Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Major ocean companies are working to expand and better coordinate the collection of oceanic and atmospheric data from ships and other offshore platforms through Smart Ocean/Smart Industries. This programme has been developed by the World Ocean Council(WOC), an...
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Marine researchers in the Cook Islands are hoping a new survey can determine a link between poor water quality at beaches and sickness experienced by swimmers. The Ministry of Marine Resources is conducting the three week survey in...
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
IIC is pleased to announce the award of a contract from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for the production of 50 paper chart masters using Citrix technology and CARIS HPD. The production work will continue until mid-2012...
Saturday, November 19th, 2011
The Kongsberg Underwater Inspection System (Profiling Sonar, Precision Rotator and Release 4.6 software) will produce much more detailed and precise underwater 3D data than the point cloud data typically seen. Data is post processed using one of...
Monday, October 24th, 2011
For better management and planning of coastal areas and their resources, Gujarat government is implementing a Geo-Spatial Information System (GIS) development project. "The development of GIS for coastal areas is a key component of Integrated Coastal Zone...
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
The Ministry has recently conducted a digital mapping of coastal areas especially in Gujarat for the purpose of gaining knowledge on resources available, forewarning in case of tsunamis, cyclones etc.Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)...
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
CARIS has launched a new module as part of the release of Bathy DataBASE 3.2. The Engineering Analysis Module caters to the requirements of the dredging industry, port and waterway authorities, as well as other engineering operations.
...Monday, July 18th, 2011
The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has elected Fiji’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Peter Thomson, as its President for the ISA’s annual session currently underway in Kingston, Jamaica. The Assembly is the supreme...
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The issue of the South China Sea again drew public attention last month. The overlapping claims over a body of water located south of the People’s Republic of China between six countries — Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines,...
