GNSS 2003 - the European Navigation Conference ran from 22nd-25th April 2003 in Graz, Austria. The overall feedback from 470 participants from 36 nations and 25 exhibiting companies was positive...

Satellite positioning has solved many positioning problems/aspects in our profession, and developments resulting in, for example, higher accuracy are not at an end yet: we look forward to GPS and...

News General director of the Federal State Unitary Hydrographic Department (FSUHD) of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Victor Medvedev informed the HSR Council in September that, after...

A powerful transport junction at the intersection of many countries' interests, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov have always been a focus of interest for the world community....

On behalf of the entire Hydrointernationalteam, I wish you a healthy and prosperous New Year. And to those readers who celebrate the start of a new year on a date...

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) like GPS, GLONASS and, soon, Galileo are used for many positioning and navigation applications. But existing GNSS accuracy and reliability do not satisfy all clients....

News During the past few years in Russia there has been an increase in the number of various private firms connected with navigation and hydrography. The Hydrographic Society, Russia (HSR)...

In 2000, Dutch Offshore Construction Company Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) converted the anchored heavy-lift vessel Balder into a multi-purpose deepwater-construction vessel operating on DP. During conversion it was realised that...

Kongsberg Seatex, the position reference division of Kongsberg Maritime, hosted a MARUSE demonstration at its premises in Trondheim (Norway) on 9th May 2007. The company invited MARUSE project partners, customers...

Articles selected for this issue give a taste of the present day ‘surveyor’s world’ (this issue’s theme) - a world which is evolving. One of the co-authors of “Refloating the...