The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) expert group for the compilation of the new International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) proposes to build a consistent bathymetric database...

The oceans are a central part of the global climate system. As Roger Revelle, one of the early directors of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, said, “The oceans exert a...

East Australia Region Commander (CMDR) John Maschke of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and chair of the East Australia Region of the Australasian Hydrographic Society was recently elected to the...

Safe Softwar's FME spatial ETL (extract, transform, and load) platform will support the spatial data capabilities made available in the SQL Server 2008 November Community Technology Preview (CTP). In the...

Access to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) historical instantaneous streamflow discharge data, dating back to around 1990, is now available online through the Instantaneous Data Archive (IDA). In this new system...

Early in the first quarter of 2007, Noordhoek Survey took delivery of two MacArtney Focus-2 Remotely Operated Towed Vehicles (ROTVs). The expectation was that the new ROTVs would be a...

Petrobrás SA has won a 2007 BE Award in the "Geospatial Mapping and Cadastre" category for its Obstacles Management System. This USD20 million project enables Petrobrás to systematically map more...

Traditionally, Video Inspection surveys have been performed by ROV using analogue CCD colour cameras, with the video pictures recorded to S-VHS videotapes. This technology has served the industry well for...

General Acoustics GmbH is a producer of high-technology echo sounders, water level and wave-measuring systems, and developer of LOG_aDSLP/DSLP technology. The company was founded in 1996 by physicists and engineers...

Chesapeake Technology, Inc. was formed as a sole proprietorship in 1990 in response to the needs of a former employer; Meridian Ocean Systems needed a software engineer to conduct a...