VideoRay has assisted the US Coast Guard in investigating the cause of the mysterious loss of the Lady Luck, a Newburyport (MA, USA) based fishing vessel which sunk early on...

The French Hydrographic Office (SHOM) uses remotely sensed visible imagery for the cartography of atolls and reefs. It is considered as an efficient and relatively inexpensive method to collect information...

In 1989 the Oceanographer of the Navy approved the construction of a new class of multimission oceanographic survey ship for the Naval Oceanographic Office, the T-AGS 60 class. The initial...

A detailed study of swell wave conditions in the southern Pacific Ocean has been performed, with particular emphasis on the western Southern American coastline. This study was one part of...

Since the management of coastal areas came to the attention of marine science, much effort has been expended in applying originally ‘blue water’ measurement technologies to typical scientific problems in...

The River Murray Operations Unit (RMOU) of the South Australian Water Corporation surveys very shallow waters, a type of surveying that has its own specific problems overcome by non-conventional solutions....

The Bowtech LED-1600 Underwater Light is a first in the Bowtech AquaVision range. Featuring the latest LED technology this light produces 4 times more light per watt, than an incandescent...

In this capacity, he is working to improve maritime co-operation within Europe by formulating a maritime policy. Hydrointernationalhas taken the opportunity to interview him, while of course paying attention to...

ArWest Communications Corporation has been awarded a contract by Topcon Positions Systems to provide 1 Watt UHF transceivers integrated within the Topcon GR-3 triple constellation RTK Satellite Receiver.   The...

Once upon a time there was no satnav, multibeam sonar or a computer to handle a survey system. Hydrographic surveying was done ‘by hand’ with instruments long forgotten, instruments which...