NATO’s quest for the ultimate shallow water sonar was the subject of one of a series of forward-looking papers presented at a recent international multibeam user workshop held at the...

Thales GeoSolutions (Pacific), an ocean engineering, surveying and mapping company, has successfully mapped Alaska’s first known active undersea volcano. The volcano lies in the Northwest portion of Amchitka Pass, Southeast...

As of now, Seafloor Systems will market the complete line of Trimble GPS and hydrographic software products for the marine construction and hydrographic survey industries in the north western United...

A science expedition recently explored the remains of the only World War II German U-boat, U-166, sunk in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The U-166 was discovered in 5,000 feet...

Triton Elics International (TEI) has released new versions of its entire line of software products. The seafloor imaging and mapping products continue to be compatible with the latest sensors from...

The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO and Delft University of Technology announce the 7th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics ECUA 2004. The conference will be held in Delft,...

Fusion acoustic positioning and telemetry systems from Sonardyne International Ltd, UK, have been used successfully in the Gulf of Mexico during trials conducted by a major operator. The Fusion systems...

The Executive Board of Delft University of Technology (DUT) has appointed Dr. Dick G. Simons as professor of the new chair ‘Seafloor Mapping’. A co-operation of DUT with TNO Physics...

Atlas Hydrographic has introduced a new parametric multibeam sub-bottom profiling system, Parasound DS-3. The highest performance parametric system of its type presently available, it provides very precise high-resolution sub-bottom and...

HSA Systems has recently been awarded a contract to provide Zone of Confidence (ZOC) assessments for all of the hydrographic surveys used in the compilation of New Zealand’s nautical charts...