Industry & Partner News 2011

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Canterbury Members visit Hydrographic boats

In December 2010 the Canterbury members of the Society were invited to inspect Maurice Perwick's new catamaran on the dry. Maurice will use this in the South Island for hydrographic surveying. Thanks Maurice for putting some cold beers on for us. It was also good to have Brad Cooper come along who is doing a CAT A course in Otago this year. Then in Februrary this year some members, plus Brad Cooper, visited the University of Canterbury (Geography School) new vessel - Muritai - in their garage. The Geography School has a long history of studying coastal processes which requires a hydrographic capbility and this vessel is a great platform for that study.

Underwater 'blading' of seabed in Port of Nelson

The Port of Nelson have a dredging program and Maurice Perwick supplied this photo of the underwater blade being prepared. It is towed behind the tug and flattens out any 'bumps' or ridges left by the dredging operations. The Editor welcomes any interesting hydrographic or dredging application that NZ members are involved with.

Resource assessment for alluvial gold - Offshore Westland

The Editor found this article on the web - DeBeers have a lot of experience in offshore mining for diamonds in South Africa. Maybe we have gold offshore Westland? http://www.crownminerals.govt.nz/cms/pdf-library/minerals/conferences-1/225_papers_40.pdf

NZ Vertical Datum 2009

LINZ have released information about the NZ Vertical Datum 2009. The link explains the details and how this unifying datum impacts on hydrographic data collection and presentation. http://www.linz.govt.nz/geodetic/datums-projections-heights/vertical-datums/new-zealand-vertical-datum-2009/index.aspx

FIG Commission 4 Website - Hydrography

For those interested please check this site out: www.fig.net/commission4/index.htm

Guidelines for Specialist Certification in Hydrography

The Australasian Hydrographic Surveyors Certification Panel (AHSCP) is the body that assesses applications for Specialist Certification in Hydrography, on behalf of the SSI Professional Certification Panel and NZIS Membership Services Committee, and makes recommendations to these bodies regarding approval of those applications. For your information they are pleased to report that they have published the Guidelines for Specialist Certification in Hydrography. This is posted on the NZIS web site www.surveyors.org.nz/hydrographic.asp

(submitted by Simon Ironside, AHSCP)

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