Hydrographic Survey

The first ever winner of the new CodaOctopus Prize is Katie Abbott BSc, who won the award for her Marine Geography dissertation which included data acquisition, processing and critical analysis. As part…

The Duke of Edinburgh is to open the World Maritime Technology Conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 6 March.

The Hydrographic Society of South Africa has joined the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) which has a worldwide individual and institutional membership in over 60 countries and member organisations in Australasia,…

Trimble has introduced a new high-performance modular GPS receiver, the DSM 232, for dynamic real-time positioning at sub-metre and centimetric accuracies. Suitable for dredging as well as harbour and waterway operations, it…

The Marine Institute of Ireland in Galway has established a new website for scientific data and information on Irish coastal and marine waters (www. marinedataonline. ie).

Canadian hydrographic software specialists CARIS and Kongsberg Maritime of Norway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering collaboration and delivery of CARIS HIPS/SIPS multibeam processing software to existing and prospective Kongsberg clients.

The first test satellite for the European Unions Galileo civil navigation system, designed to complement US GPS and Russian Glonass networks, was launched via a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonour, Kazakhstan on…

The Association of Marine Scientific Industries is hosting a seminar on Commercial Opportunities in Marine Science & Technology from Public-Funded Research, at the DTI Conference Centre, Victoria Street, London on Thursday 2…