Hydrographic Survey

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…

The UK Hydrographic Office has acquired SevenCs of Hamburg, a leading European developer and supplier of ECDIS software.

Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has introduced a new survey package for ROVs, the EM 3002. Comprising a suite of imaging, positioning and communication hardware and software, the company says it is designed…

Canadian software specialists CARIS have launched a new suite of products for bathymetric data management, Base Editor 1.0. It enables users to compile, validate and analyse bathymetric data from multiple formats and…

Definitive guidelines for shared use of Differential GPS for dynamic positioning and survey operations have been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), the London-based organisation with around 300 member companies…

Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Operational Oceanography and EEZ Management are among ten main topics scheduled for the second triennial World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC 2006), to be held in Londons Queen Elizabeth…

A detailed review of methods now being increasingly adopted for digital encoding and recording of video data for offshore survey applications has been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), which…

The International Federation of Hydrographic Societies, representing organisations in Australasia, Benelux, Denmark, South Africa and the UK, is to hold its 15th biennial international hydrographic symposium in Antwerp from 6-9 November 2006.…

The International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco has published a complete listing of seafloor swathe-mapping systems in service worldwide.

Reconciling academic and professional standards with the needs of the commercial hydrographic industry now facing a shortage of skilled personnel as a result of declining numbers of students and courses with hydrographic…

SeaZone Solutions , the Metoc and Admiralty Holdings joint venture company, is set to launch SeaZone Hydrospatial , which it claims will be the most detailed and comprehensive maps of UK territorial…