In succession to the previous Days of the Industry, the occasion was this year renamed ECDIS Stakeholders’ Forum and took place in conjunction with the annual meeting of the IHO...

A growing problem exists with forward-deployed electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS) in obtaining and updating geospatial data(electronic nautical charts). This problem is commonly referred to as distributing geospatial...

The newly appointed Transas Marine representative in Italy – CAIM – hosted their annual seminar for the shipping industry in Sorrento on 15th November 2006. The free seminar was held...

A key objective of the 2nd International ECDIS Conference: ‘ECDIS Ð for Coastal and Ocean Navigation’, held in Singapore from 7th to 9th October, was to inform current and potential...

The world is turning more to electronics, which in marine technology is visible when considering the change from paper charts to electronic charts. Dr Giuseppe Carnevali was early in adopting...

Site investigation surveys involving hydrographic or geotechnical data acquisition often generate high volumes of data and require handling through specialist software packages. The combination of volume of data and variety...

The use of swathe systems in a highly mobile, shallow-water environment poses significant problems for the hydrographic surveyor. Several physical factors encountered when gathering swathe data are introduced and described...

News West Australia Region The West Australia Region signalled it is back in the action again after years on the sideline when it held a well attended meeting at the...

The Nigerian Navy (NN) Hydrographic Department was established in 1973 with the aim of meeting the NN’s statutory role of hydrographic surveying. To boost the development of hydrographic surveying in...

Kuwait is situated in the north-east corner of the Arabian peninsula and in the north-west corner of the Persian gulf. Because of this location and the unrivalled skills of its...