2012 Conference Papers
Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf
| Papers | Authors | |
| New Bathymetry from the 2011 Canada—U.S. Joint Expedition for Continental Shelf Mapping in the Arctic Ocean | Andrew ARMSTRONG and Larry MAYER, United States of America, Steve FORBES, David MOSHER, Jon BIGGAR, and David STREET, Canada |  |
| UNCLOS in the Atlantic: An update on the status of the UNCLOS project off eastern Canada | Kevin DesRoches, Canada | |
| The Clock is Ticking — The Journey for Canada’s Submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf | Steven FORBES, Jacob VERHOEF, David MOSHER, Canada | |
Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure and Management I Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf
| Papers | Authors | |
| A Specification for Developing a New Method of Visualising Data Quality in Electronic Navigational Charts | Sam HARPER, United Kingdom | |
| Implementation of CARIS Bathy DataBASE at the Canadian Hydrographic Service, Pacific Region | Michel BRETON, Gerald KIDSON and Paul SCOTT, Canada | |
Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure and Management II
| Papers | Authors | |
| Remote Processing of Ship-based Hydrographic Multibeam Data | Rob HARE, Derrick R. PEYTON and John CONYON, Canada | |
| Developing a GIS-Database and Risk Index for Potentially Polluting Marine Sites | Giuseppe MASETTI, Brian CALDER and Lee ALEXANDER, United States of America | |
| Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure: GIS for a Blue Planet | Rafael PONCE, United States of America | |
| The Case for a Marine Cadastre to help affirm Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic and enable integrated Marine Spatial Planning | Jean-Claude TÉTREAULT, Jean GAGNON and José M’BALA, Canada | |
New & Emerging Technology I
| Papers | Authors | |
| Proper Environmental Reduction for Attenuation in Multi-sector Sonars | Rodrigo de Campos CARVALHO, Brazil and John E. HUGHES CLARKE, Canada | |
| MBES Swath Angle in Relation with Data Processing Quality, Time and Cost | Saad MESBAH, Mohamed MOHASSEB, Moustafa HANY, Hassan HALWANEE, Mohamed ELMELEGY, Egypt, Pat SANDERS, United States of America | |
| Calibration of Vessel Mounted LiDAR | Alan PICARD, Thomas TOUZÉ, Nicolas SEUBE, France, Jean-Guy NISTAD, Mathieu RONDEAU, Canada | |
| Process for Capturing Real World Features from 3D Laser Scanned Point Clouds | Katrina WYLLIE, Grant FROELICH, Karen HART, United States of America, Karen COVE, Canada, | |
Training and Professional Development
| Papers | Authors | |
| The Hydrographic Society of America Student Outreach Program: Reaching Across Borders | Jana DaSILVA LAGE, United States of America | |
| A Modular Approach to Hydrographic Expertise Development | Guy NOLL, United States, Michael BRISSETTE, Canada | |
| The European Union Erasmus Intensive Program in Hydrography and Geomatics: Survey training at the international level | Nicolas SEUBE, Nathalie DEBESE, Thomas TOUZÉ, Rodéric MOITIÉ, Irvin PROBST, Alan, PICARD, France, Maude AUDET MORIN, Canada, Volker BÖDER, Germany, Alain DE WULF, Belgium | |
| Hydrography and the ACLS | Jean-Claude TÉTREAULT, Canada | |
| Distance Learning and Certification for Hydrography – the Hydrographic Academy | Don VENTURA, United States of America | |
New & Emerging Technology II (Water Column)
| Papers | Authors | |
| Modelling the estuarine circulation of the Port of Saint John: Visualizing complex sound speed distribution. | Ian CHURCH, John HUGHES CLARKE, Susan HAIGH and Reenu TOODESH, Canada | |
| The Squamish ProDelta: Monitoring Active Landslides and Turbidity Currents  |
Dr. John E. HUGHES CLARKE, Canada | |
| Automatic Mid-Water Target Tracking using Multibeam Water Column | Carlos RUBRIO MARQUES, Portugal and John E. HUGHES CLARKE, Canada | |
| Methods for Collecting and Using Backscatter Field Calibration Information for the Reson 7000 Series Multibeams | Glen RICE, Samuel GREENAWAY, Tom WEBER and Jonathan BEAUDOIN, United States of America | |
Vertical Reference Frame and Datum Issues
| Papers | Authors | |
| Vertical Datum Separation Models for the British Columbia Coast | Bode DE LANGE BOOM, Canada | |
| Consolidation, Automation and Visualization: CHS Atlantic’s GPS & Tidal Data Holdings | Mike MCMAHON, Canada | |
| The Canadian Hydrographic Continuous Vertical Datum: Methodology and Accuracy | Catherine ROBIN, Andre GODIN, Phillip MACAULAY, Bodo DE LANGE BOOM, Denis LEFAIVRE, Terese HERRON, Denny SINNOTT, Anne BALLANTYNE, Julie BARBEAU, Louis MALTAIS, Calvin KLATT and MarcVÉRONNEAU, Canada | |
Tides, Currents, and Water Levels
| Papers | Authors | |
| Tidal Constituent Quality and Prediction Error Budgets | Anne BALLANTYNE, Canada | |
| Error Analysis Procedures used by the NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) to Compute Error Bounds for Tidal Datums in Western and Northern Alaska | Michael MICHALSKI, Lijuan HUANG and Gerald HOVIS, United States of America | |
| Implementation of a TCARI Tidal Model Solution over an extensive coastal survey project in the Torres Strait: Why, How and an Analysis of the Results | Don VENTURA, United States of America | |
Nautical Cartography
| Papers | Authors | |
| Development of a Geo-Spatial Analysis Methodology for Assessing the Adequacy of Hydrographic Surveying and Nautical Charts | Chukwuma AZUIKE, Shachak PE’ERI, Lee ALEXANDER, Christopher PARRISH and Andrew ARMSTRONG, United States of America | |
| Methods To Influence Precise Automated Sounding Selection Via Sounding Attribution & Depth Areas | Rick BRENNAN and Edward OWENS, United States of America | |
| Cartographic Symbolization: An Evolution from Sea Monsters to Inukshuit | John MERCURI, Canada | |
| Beyond the Chart: the Use of Satellite Remote Sensing for Assessing Chart Adequacy and Completeness Information | Shachak PE’ERI, Chukwama AZUIKE, Lee ALEXANDER, Christopher PARRISH and Andrew ARMSTRONG, United States of America | |
Opportunities for Collaborative Approaches
| Papers | Authors | |
| Developing a Methodology for the Mapping and Characterization of the Nigerian Coastline Using Remote Sensing (‘Ping’ Presentation) | Olumide FADAHUNSI, Andrew ARMSTRONG, Shachak PE’ERI, Lee ALEXANDER and Christopher PARRISH, United States of America | |
| Establishing a multibeam sonar evaluation test-bed near Sidney, British Columbia | Rob HARE, Canada, Clay WHITTAKER, United States of America, John HUGHES CLARKE, Canada, Jonathan BEAUDOIN, United States of America | |
| NHS – MINTEC, Print on Demand | John K KLIPPEN, Norway | |
| Arctic Charting and Mapping Pilot Project: Sharing Modern Technologies and Resources towards a Common Goal | Andrew LEYZACK, Ryan HARRIS, Jason DUFFE, Canada and Mark MACDONALD, United States of America | |
| Navigability of the Canadian Arctic | Christopher WRIGHT, Canada | |
