Jack Dangermond is the co-founder and president of ESRI, a privately held geographic information systems (GIS) software company that is headquartered in Redlands (CA, USA). In 1969, he co-founded ESRI...

The MCA is lead partner for the Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey Project (JIBS) and is collaborating with the MarineInstitute of Ireland as project partner. The objective of the JIBS Project...

In January 2001, C&C Technologies (C&C), a company based in Lafayette (Louisiana, USA), introduced the first commercially successful autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to the offshore industry. The AUV’s survey sensor...

As we seek solutions to the challenges posed by the world's coastal areas, it is important to take advantage of the expanding range of applications brought by new technologies to...

It is clear Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are providing added value business solutions in the wider geomatics world; this may be seen reading the many articles in the Geomatics Information...

Like all other Hydrographic Offices (HOs) and, indeed, most organisations we are living in very challenging and motivating times, demanding redefinition of processes and products to keep pace with the...

Improvements in sensor sensitivity, reliability and detection capabilities, and improved modelling techniques have all contributed to increased capability enhancements and new applications for magnetometry. This includes environmental monitoring in littoral...

There are fewer large projects on the drawing board for the present or very near future than the surveying industry would wish. But try to see it positively, in line...

This issue’s theme is 'Underwater Imaging'. Underwater imaging has a broad aspect and includes optical and acoustic imaging as well as other types such as electrical and thermal imaging. This...

The Canadian Hydrographic Conference 2006 was held at the Westin Nova Scotia Hotel in Halifax, Canada, from 6th to 9th June. Conference was preceded by a number of Technical Workshops...