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Finistere and Mediterranean Bathymetric Lidar Surveys  03/02/2012
A contract to conduct an Airborne Lidar Bathymetry (ALB) survey of the Finistère and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) regions of France between February and May 2012 is assigned to Fugro. The surveys will be conducted with the Fugro LADS Mk 3 ALB system. Covering a total survey area 2,200km², the joint contracts have been awarded to optimise survey conditions in two very different environments. »» 0 comment(s)
DP Inertial Navigation System for Drillship  02/02/2012
DP Inertial Navigation System for Drillship A first order for a Dynamic Positioning Inertial Navigation System (DP-INS) on a drillship has been received by Sonardyne International. Vantage Drilling's new 12,000 feet-rated drillship, Dragonquest, is set to become the first deep water drilling unit in the world to be equipped with the new system when it begins operations in the Gulf of Mexico for Petrobras later this year. »» 0 comment(s)

Precise Positioning For BP Vessels

  02/02/2012
BP will continue to use Veripos precision positioning for the energy company's turret monitoring system aboard its floating production storage and offloading unit in the West Shetland Basin, BP Schiehallion (UK). »» 0 comment(s)
 

Plug-and-work Protocol Adopted

  02/02/2012
Open Geospatial Consortium has adopted the PUCK standard, which facilitates plug-and-play connections of electronic equipment. The standard is relatively simple, and several manufacturers have already implemented the protocol in their instruments' firmware. It augments existing instrument command sets without replacing them, so it can be implemented without abandoning existing firmware and software applications. The standard was originally developed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) for oceanographic applications, but is useful in any sensor network containing RS232 or Ethernet-connected instruments. »» 0 comment(s)

Simulator Models Complex Sea Currents

  01/02/2012
Simulator Models Complex Sea Currents Fugro Subsea Services is a manufacturer and operator of ROVs, and provider of subsea engineering, construction support and inspection, maintenance and repair services. Its Robotic Technologies business line has announced the introduction of three-dimensional sea current profiles to its DeepWorks family of subsea simulators. »» 0 comment(s)
 

Monitoring the Shipwrecked Concordia

  01/02/2012
Monitoring the Shipwrecked Concordia TRE and the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, in collaboration with the Department of Earth Sciences (University of Florence) have been monitoring the movement of the partially submerged cruise ship Costa Concordia since 20th January 2012 off the coast of Giglio Island. High-resolution images from the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation of satellites are being used to provide information on the position and movement of the ship, for integration with ground warning systems. »» 0 comment(s)
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MCA on Surveying the British Coast

Rob Spillard explains how the MCA is conducting hydrographic surveys, including the history of British hydrographic surveying, latest developments in technology and wreck research projects, sometimes accompanied by a BBC TV camera crew. This movie includes an example of the discovery of two sunken WWI submarines off the Orkney Islands.

 

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