The UKHO has released the 8th Edition of it’s Mariner’s Handbook. This authoritative reference book has been comprehensively updated throughout. Special features of this edition include: revised information on the...

Global warming, climate change, rising sea levels and increased commercial exploitation of the seabed and sea space are important global indicators of a changing world environment. A crucial role is...

Ms Murray joined Oceonics (the forerunner of Seatronics) in 1981. It was here that she got her first taste of business in the hydrographic Industry, specifically in the sales environment....

NOAA dedicated a new high-speed research vessel that will ply the waters of the Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. The vessel will be used primarily for research...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has ordered its second SCOUT underwater tracking system from Sonardyne International Ltd. The MoD was the first military organisation to invest in the newly...

CARIS has released Additional Military Layer (AML) Product Editor, the latest addition to the CARIS Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) product suite. The release of AML Product Editor expands upon the...

Google Earth and its related layer language Keyhole Markup Language (KML) have taken the mapping world by storm. Combining an approachable user interface, high-quality satellite imagery, and free cost (for...

To identify geohazards and constraints for seabed infrastructure, the data from various types of survey of the seabed and sub-seabed such as bathymetry, seabed morphology, geology, geotechnical and environmental can...

The survey vessel <i>Capella</i> was commissioned at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH) in January this year. <i>Capella</i> has been developed especially for navigation in shallow waters...

It can be difficult to detect the true bottom depth beneath dense Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) using current hydrographic echo sounder systems. High acoustic reflectivity of the vegetation can result...