The Alexander Dalrymple Award is given by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in recognition of an outstanding contribution to world hydrography. First presented in 2006,...

The Hydro17 Organising Committee is pleased to present the preliminary programme for the Hydro17 Conference to be held in Rotterdam from 14 to 16 November 2017. With almost 50 pape...

Hydrography is important to visualise the water floor. This can be done in various ways, from using a sounding stick to a remotely controlled singlebeam echosounder or a survey ves...

On 29 November 2005, the United Nations designated 21 June as World Hydrography Day. This year, World Hydrography Day also marked the 96th anniversary of the establi...

Christmas Workshop The Hydrographic Society Benelux (HSB) has held its Christmas workshop in Utrecht, on 16 December. The theme of the afternoon was ‘Hydrographic data management,...

News General director of the Federal State Unitary Hydrographic Department (FSUHD) of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Victor Medvedev informed the HSR Council i...

News The Australasian Hydrographic Society Education Award of AUD$ 2500 for the academic year 2004 has been granted to Wellington, New Zealand-born Miss Lydia Taylor, from the Univ...

The fifth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Hydrographic Society Benelux (HSB) took place on 17th February in the Exhibition Centre Neeltje Jans, followed by a workshop entitled...

News Annual General Meeting The second Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Hydro-graphic Society Benelux (HSB) took at the Faculty of Geodesy of the Technical University in Delft p...

News The third Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Hydrographic Society Benelux (HSB) took place on 13 February at Delft University of Technology. A workshop was held prior to the...

On Friday 14 June, in the presence of a large audience, Thales Navigation BV organised a corporate workshop ‘New GPS equipment’ under the auspices of the Hydrographic Society Benel...

News Much has happened during this summer in relation to the transition of The Hydrographic Society towards becoming the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies. During...

A session of HSR Council took place on 1st February 2006. Under consideration was the IHO CL ¹8/2006 announcement that the United Nations General Assembly on 29th November 2005 ado...

On 19 April, the Hydrographic Society Benelux, together with The Netherlands Institute of Navigation and the working group Applied Space Geodesy of The Netherlands Association of G...

News In St. Petersburg at the mouth of the Neva River there lies at moorage the world-famous icebreaker, Krasin. The icebreaker was built in Great Britain in 1917 and named Svyatog...

News The Library of the Russian Hydrographic Service observed its bicentenary on 16th April. The Library is a modern book depository enjoying a significant collection of scientific...

News West Australia Region The West Australia Region signalled it is back in the action again after years on the sideline when it held a well attended meeting at the West End Taver...

News Captain of the 1st. rank Oleg Churkin, a member of the HSR, recently submitted to the Council of the Society information on the participation of the State Research Navigationa...

News West Australian Region After six years in hibernation it is very pleasing to report that the West Australian Region has been revived as a result of the initiative of Mal Jones...

News Australasian Hydrographic Society Lydia Taylor, AHS Education Award winner for Academic Year 2004, has reported on her participation in the scientific cruise led by Geoscience...

News ‘The old Surveyor’ The summer 2002 is now history but just see who is popping up - a youngster with his vision - a good acquainted in his fifties who has survived that long w...

The Hydrographic Society of America (THSOA) is busy preparing for the US Hydrographic Conference 2007, to be held 14th to 17th May 2007 in Norfolk, Virginia. The conference will co...

News ‘The old Surveyor’ The summer of 2002 is almost history; it is still hot and the beach is where we dream to be, but where are you? Sorry, I could not see you behind the compu...

News HSB Educational Fund The Hydrographic Society Bene-lux (HSB) operates an Educational Fund (EF) for the purpose of enlarging and improving hydrographic knowledge. The regulatio...

The Gold Book of Saint-Petersburg On 14th October some HSR members took part in a rare event: a ceremony of signing of a page of ‘The Golden Book of Saint Petersburg’, devoted to...

News As you may remember, in the June issue of Hydro international (Hydro international , June 2002, Volume 7, Number 5) we informed you concerning the summer 2002 joint stock comp...

News In the May issue I called for a response - let us have it, not only from our Danish members but worldwide! Let us try to find our ‘old surveyor’. Even if age prevents you but...

News Still waiting? Take up the challenge use the opportunity and sent your member input on any subject to us by mail to [email protected], and your input will be in the coming issu...

News AHS Education Award Applications for the Aud$2500 Award for the Academic Year 2005 are now being accepted from applicants residing in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea...