LandScope has recently integrated an R2Sonic 2020 multibeam echo-sounder to its arsenal in order to complement our established underwater structure modelling and bathymetric survey capabilities. Offering a 120-degree swath, the...

Gottfried Mandlburger studied geodesy at TU Wien, where he also obtained his Ph.D. in 2006. After finishing a 3-years research stay at the University of Stuttgart (2017-2019), he returned to...

The Virtual Geoscience Conference (VGC) series is coming to Kingston, Canada, from 23-24 August 2018. The focus of the conference series is on innovative research and development in close-range remote...

A new chapter in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has begun with the announcement of Texas-based firm Ocean Infinity being hired to locate the missing wreckage. They could...

Phil Payne gives a personal account of his experience in the Caribbean at the time of Hurricane Irma. He reminisces on the usefulness of basic techniques when the latest systems...

The wreck of the USS Lexington, a historic WWII U.S. aircraft carrier that was scuttled during the Battle of the Coral Sea, has been discovered around 800 kilometres from Queensland’s...

London’s docklands became home to a fleet of both manned and unmanned surface and subsea vehicles during this year’s Oceanology International 2018 (Oi18), reflecting an increasing focus on connected autonomous...

Applanix’s POSPac MMS GNSS Inertial software, in particular the Applanix SmartBase (ASB) post-processed virtual reference station technique, has been widely adopted as a robust and reliable method of direct georeferencing...

This month we are focussed on the water, seas and oceans. Offshore surveying, Hydrography and the various associated survey disciplines in this sector have generally benefitted greatly from technology in...

COVER STORY The image on the cover shows Jim Powell of the Port of London Hydrographic Service instructing UCL students in the deployment of the side scan sonar set-up aboard...