New Zealand is a small country located in a vast ocean. Its hydrographic responsibilities cover 18 million square kilometres reaching from the shores of Antarctica to the Tokelaus and from...

The forces of nature are familiar enough to us field surveyors, but only when they occur in the extreme do they come to the attention of the news media and...

The Military Survey Department of the Armed Forces is the sole federal mapping agency and entity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is responsible for co-ordinating, processing and disseminating...

This is an OI-special issue, in that it pays special attention to the Oceanology International London 2004 conference and exhibition. This latest in a well-known and well-visited series will be...

Acoustic seabed classification is becoming increasingly important for many fields, including marine geology, hydrography and navigation, coastal engineering, environmental sciences, marine biology and fisheries. The main advantages over conventional bottom...

Canada is the second largest country in the world, with a shoreline measuring approximately 243,800km, more than six times the circumference of the Earth. The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), established...

The US$20 billion per annum market served by international offshore, marine and underwater engineering contractors is represented by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). Its Offshore Survey Division is the...

News The annual election was recently held for a proportion of the positions on the Australasian Hydrographic Surveyors' Accreditation Panel. It was pleasing to see some competition, with more nominations...

For the better part of 1999 I found myself posted to HMNZS RESOLUTION as a newly promoted Petty Officer. During this period, RESOLUTION was conducting her first survey as the...

The problems posed by the wrecked vessel Assi Eurolink called for unique solutions that have set a new benchmark in the way that similar wrecks are made safe. On 25th...