venture between Metoc and Admiralty Holdings Ltd (AHL), the latter operated by the UKHO on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
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Swathe Check
Bath UK based PCAL Technology Ltd has just released ''BDHA for Windows, a software system well suited for coastal engineering projects and asset management for port authorities.
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NewsSOC Discovers New Seabed Features
New and unusual seabed features have been discovered in the Mediterranean just beyond the River Rhone''s mouth in France by a team from the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC).
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CARIS Workshop
The Dutch arm of Canadian software specialists CARIS is organising a ninth international user workshop in Hamburg from 22-25 November with an agenda featuring hands-on training, presentations, demonstrations, discussions and networking opportunities. Electronic charting, hydrography and system integration are among main topics with abstracts of papers invited for consideration by ...
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Chart Training Package
Meridian Chartware of Norwich, a subsidiary of Norcom Technology, is developing an electronic chart training package and a low cost entry electronic chart plotter in a project also involving the UK Hydrographic Office and the Royal Yachting Association .
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NewsFugro Opts for Airborne Bathymeter
Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro, which maintains nearly 9,000 staff in over 60 countries, is to acquire an Optech International Shoals-1000T airborne Lidar bathymetry system under the auspices of its US subsidiary, Fugro Pelagos Inc of San Diego.
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Gardline Begins CHP Project
Great Yarmouth-based Gardline Hydro has begun a two-year Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) to survey western approaches to the English Channel on behalf of the government body responsible for safety of navigation in domestic waters, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Its purpose is to update Admiralty Charts andother publications.
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New ENC Standard
Packaging and distribution of electronic navigational charts are to be further standardised following a recent workshop sponsored by ChartWorld inHamburg attended by ECDIS manufacturers, ENC retailers and representatives of the International Hydrographic Bureau .
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ENC Website Upgraded
The International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (ENC''s) has established a new, improved catalogue on its website (www. ic-enc. org) which displays not only ENC''s within its database, but also the latest status of production around the world. It additionally guides users on where charts can be purchased with links ...
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Imperial College London Acoustics Courses
Imperial College London is convening three short courses on technical developments in underwater acoustics, from fundamentals to applications, from 6-10 September.
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Metoc Buys Compass Data Systems
Technical and project management specialists Metoc of Liphook has strengthened its portfolio of marine and coastal data services with the acquisition of Compass Data Systems , also in Hampshire, which is a leading supplier of software and consultancy for processing of oceanographic data.
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NewsNew Multibeam Systems Announced
New ranges of multibeam echosounders for shallow water applications have been announced separately by Kongsberg Maritime of Norway and Atlas Hydrographic ofGermany. Operating on one of three available frequencies in the 300kHz band, the Kongsberg EM 3002 series is designed for detailed waterways and seafloor mapping as well as inspection ...
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Digital Video Proceedings UKHO Launches Admiralty Coastal Surveys
A new Anglo-Swedish joint venture ''which will help shape the future of tomorrow''s survey technology'', Admiralty Coastal Surveys , was officially launched by the UKHydrographic Office at last month''s Oceanology International event in London. Together with Airborne Hydrography AB and Topeye AB of Sweden, the UKHO plans to develop an ...
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QinetiQ Sonar Development
QinetiQ has announced the world''s first commercially available towed synthetic aperture sonar with integrated interferometric profiler, GeoSAS , which is to be marketed by GeoAcoustics (UK) of Great Yarmouth.
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NewsNew VT TSS Systems
Unveiled at OI 2004 were two new developments from VT TSS of Watford. The first, Marinus , is an attitude and heading reference system providing exceptional accuracy in extreme conditions for multibeam operations. Extending the company''s existing range of motion sensors, it is claimed to provide heading, heave, roll and ...
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Digital Video Proceedings
Proceedings of its UK Branch Scottish Region''s recent seminar on Digital Video for Offshore Survey & Inspection , held in association with the Society for Underwater Technology , are now available on CD for £ 15 from TheHydrographic Society .
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Marine Electronics Orders
Guernsey-based Marine Electronics reports Chinese and US orders for new titanium and aluminium versions of its Dolphin 6201 Obstacle Avoidance Sonar designed for navigation and pilotage of AUV''s and ROV''S.
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Norway Insists on High Speed Craft ECDIS
The Norwegian Maritime Directorate in Oslo is to compel all high-speed craft (HSC''s) and vessels with hazardous cargoes to carry IMO-compliant electronic charts by 2007. As a first stage, it intends to require all HSC''s of any flag operating along the Norwegian coast to carry an approved Ecdis when sailing ...
