We all know what is the oldest profession in the world. The second oldest is probably that of land surveyor: Adam undoubtedly wanted to stake out the boundaries of paradise...

It may look as though Europe, the USA and Canada, followed by Australasia, dominate the hydrographic world scene. But there must also be enormous potential in the area north of...

Over the past thirteen years Douglas-Westwood Limited has produced a series of occasional techno-economic studies of the Ocean Survey industry. This latest, The World Ocean Survey Report 2004-2008 aims to...

When Oi08 opens at the ExCeL centre in London’s Docklands on 11 March, the exhibition and its accompanying conference will focus on the three important issues that have begun to...

The Leica Geosystems GPS product portfolio is further extended with the launch of the Leica GX1230 GG and Leica ATX1230 GG sensors for surveying applications as well as the GRX1200...

Since GPS found its way into positioning, differential processing has beentheway to high precision. Technological advances and large-scale international collaboration have now made it possible to get sub-decimetre accuracy (95%,...

Septentrio has recently participated in a pioneering ‘end-to-end’ test campaign aimed at proving the compatibility between its first Galileo Breadboard receiver and the engineering model of the GSTB-V2/A satellite from...

Russia will increase the number of satellites comprising its Glonass navigation system to 18 by the end of 2007, the head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said Monday. Glonass...

Pursuant to an agreement with the current Chair of the Board, Torfinn Kildal, President of Kongsberg Maritime AS, Bjørn A. Fossum took over as Chair of the Board of Kongsberg...

Integrated Navigation WorkshopOn Friday 15th December 2006 the Netherlands Institute of Navigation (NIN), Geo-Info Nederland (GIN) and the Hydrographic Society Benelux branch (HSB) held a workshop on integrated navigation, with...