Surveying beyond navigation

Surveying beyond navigation

Hydro International interviewed RDML Benjamin Evans, director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. Evans is responsible for overseeing the mapping and charting of all US coastal...

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The Order of Canada

The Order of Canada

There were three major overlapping phases in Mike Eaton’s career: Arctic developments in the Canadian Hydrographic Service, positioning systems development while at the Bedford Ins...

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Looking Forward to HYDRO ’06

Looking Forward to HYDRO ’06

On the list of important conferences in hydrographic surveying are the HYDRO conferences, this year’s contribution to the series to be held in Antwerp. Chair of the organising comm...

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The Public-private Dilemma

The Public-private Dilemma

Privatisation as an answer to the financial challenges of survival has become a trend among public organisations, and hydrography is no exception. Private enterprise, worried about...

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Women in Command

Women in Command

Commander Jenny Daetz is one of the commanding officers on Australia’s two ocean-going Leeuwin-class surveying ships, the largest surveying ships in the Royal Australian Navy. As c...

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Old Soldiers Never Die

Old Soldiers Never Die

Some people in the hydrographic community show up in every part of the world and it looks like they never age and stop working. Nevertheless they sooner or later reach the moment o...

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What is the Manufacturer’s view?

What is the Manufacturer’s view?

In the previous series of interviews, Hydro international has paid much attention to conferences, standards of competence, survey companies, etc. Aiming at the total filed of hydro...

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Supply Hydrographic Personnel

Supply Hydrographic Personnel

There is a global shortage of hydrographic surveyors. The industry is faced with an interesting challenge and looks to specialised education facilities and personnel suppliers to a...

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Do We Order a Ticket for New Orleans?

Do We Order a Ticket for New Orleans?

Spearhead is again organising an Oceanology International (OI), one of the more successful conferences and exhibition events. The 2003 event is to be held in New Orleans, USA - one...

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A New Era for the IFHS?

A New Era for the IFHS?

In July last year Paul Hornsby, President of the Australasian Hydrographic Society (AHS), became Chairman of Council of The Hydrographic Society (THS). On 2 November last year, dur...

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FIG and Hydrography

FIG and Hydrography

Founded in 1878 in Paris, the Federation International des Geometres (FIG) is an international umbrella organisation for national surveying associations which covers all discipline...

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Training and Education

Training and Education

Since the start of contract offshore surveying private companies have to have an interest in a regular supply of junior hydrographic surveyors. As a consequence training and educat...

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Invited Reply

Invited Reply

In common with all sciences, hydrography too is undergoing rapid change with regard to data acquisition and processing, instrumentation, application and many other aspects. Differi...

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Low-budget Hydrography

Low-budget Hydrography

Low-budget Hydrography is the theme of this issue. Realising that different players in hydrography will have differing opinions on various aspects of low-budget hydrography and int...

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Shallow Survey 2003

Shallow Survey 2003

After completing a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics in 1983, Dr Phil Chapple worked in a laboratory of the Australian Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO...

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GNSS and Hydrography

GNSS and Hydrography

None of us can anymore imagine hydrographic work without satellite positioning. Improvements in performance since the first launch at the end of the70s have made it suitable for mo...

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