Given that many of their activities serve similar professional constituencies, the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) and the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to reinforce...

Wavefield Geophysical AS and Inseis AS have merged to form Wavefield Inseis AS. The new entity has been founded with an additional NOK 200 million (US$33 million) in new equity,...

Gardline Hydro, an operating division of Gardline Geosurvey Limited, has completed two cable route surveys within the Mediterranean and English Channel this year. Over the past 6 months and in...

Following meetings in St. Petersburg in 1908 and 1912, twenty-four nations gathered in London in 1919 for a Hydrographic Conference during which they decided to create an International Hydrographic Bureau...

AHS Education Award 2006 The AHS president and Education Award Board are delighted to advise that there were sixteen applicants for the 2006 award. These included research proposals from New...

A meeting of the Hydrographic Society Benelux on Friday 22 September 2006 in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) put education for hydrographers in the picture. Education for future surveyors and hydrographers was...

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...

A method is presented which greatly increases the efficiency of pipeline survey using sediment echo sounder. These surveys are mostly done sailing cross courses; adding receiving directionality, a course can...

East Australian Region The Australasian Hydrographic Society, East Australian Region held its last meeting on 14th November 2006 at HSA Systems Pty Ltd offices in North Sydney. Forthcoming conferences in...

The Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) will take place on 22nd November 2006 at Branksome, Haslemere, Surrey. The MMF is a non-profit making, one-day event that provides opportunities for the informal...