Aerial surveying for climate action
In the constantly evolving landscape of climate change, geospatial science stands out as a vital tool for understanding and addressing the complexities of our changing world, with aerial surveying pla...
How seafloor mapping reveals New Zealand’s maritime history
Like other hydrographic offices, Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) collects survey data for safety of navigation, producing and maintaining nautical charts and products in accordanc...
Espresso: Open source software for the visualization of multibeam water column data
Espresso is a free and open source software to visualize and analyse multibeam water column data. Its core feature is the capability to echo-integrate water column data vertically, allowing for the vi...
The digital twin of the navigable waters for smart marine navigation
The neologism ‘digital twin’ appeals to our intuitive understanding of a digital replica of real processes. The analogy of the twin creates the idea of great similarity – even if not complete sa...
Monitoring the Baltic shoreline using airborne Lidar bathymetry
Due to the specifics of the Baltic Sea, performing accurate measurements in the coastal zone is not an easy task. For the past decade, topographic laser scanners have been used for the periodic monito...
Shining a spotlight on Irish Sea shipwrecks
The data for the images of the sunken vessels SS Tiberia and RMS Leinster, submitted as entries to the Kongsberg Discovery Multibeam Image Contest 2023, was captured during seabed mapping carried out ...
Using topobathymetric Lidar for adaptive management
Topobathymetric Lidar technology has become an indispensable tool in environmental management, particularly for monitoring and preserving fragile ecosystems. In central Nebraska, along the Platte Rive...
Prehistoric landscapes of the North Sea
Dutch fishermen often discover remains of extinct large mammals such as woolly mammoths and aurochs, indicating that the North Sea was once inhabited by hunter-gatherer communities. Archaeological res...
Shaping tomorrow’s ocean mapping education
Three marine organizations teamed up in the summer of 2023 to prepare Canadian ocean mapping students to become ‘hydrographers of the future’. The first-of-its-kind internship programme focused on...
Impact of sound from offshore wind farms
Sounds from offshore wind farms are among the main contributors of anthropogenic noise to the marine environment. Despite 30 years of offshore wind farm operation in European waters, our understanding...
International recognition as a Certified Hydrographic Surveyor
If you are a graduate from an IBSC-recognized Category S-5A (Cat A) or S-5B (Cat B) academic programme with relevant hydrographic experience, you can apply to become a Certified Hydrographic Surveyor....
‘Mission-agnostic’ USV
Before long, it will be possible to send an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to sea to carry out offshore and deep-sea surveying and monitoring over distances of more than 2,000 nautical miles. It will e...
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 energy park with the lea...
How rising ocean temperatures are influencing our weather
Globally, surface air and ocean temperatures have warmed by about 1°C since 1900. More than 90% of the additional heat contained in the climate system (atmosphere, ocean, land) due to global warming ...