2012 Conference

2012 Conference Papers

Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf

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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 PDF icon
UNCLOS in the Atlantic: An update on the status of the UNCLOS project off eastern Canada Kevin DesRoches, Canada PDF icon
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 PDF icon

Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure and Management I Coastal Zone and Continental Shelf

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A Specification for Developing a New Method of Visualising Data Quality in Electronic Navigational Charts Sam HARPER, United Kingdom PDF icon
Implementation of CARIS Bathy DataBASE at the Canadian Hydrographic Service, Pacific Region Michel BRETON, Gerald KIDSON and Paul SCOTT, Canada PDF icon

Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure and Management II

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Remote Processing of Ship-based Hydrographic Multibeam Data Rob HARE, Derrick R. PEYTON and John CONYON, Canada PDF icon
Developing a GIS-Database and Risk Index for Potentially Polluting Marine Sites Giuseppe MASETTI, Brian CALDER and Lee ALEXANDER, United States of America PDF icon
Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure: GIS for a Blue Planet Rafael PONCE, United States of America PDF icon
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 PDF icon

New & Emerging Technology I

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Proper Environmental Reduction for Attenuation in Multi-sector Sonars Rodrigo de Campos CARVALHO, Brazil and John E. HUGHES CLARKE, Canada PDF icon
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 PDF icon
Calibration of Vessel Mounted LiDAR Alan PICARD, Thomas TOUZÉ, Nicolas SEUBE, France, Jean-Guy NISTAD, Mathieu RONDEAU, Canada PDF icon
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, PDF icon

Training and Professional Development

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The Hydrographic Society of America Student Outreach Program: Reaching Across Borders Jana DaSILVA LAGE, United States of America PDF icon
A Modular Approach to Hydrographic Expertise Development Guy NOLL, United States, Michael BRISSETTE, Canada PDF icon
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 PDF icon
Hydrography and the ACLS Jean-Claude TÉTREAULT, Canada PDF icon
Distance Learning and Certification for Hydrography – the Hydrographic Academy Don VENTURA, United States of America PDF icon

New & Emerging Technology II (Water Column)

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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 PDF icon
The Squamish ProDelta: Monitoring Active Landslides and Turbidity Currents
Dr. John E. HUGHES CLARKE, Canada PDF icon
Automatic Mid-Water Target Tracking using Multibeam Water Column Carlos RUBRIO MARQUES, Portugal and John E. HUGHES CLARKE, Canada PDF icon
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 PDF icon

Vertical Reference Frame and Datum Issues

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Vertical Datum Separation Models for the British Columbia Coast Bode DE LANGE BOOM, Canada PDF icon
Consolidation, Automation and Visualization: CHS Atlantic’s GPS & Tidal Data Holdings Mike MCMAHON, Canada PDF icon
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 PDF icon

Tides, Currents, and Water Levels

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Tidal Constituent Quality and Prediction Error Budgets Anne BALLANTYNE, Canada PDF icon
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 PDF icon
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 PDF icon

Nautical Cartography

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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 PDF icon
Methods To Influence Precise Automated Sounding Selection Via Sounding Attribution & Depth Areas Rick BRENNAN and Edward OWENS, United States of America PDF icon
Cartographic Symbolization: An Evolution from Sea Monsters to Inukshuit John MERCURI, Canada PDF icon
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 PDF icon

Opportunities for Collaborative Approaches

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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 PDF icon
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 PDF icon
NHS – MINTEC, Print on Demand John K KLIPPEN, Norway PDF icon
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 PDF icon
Navigability of the Canadian Arctic Christopher WRIGHT, Canada PDF icon