Ms Murray joined Oceonics (the forerunner of Seatronics) in 1981. It was here that she got her first taste of business in the hydrographic Industry, specifically in the sales environment....

Global grids of synthetic bathymetry make it a simple matter to portray generalised ocean depths in all parts of the world, except the central Arctic Ocean. Derived from measurements of...

The place: Cross River, Nigeria, the year: 1974.... Well before RTK, GPS, computers, GIS, total stations, laptops and all those other toys that make a surveyor’s life bearable nowadays. We...

The US Navy has a strong tradition in hydrography and has restated its commitment to this field by naming the Commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command as the...

For a long time magnetic surveys have been under-used because of their limited usefulness. In recent years technology has advanced considerably and magnetic recording can now be performed simultaneously with...

This article covers the recovery operations that took place after the accident on 3 January 2004 off Sharm el-Sheikh that involved a Boeing 737-300 operated by Flash Airlines from Sharm...

In 2005 HMS Endurance was fitted with a Kongsberg Maritime EM710 multibeam echosounder, and the author finally had the excuse he needed to go and visit the ship whilst on...

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) has and will be utilising airborne LIDAR bathymetry in connection with the ongoing effort to modernise the maritime infrastructure along the Norwegian coast. This article...

Continental Shelf survey and the submission of claims to the United Nations for sovereignty over the waters of marine states are a topic of hot discussion in the marine world....

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 was president and...