A Lockheed Martin-led team has submitted its proposal to design and build the U.S. Air Force's next-generation Global Positioning System Space Segment program, known as GPS Block III. This program...

Saab TransponderTech has introduced a new vessel traffic management and information system (VTMIS), complying with the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) recommendations for coastal surveillance and vessel traffic control....

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 HBS Workshop and Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Hydrographic Society of the Benelux was held on 7th February 2003 at the Delft University of...

The Venice Lagoon has been inhabited for over 1,300 years and the art and architecture of its city has been the subject of countless books and academic studies. Yet, despite...

A graduate of the US Naval Academy, Vice-Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr. has masters and doctoral degrees in applied mathematics from Harvard University. Before joining NOAA he was president and...

This article summarises the surveying activities of a private offshore diamond mining company in Southern Africa, De Beers, who pioneered underwater diamond exploration and liberation in Namibia and South Africa....

Why has a new positioning system been designed? What are the requirements? What are the drawbacks of traditional solutions? Why are a new concept and system architecture necessary? What applications...

It has been long years since Japan started the hydrographic organisation now called Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, JHOD, in 1872. The primary functions of the organisation have not basically...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) co-operate and consult on numerous projects of common interest related to the safety of navigation and protection of the...