East Australia Region Commander (CMDR) John Maschke of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and chair of the East Australia Region of the Australasian Hydrographic Society was recently elected to the...

The deepwater research vessel Tangaroa of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) of New Zealand undertakes regular research expeditions to the Antarctic waters. In the last eight...

Inspired by the Austrian explorer and naval officer Lt. Karl Weyprecht, an international meteorological congress was held in Vienna (Austria) in 1873, which resulted in the International Polar Year (IPY;...

SRD, (Sonar Research and Development), has completed a major survey campaign on behalf of the seabed to surface engineering and construction contractor, Acergy, to inspect pipeline landfalls at various points...

Google Earth and its related layer language Keyhole Markup Language (KML) have taken the mapping world by storm. Combining an approachable user interface, high-quality satellite imagery, and free cost (for...

Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a NOK20 million (US$2.81 million) contract to provide an EM 122 1ºx 1º multibeam hydrographic echo sounder and one 3º SBP 120 sub bottom profiler...

Atlas Hydrographic has been awarded a contract by the Spanish Consejo Superior De Investigaciones (CSIC) for the delivery, installation and training of a high resolution multi beam system for the...

CARIS has announced a workshop series called Ping to Chart World Tour 2006. This World Tour will be a unique series of five-day hands-on CARIS software training workshops that cover...

Skilltrade together with STC started a new hydrographic surveying course in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) in line with the requirements as laid down by the IHO (International Hydrographic Office). The partnership...

The Royal Australian Navy’s Australian Hydrographic Service has recently added to its survey capability with the innovative use of reservist hydrographic surveyors in a mobile survey team. Earlier this year,...