SEPTEMBER 2014 > VOLUME 15 > NUMBER 6 > WWW.HYDRO-INTERNATIONAL.COM Casualties of the Nautical Chart Combination of Acoustics and Photogrammetry What You See is Not Always What You Get A New Solution Multibeam Systems for Exreme Environments for Subsea Challenges of an Ice-proof Transducer Design Metrology HYD0614_Cover 1 25-08-2014 15:05:58 Teledyne Marine All the sonars you need, in one place Broaden your business potential at the Underwater Technology Seminar 2014 The deeper you understand how today’s multibeam sonar solutions can benefit your business, the clearer your opportunities will become. For sharper insight, join us at one of our seminars to discover the latest innovations and our wide range of sonars with hands-on training, workshops, boat demos, dock site demos and presentations from distinguished guest speakers. www.U-T-S.info No 3495 HYD0614_Cover 2 25-08-2014 15:06:00 Contents Casualties of the Nautical Chart 18 What You See is Not Always What You Get Editorial 5 News 7 Interview 14 Dawn Wright SEPTEMBER 2014 History 31 VOLUME18 > NUMBER6 Discovering the True Nature of Sonardyne COMPATT6 the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Beacons deployed to be A New Solution Multibeam Systems used in a metrology. Business 36 Aspects of subsea Valeport for Subsea for Extreme metrology are described in the paper of Eric Guilloux Metrology 22 Envir onments 26 from page 22. Image Visited For You 39 Combination of Acoustics and Challenges of an Ice-proof INSPIRE courtesy: Saipem. Photogrammetry Transducer Design Products 41 From the National List of Advertisers 49 Get your back-issues Societies 46 in the store Canadian Hydrographic Insider’s View 50 www.geomares.nl/store Society Dr Mohn Razali Mahmud Hydrographic Society Russia Agenda 49 Hydro INTERNATIONAL | SEPTEMBER 2014 | 3 HYD0614_Contents 3 25-08-2014 15:30:12 THE GLOBE 1/3 IS COVERED BY LAND - THE REST IS COVERED BY KONGSBERG The complete multibeam echo sounder product range 50m 500m 600m 2000m 7000m 11000m 200m km.kongsberg.com No. #### HYD0614_ContentsNaamloos-4 1 4 25-08-2014 15:30:1713:27:51 ) INTERNATIONAL NL Hydro is an independent international magazine published 8 times A. a year by Geomares Publishing. The magazine and related e-newsletter inform RUINSM worldwide professional, industrial and governmental readers of the latest news B RIE and developments in the hydrographic, surveying, marine cartographic and .A geomatics world. Hydro INTERNATIONAL encompasses all aspects, activities and WWW equipment related to the acquisition, processing, presentation, control and ( management of hydrographic and surveying-related activities. RUINSMA B RIE Core Business : A HOTOGRAPHY P Publishing Company: Durk Haarsma Geomares Publishing [email protected] P.O. Box 112, 8530 AC Lemmer, The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0) 514 56 18 54, Fax: +31 (0) 514 56 38 98 [email protected] Th e buzz is all about those other purposes, apart from safe navigation, for which www.geomares.nl hydrography is used nowadays. Th e blue economy is upon us and we’ll have to prepare the fi eld of hydrography for the future, seizing opportunities in oil & gas, renewables, coastal and marine planning, fi sh farming, etc. Th is is not only good for the hydrography sector as a whole, but branching out might also be the key No material may be reproduced in whole or in part to companies’ survival in the years ahead. 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