U.S. Hydrographic Conference 2001
May 22-24, 2001


Session I --- Conference Opening

Keynote Address: The Present State and the Future Aspects of WEND (Worldwide Electronic Navigational Chart Data Base) (21k)

Dr. Peter Ehlers
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
Hamburg, Germany


Session II --- Tides and Vertical Correctors

Spatial Interpolation and the Generation and Display of Tidal Regimes in MapInfo (1,084k) Dr. Kurt W. Hess
NOAA Coast Survey Development Laboratory
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Stephen K. Gill
NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Complexities of Tidal Zoning for Key West, Florida (1,688k) Kristen A. Tronvig and Stephen K. Gill
NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
One-Dimensional Interpolation of Tide Observations (23k) Mircea Neacsu
Coastal Oceanographics, Inc.
Middlefield, Connecticut, USA
Error Estimation of Bathymetric Grid Models Derived from Historic and Contemporary Datasets (232k) Martin Jakobsson, Brian Calder, Larry Mayer, Andy Armstrong
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire, USA


Session III --- Multibeam Sonar

Multibeam Performance Testing (35k) Mike Kalmbach
Coastal Oceanographics, Inc.,
Middlefield, Connecticut, USA
Shallow Water Multibeam System Testing for Object Detection
Over A Defined Reference Surface
(391k)
Lt. Mark A. Wetzler, NOAA
Office of Coast Survey
Seattle, Washington, USA

Lt. E.J. Van den Ameele, NOAA
NOAA Ship RAINIER
Seattle, Washington, USA

Lt. Cdr. Guy T. Noll, NOAA
Office of Coast Survey
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Object Detection Using Multibeam Echosounder Temporal Imagery (531k) Lt(N) Mike B. Brissette
Acoustic Data Analysis Centre Pacific
Victoria, B.C., Canada

Dr. John E. Hughes Clarke
Ocean Mapping Group, University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, N.B., Canada

Doug Cartwright
Canadian Hydrographic Service Pacific
Sidney, B.C., Canada
Robust Automatic Multibeam Bathymetric Processing (634k) Brian Calder and Larry Mayer
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire, USA


Session IV --- Data Processing

Intelligent Reduction of Sweep Survey/LIDAR Large Data Sets (138k)

Reducción Inteligente de Grandes Grupos de Datos de Levantamiento de Barrido/LIDAR (615k)
Michael Grounds
Beacon Resources
Madison, Alabama USA
Real Time 3D Display of Hydrographic Data for QA and QC (51k) Roland Arsenault
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire,USA
Automated Detection of Outliers in Multibean Echosounding Data (200k) Tianhang Hou, Lloyd C. Huff, and Larry Mayer
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Innovative Partnership for Ocean Mapping: Dealing with Increasing Data Volumes and Decreasing Resources (633k) Barbara Reed, Jan Depner and Maxim F. van Norden
U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA

Mark Paton and Lindsey Gee
Interactive Visualization Systems
Fredericton, N.B., Canada

Shannon Byrne and Jeff Parker
SAIC
Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Brenda Smith
Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA
Mapping with Multibeam Data: Are There Ideal Model Settings (149k) Tom Vande Wiele
University of Ghent
Gent, Belgium


Session V --- Ports Management

The U.S. Marine Transportation System (MTS) - Coming Together Today for Tomorrow (75k) Gary Magnuson
NOAA, National Ocean Service
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
CSCAP: Coast and Shoreline Change Analysis Program: Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery for Shoreline Change Evaluation Within Ports (172k) Susan Vidal, Doug Graham and Mary Ellen Sault
NOAA, National Geodetic Survey, Remote Sensing Division
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
New Tool for Maintenance and Management of Ports and Harbours Bathymetry (138k) David Vessie and Kevin Wilson
CARIS
Fredericton, N.B., Canada

Patrick Hally
SeaQuest Technologies, Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Surveying the British Canal System (82k) Laurence Waterhouse
British Waterways
Leeds UK


Session VI --- Electronic Charts/ECDIS I

Rapid Digital Nautical Charting for Military Navigation (243k) Maxim F. van Norden and Cdr. Richard Kren
U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, USA
Development of Inland River Electronic Nautical Charts for Atchafalaya and Lower Mississippi Rivers (832k) Ralph A. Scheid
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Dr. Lee Alexander
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Processing Multibeam Data through to S-57 (808k) Mike Gourley
CARIS
Fredericton, N.B. Canada

Peter Schwarzberg
CARIS BV
Heeswijk, The Netherlands

Lt.Cdr. Guy Noll, NOAA
NOAA, Coast Survey Development Laboratory
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
The Quality Control Cycle in the Age of Electronic Chart Production, Contracted Work and ISO Certification (74k) Ilona C. Monahan and David Monahan
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada


Session VII --- Electronic Charts/ECDIS II

Harmonizing Chart and Navigation-related Information on ECDIS (77k) Dr. Lee Alexander
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
The Digital Hydrographic Office: Challenges and Prospects of Hydrography in the Evolving Geographic Information Infrastructure (38k) Horst Hecht
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
Hamburg, Germany
Production and Distribution of ENC - the Portuguese Experience (155k) Lt. Cdr. Luis Pais
Instituto Hidrografico
Lisbon, Portugal
Stormy Passage: Lessons Learned from the Canadian Electronic Chart Experience (141k) Michael J. Casey
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Ottawa, Ontario Canada


Session VIII --- Hydrographic Data Uses

Blending Bathymetry with Topography: The Tampa Bay Demonstration Project (95k) Dr. Bruce Parker, Dr. Dennis Milbert, Robert Wilson and Capt. Jon Bailey, NOAA
NOAA, National Ocean Service
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Dean Gesch
U.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Division
Reston, Virginia USA
Hydrographic Data Management Using GIS Technologies (198k) Neal Millet and Simon Evans
ESRI
Redlands, California USA
Paper Charts to E-Hydrography - A New Zealand Perspective on 5 Years of Change (34k) David Mole and John Spittal
National Topographic/Hydrographic Authority, Land Information New Zealand
Wellington, New Zealand
Innovative Techniques for Improved Hydroacoustic Bottom Tracking in Dense Aquatic Vegetation (1,058k) Bruce M. Sabol
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Vicksburg, Mississippi USA

Steve A. Johnston
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District
Concord, Massachusetts USA


Session IX --- LIDAR

The Coastal Zone Revealed Through SHOALS Lidar Data (1,094k) Jennifer Wozencraft and Jennifer Irish
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Mobile, Alabama USA
Airborne Lidar Hydrography: Vision for Tomorrow (45k) Robert W. Pope
U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi USA

Lt. Cdr. Peter Johnson
Royal Australian Navy

Ulf Lejdebrink
Swedish Maritime Administration

W. Jeff Lillycrop
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Mobile, Alabama USA
Optimizing Airborne Lidar Hydrography for Hazard Detection Surveys Geraint West, Doug Delcambre, Jeff Croucher, James Heslin and Derek Johnson
John E. Chance and Assoc. Inc.
Lafayette, Louisiana USA

Charles E. Wiggins
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Mobile, Alabama USA
A Multi-Agency Solution for Coastal Surveys - SHOALS in the Pacific, 2000 Capt. Timothy McGee and Robert W. Pope
U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi USA

Lt. Col. Ronald N. Light
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hawaii District
Honolulu, Hawaii USA

Pat S. Chavez, Jr.
U.S. Geological Survey

Capt. Samuel P. DeBow, NOAA
NOAA, Office of Coast Survey
Silver Spring, Maryland USA

W. Jeff Lillycrop
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Mobile, Alabama USA


Session X --- Hydrographic Survey Contracts

Contract Hydrography: An Opportunity for Innovation in Hydrographic Surveying (248k) Jana L. DaSilva
Fugro GeoServices, Inc.
Lafayette, Louisiana USA
NOAA's Quality Assurance Inspections for Contract Hydrographic Surveys (166k) Lt. Eric J. Sipos, NOAA
NOAA, Office of Coast Survey
Silver Spring, Maryland USA

Castle Parker
NOAA, Office of Coast Survey
Atlantic Hydrographic Branch
Norfolk, Virginia USA
NOAA - Contractor Working Relationships: A Case Study (577k) Gary C. Nelson
NOAA, Office of Coast Survey
Pacific Hydrographic Branch
Seattle, Washington USA

Jon L. Dassler
David Evans & Associates, Inc.
Portland, Oregon USA
Hydrographic Surveying Using the SAIC ISS-2000 System (300k) Walter Simmons, Richard Nadeau, and Steven Lemke
SAIC
Newport, Rhode Island USA


Session XI --- Hydrographic Operations

Revolution in Military Affairs - Does Hydrography Have a Part to Play? (18k) Lt. Cdr. N.J. Hammond, RN
HQ SACLANT
Norfolk, Virginia USA
Integration of Dense, Time-Varying Waler Column Information with High-Precision Swath Bathymetric Data (148k) John E. Hughes Clarke
Ocean Mapping Group, University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada

Russell Parrott
Geological Survey of Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
The Role of Pitch and Roll Effects on the Short Instantaneous Sea Level Height Determination with GPS (203k) Dr. Reha Metin Alkan
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul, Turkey
The Establishment of a Hydrographic Science Research Center at the University of Southern Mississippi (36k) Rear Adm. Kenneth E. Barbor, USN (Ret.), Dr. Denis A. Wiesenburg, Dr. David E. Wells, and Paul E. La Violette
University of Southern Mississippi
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi USA


Session XII --- Deep Water Hydrography

Deep Water Challenges to Hydrography Stimulated by the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (262k) David Monahan
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Ottawa, Ontario Canada

David E. Wells
Ocean Mapping Group
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada
GOMAP (Global Ocean Mapping Program): A Proposed International Long-Term Project to Systematically Map the World's Ocean Floors from Beach to Trench (207k) Michael J. Carron
U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi USA

Peter R. Vogt and Woo-Yeol Jung
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D.C. USA
Deepwater AUV Experiences (960k) Thomas S. Chance and Jay Northcutt
C&C Technologies, Inc.
Lafayette, Louisiana USA
Cooperative Survey Work Between NOAA, the Canadian Hydrographic Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey Lt. Cdr. Donald Haines, NOAA, and Dave Sinson
NOAA, Office of Coast Survey
Silver Spring, Maryland USA


Stand By Papers

GPS-Single Point Positioning Without Selective Availability (38k) Dr. Reha Metin Alkan
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul, Turkey
NOAA's Digital Update Service, Print-on-Demand and Critical Chart Correction Web Site (66k) Leonard Arkenau, Daniel Black,and Sean Legeer
NOAA, Office of Coast Survey
Silver Spring, Maryland USA