Family-run subsea acoustics experts Applied Acoustics recently launched a new acoustic positioning offering, which is their first combined Inertial Navigation (INS) and Ultra Short Base Line (USBL) system. The Pyxis...

Fastrax Ltd has introduced the uPatch100, an OEM GPS receiver module with integrated patch antenna. This ultra-compact module is the first Fastrax GPS product based on a Sony chipset. It...

Turner Designs has introduced the C-FLUOR Submersible Probes. The probe sensors are sensitive, low power single wavelength in situ fluorescence and are available in several optical configurations. Requiring a maximum of...

Last month, Mr Paul Gerard, MD of the Port of Ostend and CEO of REBO (Renewable Energy Base Ostend), was on hand to officiate at the opening of GEOxyz’s new...

Teledyne Odom Hydrographic is currently receiving the transfer of the geophysical product line from its sister company Teledyne Benthos. This transfer will include Chirp III Sub Bottom Profiler, the new...

The accuracy of coastline data in Indonesia could be much improved by making use of Lidar bathymetry technology. In this article, the authors describe how Lidar bathymetry survey techniques were...

Mt. Shasta is a huge stratovolcano near the southern end of the Cascade Mountains of western North America. It rises to an elevation of 14,179 feet above sea level and...

Hydrographic surveying in ultra-shallow, inland and enclosed waters can prove extremely challenging and often presents increased risks and obstacles to both personnel and equipment. These considerations include health and safety...

A number of contributors to this column have discussed the benefits that information technologies bring to the conduct of hydrographic surveys and the production of nautical charts. Likewise, these technologies...