GPS/Acoustic Seafloor geodetic observation technique has made notable progress over recent years. Positional precision better than several centimetres has been attained through tremendous efforts to improve accuracy in both software...

The International LIDAR Mapping Forum is pleased to announce that registrations are now being accepted for the ILMF2004 meeting. The two-day meeting will feature an expanded programme that, in addition...

In conjunction with Ocean Business 2007, the conference Offshore Survey 2007 is organised. Adam Kerr followed the lectures and reports about them. After the coffee break, the programme turned to...

The intertidal zone, where coastal wetlands provide the first buffer to storm energy and sea level rise, has not traditionally been a focus of geodetic surveying. However, the increasing vulnerability...

Data producers and distributors must protect their chart products against copyright violations. Until now there has been no method available to prove copyright violations with respect to S-57 charts. ENC...

Fugro Pelagos, Inc. has successfully negotiated a series of Task Orders and a new contract award with NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), a bureau of the U.S. Department of...

Boh Bros. Construction Co., L. L .C. of New Orleans is detecting hazards left behind beneath the murky waters of the Port of New Orleans inner harbour navigation canal by...

Adelaide-based Tenix LADS Corporation has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply and support the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) with its world-leading Laser Airborne Depth Sounder system. Contract award followed...

Side-scan sonar is well accepted as a tool for detection and visualisation of underwater objects and is widely used in support of safety of navigation surveys. Although side-scan sonars produce...

Noordhoek is taking delivery of a MacArtney Focus – 2 ROTV system to complement the existing fleet of survey platforms and ROV’s. The ROTV will enable Noordhoek Offshore to provide...