Hosting a party on a ship’s maiden visit to Malta in 2002, I mentioned in my welcome the initiative of the Maltese ambassador to the United Nations, Dr Arvid Pardo....

The Military Survey Department of the Armed Forces is the sole federal mapping agency and entity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is responsible for co-ordinating, processing and disseminating...

Acoustic seabed classification is rapidly gaining acceptance as a useful tool amongst the world's ocean community. Commercial classification products can measure acoustic diversity in the surficial seafloor zone and produce...

A novel collaboration between maritime Local Authorities in south-east England is providing important new information on the coastal region to aid future decisions concerning the management of the coast. The...

As more people adopt RTK GPS technology for measuring water levels, the issue of ellipsoid-geoid separation is increasingly being discussed. This article outlines various projects undertaken to calibrate this separation,...

The Electronic Chart situation has developed in an unexpected way. When the first standards for chart systems were being written, the concentration was on those installations which would become the...

To support the production and maintenance of navigational charts, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) receives large quantities of bathymetric data from a great number of sources. This data is...

The idea of a Universal Hydrographic Database is well known within the hydrographic community. Years of discussion and technological development have made UHD an attractive goal for those striving to...

News A combined AHS Annual General Meeting and General Meeting of the East Australia Region was held on Tuesday 27th September 2005 in The Wardroom, HMAS Kuttabul, Sydney. We had...

The fascinating world of hydrography confronts the current hydrographer with an interesting challenge: to serve a wide variety of customers as quickly as possible with a wide variety of products,...