Making subsea history by locating Endurance
In March 2022, almost precisely 100 years after the burial of famed British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, his legendary ship Endurance was finally located at the bottom of the...
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Promising future for hydrography
The hydrography profession seems to have a lower profile among young people compared to other marine sciences. Enrolment in hydrography courses has been decreasing for many years,...
Unlocking the power of robotics and automation
Dr Pooja Mahapatra, principal advisor for climate & nature at Fugro, explores the transformative impact of geodata on climate resilience and environmental sustainability. In th...
Meet the European Marine Observation and Data Network
Is climate change affecting fish populations in this part of the ocean? Are we seeing more vessel activity than usual? What is the best location in this area to develop a wind ener...
An Ambassador for the Oceans
Chief scientist and Oceanographer Dawn Wright has taken a leading role within Esri over the past few years pushing the possibilities of GIS in the hydrographic and oceanographic wo...
Improve Capacity Building in Spanish Speaking Countries
The Spanish Hydrographer, a gentleman from Madrid with extensive seafaring experience, defends the use of Spanish within the IHO and is proud that the work of the Hydrographic Inst...
Hydrographer Loves His Country and Traditions
Commodore Romeo Ho, who recently retired as head of the Hydrographic Branch of NAMRIA Philippines and has been succeeded by Captain Jacinto Montero Cablayan, shows how a National H...
New Era for Hydrographic Software Company
After a string of acquisitions and mergers in the last few years, QPS, as part of the HITT group of companies, became part of the Swedish Saab group more than a year ago. Dutch fou...
Human Element as Main Factor in Hydrography
HafenCity University in Hamburg is one of the most thriving European Universities with a Specialisation in Hydrography. Professor Markéta Pokorná has been named professor of hydrog...
How the Geospatial World Can Learn from Apple
With the recent takeover of Sweden-based Airborne Hydrography, Leica Geosystems is set to gain a stronger foothold in the hydrographic market. Hydro International interviewed Jürge...
Exciting Applications for Lidar
The RIEGL laser scanner company has been innovating laser scanning technology for more than 30 years. The equipment can be found in the most remote and even challenging locations a...
Continuously Evolve Solutions as a Strategy
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A View on Hydrography by a Younger Generation
Hydrographic surveying still requires skilled people. The profession itself is carried out across the world and performed in different fields. Whether the profession involves envir...
A View on Hydrography From an ECDIS Manufacturer
Since the introduction of the IMO resolution on having ECDIS systems on board Solas vessels the demand on technological advancements on ECDIS systems has grown. Dr. Nikolay Lebedev...
Balancing Old and New Roles Key to Hydrography
This article is fully available at http://member.hydro-international.com/. Surveying a coastline of 102,000km and sea surface of 2.3 million km2 to make safe navigation possible i...
Pioneer for Space Geodesy
The field of geodesy is undergoing a revolutionary change. The developments of the last few decades have altered the views and work of professional surveyors, researchers and devel...
Marine Insititutes Co-operate to Improve Ocean Knowledge
The full feature is online at http://member.hydro-international.com/. Please subscribe for free using the Subscribe button in the left hand column. Peter Harris outlines how hydrog...
IHO Committed to Serve the Mariner
Robert Ward took over the presidency of the IHO from Vice Admiral Alexandros Maratos in September. President Ward was elected by the Member States of the Organisation at their five...
Equal Sharing of Deep-sea Resources
Deep ocean minerals are the future resources for the common heritage of mankind as other natural resources are becoming depleted. The International Seabed Authority is an autonomou...
It’s All About Location, Location, Location
The rate of data growth is climbing exponentially, thanks to new sensors, new social networks and new ways to create and capture data. In response, Oracle is tackling four issues o...
Educational Institutes Need to Reach Out in Co-operation
Brest is the biggest supplier of highly qualified hydrographers in Europe with more than 30 graduates per year and growing. Can you explain the success of ENSTA? The success of E...
Mariners Need More Current Hydrographic Data
Almost 50 years in hydrography gives you insight and authority to talk about the field and the changes it has gone through in half a century. Rear Admiral Christian Andreasen talks...
e-Navigation for Increasing Safety
Gurpreet Singhota is Deputy Director/Head of the Operational Safety Section within the Maritime Safety Division of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and will therefore...
Gentlemen, on Your Marks!
Every five years, tensions at the International Hydrographic Conference in Monaco rise to a maximum, when the Member States of the IHO gather to vote for the three director positio...
More Maritime Boundary Issues at ITLOS
The International Tribunal for Law of the Sea is a judicial body, seated in Hamburg, but unlike the International Court of Justice in The Hague, specialised in the field of the law...
Surveying and Charting
Surveying, charting and monitoring a complex and vast area which includes features from rivers, waterways, a long Atlantic coast to the Antarctic Peninsula environment, is a very c...
