Manually examining the seafloor for objects such as wrecks requires a great deal of time and labour, both at sea and in the office. As time is a limited and costly factor, the industry is constantly s...

Aside from being able to monitor water depths, the most recent multibeam echosounder sonar (MBES) systems can also simultaneously record the reflected intensities from different seafloor surfaces. Wit...

The transition to autonomous marine operations is a promising process in full swing. The advantages of carrying out hydrographic or oceanographic tasks autonomously weigh heavily against the tradition...

Most people working in hydrography know very well that better ocean data can be used to inform a variety of decisions, from storm preparedness to helping develop the blue economy. But could we do more...

It is almost impossible these days to imagine geoinformation without GNSS, and even most geodetic services have switched to GNSS to maintain their geodetic reference network, rather than using traditi...

In recent years, terrestrial and extraterrestrial ocean research have increasingly joined forces to merge expertise and technical solutions in the exploration of marine systems on Earth and in space. ...

The national land agency in Jamaica has integrated satellite-based hydrography to benefit from time efficiencies, cost savings and improved safety as part of its hydrographic programme in support of t...

When looking to buy hydrographic processing software, it is important to establish the requirements in order to find the best software for the job at hand. The users’ technical skills, the type of d...

Artificial intelligence (AI) first came to light in the 1950s, when the ability of a machine to undertake an operation and adapt to changing conditions without human input was skirting the edges of sc...

In 1972, The Limits to Growth saw the light of the day, a report published by the Club of Rome. The message: to keep the Earth liveable, we must control economic growth. To think that this was half a ...

Seafloor pipelines are a critical infrastructure for oil and gas transport. Timely inspection is required to verify their integrity and determine the need for maintenance, as failures in these pipes m...

In this edition of our Q&A series with leading experts from the hydrographic industry, Paul Seaton of Fugro shares his thoughts on a variety of topics, such as key market trends, technology drivers an...

In this interview, Harald Sternberg, Professor of Hydrography and Geodesy at HafenCity University, shares his thoughts on the key market trends, technology drivers and challenges, and the impacts of C...

No matter which form it takes, energy is a basic necessity. Here, we focus on the survey requirements for installing windfarms, commissioning and decommissioning platforms, and laying pipelines and ca...