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...
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...
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...
Hydrography in the Far East
There is much current activity on the hydrographic scene in the Far East region; the area was hit by the Tsunami, 26th December 2004. The region is also on the doorstep of China, a...
A Triptych on Standards of Competence
The current status of hydrography is relatively new and one of the consequences is an ongoing search for appropriate standards of competence for personnel involved. It is not possi...
Hydrography for Exploration
In the last half century Hydrography has grown from a Government commitment, solely for the purpose of producing nautical charts and information for safe navigation, into a science...
Hydrography for Offshore Exploration and Exploitation
Hydrography began as an activity to collect data for chart production and safe navigation. With the start of offshore oil & gas exploration/exploitation and other civil enginee...
Hydrographic Research and Education in the USA
In her July/August 1999 issue Hydro international (HI) interviewed Captain Andy Armstrong. The interview was focused on New Approaches, Products and Technology in NOAA. Captain Arm...
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...
Use and Exchange of Data
In the early days the discipline of hydrography was meant to contribute to safe shipping. The International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) paid due attention to the quality of hyd...
Hydrography in Japan
In spite of modern communications and connections by air, Japan still is for most people from Europe and America, a ‘far away country’. Hydro international is in the fortunate posi...
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...
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...
Hydrographic Offices and the Commercial World
Hydrographic Offices (HOs) have much more data resting in databases than is used for safety of navigation. This data is increasing required and appreciated for other applications l...
Oi06 in All its Diversity
Through the years, Oceanology International (OI) events have been the most important of their kind, and Oceanology Intenational 06 (Oi06) will be no exception. But of equal importa...
Vision for a Better World: Integrated Coastal, Ocean and Earth Observation
A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Vice-Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr. has masters and doctoral degrees in applied mathematics from Harvard University. Before joining NOAA he...
Hydro 2003
Although not fitting into the traditional biennial series of well-known HYDRO Conferences and Exhibitions, the year 2003 will nevertheless see a 'Hydro 2003' Hydrographic Conferenc...
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...
GLONASS, GPS and GALILEO Present and Future Aspects
Global Navigation and Hydrography is the theme of this issue. GALILEO has received a ‘green light’, GPS has planned some important improvements and GLONASS has entered on a signifi...
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...
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...
GNSS: Hydrographic Perspectives (Part 2)
Hydro International Interviews Gary Chisholm, Trimble, Paul Cross, UCL, Owen Goodman, Fugro and Peter Grognard, Septentrio<br /> <br /> When Hydro International intervi...
The Romantic Profession
This month’s interviewee has over recent years dedicated his time to addressing problems in oceanography, as well as history and the contemporary state of high-level training for s...
