With 43 years in business, Benthos, Inc. is one of the oldest oceanographic equipment manufacturers in the world. Today, the company is in the process of re-inventing itself as a...

Hydrographic Offices (HOs) have much more data resting in databases than is used for safety of navigation. This data is increasing required and appreciated for other applications like coastal zone...

Privatisation as an answer to the financial challenges of survival has become a trend among public organisations, and hydrography is no exception. Private enterprise, worried about ‘unfair competition’, often looks...

Dr Fosco Bianchetti is Chief Executive Officer of C-Map, which he founded in 1986. He has been an innovative force in the field of marine electronics and is a recognised...

Part 1 dealt with HMS Owen and the redoubtable nineteenth century hydrographer and explorer after whom she had been named. That Summer of 1953 the second of the two British...

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 availability of various sensors and sophisticated technology providing digital data means that today’s hydrographers must attune to the idea that the final products should be available in a hydrographic...

Commission 4, Newsletter, September 2007 Since our last meeting in May (unbelievably, only just a few months ago), we have all been busy trying to keep our health, family and...

There is a global shortage of hydrographic surveyors. Vacancies and demands for personnel at sea mean surveyors are becoming the most wanted specialists in the offshore world. Institutes of hydrographic...

Northstar Electronics Inc has appointed Mr. Scott G. Peters to its Board of Directors. Scott’s background in the defense acquisition process and the management of high technology programs will extend...