Hydro International Columns

After some 40 years, Dr. Robert D. Ballard’s dream of simply exploring the seafloor is coming to pass. NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer in the Pacific, and Ballard’s vessel of exploration, the 64m E/V Na...

Project management skills are critical to the work of the hydrographic surveyor and other marine professions. The responsibilities of a hydrographic surveyor in charge of a major project are much more...

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental consultative and technical organisation that was established in 1921 to support safety of navigation and the protection of the...

The news on 27 February of the earthquake in Chile measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale went all around the world and was discussed in detail everywhere. I remember, when visiting OI 2010 in London, a f...

The International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), through the efforts of the Commission 4 workgroup 4.4 on Capacity Building and the Economic Benefits of Hydrography, has sought to raise awareness of a...

Hydrographic data are usually characterised by their geospatial nature, with tremendous and huge amounts of information that are usually abundant but are not adequately maintained, managed and represe...

There are few internationally funded projects that exist to ensure the safety of the mariner, protect the environment and enhance the economy of the coastal State in the areas where they are most need...

The land–water interface in the coastal zone depends on water level change and vertical land movement in space and time. To combine or compare coastal elevations (land heights and water depths) from...

Just as the 1957–1958 International Polar Year (IPY) marked the beginning of a decades’ long effort to map and understand the Arctic Ocean, the present IPY, which ended on 1 March 2009, is being f...

Over the past years it has been recognised at national and international level that hydrographic data and the information collected for the production of navigational charts along with the support of ...

Recent ocean and coastal policy initiatives in the USA have re-established the link between economic development and science, designed to lead to innovation and job creation. As President Obama stated...

For many years, the US Navy’s Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) has developed bathymetric surfaces from multi-beam data in support of deep-water navy requirements. Since the advent of digital p...

Escalating impacts of climate change are being experienced in south-eastern Australia with prolonged drought, record temperatures and devastating bushfires. Some areas have been in drought for more th...

One of the first questions an ISO reviewer asks a company’s CEO at the very beginning of an auditing process is: what are you looking for by pursuing ISO certification? There are several obvious wro...

The number of years required for training a hydrographic surveyor before attaining the required competence in terms of knowledge and experience involves a collaborative, proper tutelage by training in...