U.S. Hydrographic Conference '99
April 27 - 29, 1999

Session I

Conference Opening

Naval Oceanographic Office: Leading Oceanography in the ‘90s and Beyond

Captain Larry Warrenfeltz, USN
Commanding Officer

Landry J. Bernard III
Naval Oceanographic Office
Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Session II

Hydrography

ACSM Hydrographer Certification Program Raymond Williams
U.S. Army Engineers, District Norfolk, Virginia

Robert D. Mesko
U.S. Army Engineers, District St. Louis, Missouri

Survey System and System Integration for "K.R. Baruna Yaya VIII" Freddy Phøner , Bjørn H. Larsen, Erik Grong, Jørn Horvik
Kongsberg Simrad A/S, Horton, Norway
Jet Ski Used for Bathymetry and Current Surveys in the Surf Zone and Amphibious Vehicle Used for Bathymetry Surveys in Complex Coastal Inlets John Dugan, W.D. Morris, K.C. Vierra, D.C. Campion, G.P. Farruggia and R.S. Jones
Arete Associates, Arlington, Virginia

H.C. Miller
US Army Corps of Engineers
WES Field Research Station, Duck, North Carolina

Testing Methodology for Motion Sensors and Positioning Systems Michael O. Mathewson
Seatex Inc., Seattle, Washington

Session III

Hydrography

GPS Tides: Saint Mary’s Entrance Channel to Kings Bay Brian F. Shannon P. E., L.S.,
U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center

Fran Woodward
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , Jacksonville District, Florida

Ohio River Monitoring, Olmsted Locks and Dam – Sediment Monitoring James Keim, Joseph Burnett, John Naeger
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Missouri
Tidal Zoning of Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska in support of NOAA Nautical Charting Program Robert J. Richards, Jr., Douglas Lockhart
Racal Pelagos , San Diego, California

John Oswald, PLS, CH
LCMF Incorporated, Anchorage, Alaska

Session IV

Water Level Determination

Tides and Water Level Requirements for NOS Hydrographic Surveys W. Michael Gibson and Stephen K. Gill
Office of Coast Survey, Silver Spring, Maryland

Session V

Offshore Hydrography

A Synergistic Combination of Technologies: Multibeam Bathymetry, Acoustic Reflectivity, Gravity, and Magnetics in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico Brian Anderson
LCT, Inc., Houston, Texas

Lindsay Gee
Nautronix, Ltd., Fremantle, Western Australia

Art Kleiner
C & C Technologies, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana

Positioning Ocean Bottom Seismic Cables Noel Zinn
Western Geophysical

Simon Partridge and Peter Holt
Sonardyne

Using Seafloor Mapping (Bathymetry and Backscatter) and High-Resolution Sub-Bottom Profiling for both Exploration and Production: Detecting Seeps, Mapping Geohazards, and Managing Data Overload with GIS Daniel L. Orange
AOA Geophysics, Inc. and Dept of Earth Sciences, U.C., Santa Cruz, CA

Michael Angell and David Lapp
Geomatrix Consultants, San Francisco, CA.

New Survey Concept for Australian Economical Zones Thomas Weber
STN ATLAS Marine Electronics, Bremen, Germany

Session VI

Hydrographic Operations

Side Scan Sonar Versus Multibeam Echosounder Object Detection Lt(N) Mike Brissette, Route Survey Officer
Acoustic Data Analysis Centre (Pacific), Canada

John Hughes Clarke
University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada

A Dual or Single Vessel Solution to Conducting Multibeam and Sidescan Surveys for NOAA in the Gulf of Mexico. Rod E. Evans, Robert W. Morton and Walter S. Simmons
Science Applications International Corporation, Newport, Rhode Island
Sonar Imaging: Fulfilling the Littoral Survey Requirement of the Naval Oceanographic Office Marian O. Clough,
Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Session VII

Hydrographic Operations

Hydrographic Surveying for Nautical Charting in Cook Inlet, Alaska - Opportunity, Challenge and Reality Larry M. Whiting, PLS, Robert Kohut, PLS and Tom S. Newman, PLS
Terra Surveys LLC, Palmer, Alaska

Session VIII

Hydrographic Operations

Session IX

LIDAR

Laser Hydrography: Commercial Survey Operations Mark Sinclair
Survey Director
LADS Corporation Ltd., Mawson Lakes, Australia
Utilization of Remote Sensing Methods for Management of Florida's Coastal Zone Tom Watters
Florida Department of Environmental Protection,

Charles E. Wiggins
US Army Corps of Engineers, Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise, Mobile, Alabama

Capacity and Capability of Laser Bathymetry in Hydrographic Missions Mats Alfredsson and Rune Axelsson
Saab Dynamics AB, Sweden
Improving the Efficiency, Safety and Economy of the New Zealand National Nautical Charting Program Through the Integrated Use of Lidar in Multi-Sensor Surveys

 

 

Geraint West
John E. Chance and Associates

John Spittal,
Land Information, New Zealand,

Ted Graham,
Fugro Survey Party Ltd.

Kevin Smith,
Hydrolink Ltd.

Session X

Data Presentation

Developments in the NOAA Electronic Navigational Chart Program Michael B. Brown
Marine Chart Division,
Office of Coast Survey, NOAA, Silver Spring, Maryland
Improving the Reliability, Efficiency and Safety of ECDIS by Onshore Conversion from ENC Data into SENC Format. James Detar
C-Map Commercial, Mashpee, Massachusetts

Session XI

Data Presentation

Special Tactical Oceanographic Information Charts to Support Military Operations William Currie
Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
National Hydrographic Data Content Standard Kevin Backe
US Army Corp of Engineers
Digital Marine Resource Mapping of Indonesian Waters Dr. M. J. Sitepu
Badan Koordinasi Survey Dan Pemetaan Nasional, Indonesia
An Approach to Surface Set Reduction Dr. Igor Tartalja
PTT College, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Mr. Milanko Kragovic
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Electronic Charts On the Black Warrior and Alabama Rivers Anthony Niles
U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center, Alexandria, Virginia
Notice to Mariners Update Service and Print on Demand for Nautical Charts Tom Loeper and Jason Shadid
National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, Maryland