Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
1Spatial, provider of intelligent data quality and integration solutions, has delivered to Pole Star...
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
A New Zealand-led group of international scientists will spend the next three weeks on NIWA’s research ship Tangaroa, using a free-diving robotic vehicle to investigate mineral deposits and hydrothermal activity at five major submarine volcanoes in the Kermadec...
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Few people would argue about the importance of navigation communication systems and the contribution they have made to ocean going vessels worldwide. From dead-reckoning to the present day GNSS enabled navigation,...
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Satellite radar imagery data was used to find the “Partner” fishing schooner lost in the Sea of Japan. According to Russian EMERCOM the area search operations for the “Partner” schooner that sent a distress call on January...
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
This past week saw North Korea launch live ammunition into South Korea. The event has raised tensions in the region. While the original border between these two countries was mapped when the Armistice was signed in 1953,...
Saturday, June 16th, 2007
Almost 247 million people live in low elevation coastal zones, according to figures in a paper published in the journal Environment and Urbanisation. Scientists from the Centre for International Earth Science and the International Institute for...
Monday, April 16th, 2007
It seems that tension is building between Indonesia and Singapore. The major cause for concern is the issue of the maritime boundaries between the two neighbouring states, following coastal reclamation by Singapore. It has raised questions...
