Global Navigation and Hydrography is the theme of this issue. GALILEO has received a ‘green light’, GPS has planned some important improvements and GLONASS has entered on a significant development...

This article is based on the results of a new studyThe AUV Gamechanger Report 2008-2017published by Douglas-Westwood Ltd. This report aims to consider the prospects for this game-changing technology and...

Kongsberg Maritime is extending support for the SERPENT project by sponsoring alongside BP an underwater image and video competition. Entries are invited in five categories, with the aim of showcasing...

The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK (NOC) has taken delivery of a Coda DA200 Geophysical Acquisition System for use with its numerous existing sensors, including boomer, chirp sub-bottom and...

Every five years an International Hydrographic Conference (IHC) of all Member States (at present 77) of the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO), represented by their Hydrographers, convenes in Monaco to elect...

A multidisciplinary research team from six institutions has for the first time successfully measured a seafloor eruption at its source along the global mid-ocean ridge, the most active volcanic system...

Since the 1970s, the International Bathymetric Charts (IBCs) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission have offered a framework for compiling soundings with a view to producing detailed maps of sea floor...

As pointed out by many preceding the French Hydrographic Office, SHOM, on the path of certification, the rapid growth of information systems and automation has often outpaced updating of procedures....

Professor Graham Shimmield is a graduate of the University of Durham, England with a BSc (Honours) degree in Geology. In 1981, he studied for a PhD in marine geochemistry at...

In July last year Paul Hornsby, President of the Australasian Hydrographic Society (AHS), became Chairman of Council of The Hydrographic Society (THS). On 2 November last year, during HYDRO 4,...