While there is still lots of ocean mapping work to do on Earth, oceans situated elsewhere in our solar system hold plenty of mysteries too, writes Wim van Wegen in...

Leica Geosystems strengthens its market position in airborne surveying through Hexagon’s acquisition of Airborne Hydrography AB (AHAB, Sweden), a provider of airborne laser survey systems for hydrographic and topographic surveys....

The 2019-2020 year has been a busy one with the Working Groups of Commission 4 focussing on representing FIG at a number of events and forum to gain insight to...

What is the best way to generate a high-precision 3D model to estimate the storage capacity of a lake that is surrounded by mountains? Rapid weather changes, low clouds and...

According to NOAA (The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), hydrography is the science that measures and describes the physical features of the navigable portion of the Earth's surface and...

Huibert-Jan Lekkerkerk is a contributing editor, freelance hydrographic consultant and author of other publications on GNSS and hydrography and principal lecturer in Hydrography at Skilltrade (Cat B) and the MIWB...

Neil Hewitt is Chair of FIG Working Group 4.1 – Standards and Guidelines for Hydrography.

After his education in hydrography, Nicolàs de Hilster was employed by Osiris from 1989 to 1996. He then moved to the Survey Department of Rijkswaterstaat (GAM-Department). In 2000, Nicolàs became...

FIG Commission 3 on Spatial Information Management will organise a Workshop on The Empowerment of Local Authorities: Spatial Information and Spatial Planning Tools from 25th to 28th October 2011 in...

FIG Commission Chairs:Winnie Shiu, Professional Standards and Practice (Commission 1)David Mitchell, Professional Education (Commission 2)Hartmut Muller, Spatial Information Management (Commission 3)Mohd Razali Mahmud, Hydrography (Commission 4)Daniel Roman, Positioning and Measurement...