Who hasn’t heard of the mega projects currently being executed in Dubai? Land reclamation projects that can be seen from space and skyscrapers that reach 800 meters high are not...

Applanix has introduced its high-performance motion reference system for maritime surveying and mapping: the POS MV Elite. The POS MV Elite is a tightly coupled Inertial/GPS system that employs high...

Why is this book different from the wide range of books on hydrography? As an oceanographer I have spent a lot of time reading books on the general knowledge of...

Hemisphere GPS has introduced the new Crescent VS100 and VS110, a heading and positioning solution for machine control and marine navigation applications including dredging and hydrographic surveying. Hemisphere GPS's Crescent...

This paper describes a technique for centimetric positioning in hydrographic surveying using a network of GPS base stations to determine ephemeris, clock and atmospheric errors at the rover location. This...

Autonomous vehicles from the company founded by AUV pioneer Doug Webb have recently made a historic 2600km voyage from New Jersey to Halifax and successfully drawn power from ocean thermal...

The Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge – Europe (SAUC-E) is an annual event providing an opportunity for student-led teams to design and build a small autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to compete...

AOSI's EZ-COMPASS-3AL LOGGING Compass incorporates a three-axis Magnetometer with tilt and temperature compensation and a onboard rewritable memory that allows independent storage of up to 20,000 readings and transferable to...

Recent development of a 3-dimensional precise positioning technique by Kinematic GPS (KGPS) makes it possible to realise accurate vertical positioning to several centimetres, even in the sea. But observed vertical...

Integral components of a swathe bathymetry system are the motion and heading sensors. The current trend is to offer a system that combines both components in one package, either as...