THSOA – Introduction by Paul Cooper, President of THSOA H ello, before I introduce myself, on behalf of all of our members, I want to thank Pat Sanders for the leadership he provided during the last two years and the success of US Hydro 2013 Conference. I consider Pat a life long friend and fellow Hydrographer. We first met when he joined the Naval Oceanographic Office and reported for duty to a project in Panama. I was the Party Chief then and this was one of his first field as- signments - that was in 1976. That project was what we considered slick and lean at that time. It had its own boat with berthing for 5, a Navy cook, a van full of the latest computer and plotting gear and an equipment van. I am sure Pat saw that it could be better and HYPACK was born and the rest is history. As for me, I spent 35 years at NAVO- CEANO where I served on NAVOCEANO hydrographic survey ships carrying out con- ventional and satellite geodetic surveying, small boat operations, and watch standing on board ships. Just as I was getting the hang of things there it was time to go. I re- tired as Director of the International Pro- gram where we worked on developing bilat- eral relationships with foreign surveying agencies for charting and safety of navigation. My career in hydrography has allowed me to work in over 60 countries around the world. After retirement I came to CARIS in Alexandria, VA where I am now. In addition to our business, I am involved with the Pan American Institute of Geography and History which is a specialized organization of the Organi- zation of American States dedicated to mapping and charting in the Ameri- cas, among other things. I am also a board member of the Mid Atlantic Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) which is one of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) regional associations. I am finding that through IOOS activities there is a place where hydrography and oceanography have a very complementary rela- tionship to develop. From the President Special points of interest: Introduction of new THSOA President THSOA Scholarship Recipients World Hydrography Day A newsletter published quarterly by THSOA Spring 2014 Volume I, Issue 4 Inside this issue: Letter from the President 1 THSOA Scholarship Program 3 THSOA Chapter News 6 Coast Survey to improve magenta line 9 Best Practice for Topographic Lasers 11 World Hydrography Day 16 Educational Spotlight 17 The eSeahorse The Hydrographic Society of America (Continued on page 2) Paul Cooper, THSOA President
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THSOA – Introduction by Paul Cooper, President of THSOA
H ello, before I introduce myself, on behalf of all of our members, I want to thank Pat Sanders for the leadership he provided during the
last two years and the success of US Hydro 2013 Conference. I consider Pat a life long friend and fellow Hydrographer. We first met when he joined the Naval Oceanographic Office and reported for duty to a project in Panama. I was the Party Chief then and this was one of his first field as-signments - that was in 1976. That project was what we considered slick and lean at that time. It had its own boat with berthing for 5, a Navy cook, a van full of the latest computer and plotting gear and an equipment van. I am sure Pat saw that it could be better and HYPACK was born and the rest is history. As for me, I spent 35 years at NAVO-CEANO where I served on NAVOCEANO hydrographic survey ships carrying out con-ventional and satellite geodetic surveying, small boat operations, and watch standing on board ships. Just as I was getting the hang of things there it was time to go. I re-tired as Director of the International Pro-gram where we worked on developing bilat-eral relationships with foreign surveying agencies for charting and safety of navigation. My career in hydrography has allowed me to work in over 60 countries around the world. After retirement I came to CARIS in Alexandria, VA where I am now. In addition to our business, I am involved with the Pan American Institute of Geography and History which is a specialized organization of the Organi-zation of American States dedicated to mapping and charting in the Ameri-cas, among other things. I am also a board member of the Mid Atlantic Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS) which is one of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) regional associations. I am finding that through IOOS activities there is a place where hydrography and oceanography have a very complementary rela-tionship to develop.
From the President
Special points of interest:
Introduction of new
THSOA President
THSOA Scholarship
Recipients
World Hydrography Day
A newsletter published quarterly by THSOA Spring 2014
Volume I, Issue 4
Inside this issue:
Letter from the
President 1
THSOA Scholarship
Program 3
THSOA Chapter News 6
Coast Survey to improve
magenta line 9
Best Practice for
Topographic Lasers 11
World Hydrography Day 16
Educational Spotlight 17
The eSeahorse The Hydrographic Society of America
(Continued on page 2)
Paul Cooper, THSOA President
In the next two years I hope to increase THSOA education and academic outreach to enhance our profile within the academic community so that enough qualified sea surveying graduates are coming out of our education system. We have had some good starts on that with the scholarship pro-gram, poster sessions at US Hydro, the student outreach program where we mentor and support students for travel to US Hydro. I plan to increase those efforts. I also would like to increase our chapter organization to in-clude formation of other chapters. We have had inquiries from members in Latin America who are meeting about their potential formation of a chapter for that region. We have decided on the date and place for US Hydro 2015 so please mark your calendar - 15 - 19 March 2015 at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor on the banks of the Potomac River 8 miles from the Nation’s Capital. We will be populating our conference page as we firm up the details of the con-ference. I am looking forward to working in the THSOA with all of you. Please feel free to make recommendations or suggestions that you think can improve what we are doing. †
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published its latest edition of EM 1110-2-1003, Hydrographic Surveying
The manual is available for download at: http://www.publications.usace.army.mil/USACEPublications/EngineerManuals.aspx?udt_43544_param_page=4
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The eSeahorse Introduction (from page 1)
The Hydrographic Society of America 34-Years (1980-2014)
T HSOA encourages college/university students to consider a career in hydrographic surveying. Several student scholarships are offered to assist students with academic costs. The National
THSOA scholarships are available to full time students seeking a 2 year, 4 year or graduate degree in Hydrographic Surveying, Ocean Mapping, Geomatics, Ocean Sciences, Geographic Info Systems (GIS), Ocean Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related fields. The national scholarship program started in 2011. There have now been 20 awards for $60,000 total over the past three school years. Awards made in December 2013 for the academic year 2013-2014:
Robin Banner: $3,800 Senior, Geology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Kira Fargo: $3,200 Graduate Program, Hydrography, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis, MS Samantha Whitehead: $3,200 Graduate Program, Hydrography, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis, MS
Pictured: Robin Banner (left) scholarship recipient; Dr. Leslie R.
Sautter (right). Robin is a senior at the University of Charles-
town, Charlestown SC, and after her geology degree plans to
pursue a PhD in Oceanography. Dr Sautter is Director, Project
Oceanica and Associate Professor.
Pictured: Kira Fargo (left) grad student and scholarship
recipient; Max van Norden (center) Director Hydro-
graphic Science Graduate Program, University of South-
ern Mississippi (at Stennis Space Center), Department of
Marine Science; Samantha Whitehead (right) grad student
and scholarship recipient.
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Kyle Olejnizak: $3,200 Graduate Program, Hydrography, California State University (Monterey Bay), Seaside, CA
Other awards made in December 2013 for the academic year 2013-2014: Andrew Fontana: $3,800 Sophomore, Surveying Engineering, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI Dan Geoghagen: $3,800 Senior, Geomatics, Troy University, Troy, AL John Lutchko: $3,800 Sophomore, Freshwater Science and Technology, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI Heather Nicholson: $3,800 Senior, Surveying Engineering, Penn State, Lebanon, PA Samantha Whitehead: $3,200 Graduate Program, Hydrography, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis, MS Comments from this years’ awardees: Kyle Olejnizak: “Thank you so very much for this generous scholarship!” John Lutchko: “Thank you for selecting me as a recipient of this scholarship. I am honored and humbled by such a generous gift. It is exemplary organi-zations like yours that help to make my educational goals a reality.”
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The eSeahorse Program (from page 3)
(Continued on page 5)
Pictured: Dr. Rikk Kvitek (left) Professor
and Director of California State University
-Monterey Bay, Seafloor Mapping Lab;
Kyle Olejniczak (center) grad student and
scholarship recipient, John Oswald (right),
THSOA Scholarship Chair.
Program (from page 4)
Volume I, Issue 4 Page 5
The eSeahorse
Andrew Fontana: “Thank you so very much. This is surely an honor!” Kira Fargo: “Thank you so much for this opportunity! This scholarship will save me from taking out more student loans for this Hydrographic Science Masters program, so I thank you for that. This program has been very helpful in teaching me more about hydrography, and I recommend it to everyone I meet who shares similar interests. I am so glad to have chosen such an interesting career path.” Heather Nicholson: “Thanks to your generous support, I am able to continue on my journey. I am sincerely honored to be a recipient of The Hydrographic Society of America’s National Scholarship. I am a third-year, non-traditional student in the Surveying Engineering program at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. I am also the proud mother of a fourteen year-old daughter who aspires to follow in her mother's footsteps and become an engineer. I am an active member in both the Surveying Society and Lambda Sigma, the National Honor Society for Surveying Engineers. I have also been awarded a summer research position with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. I am planning on attending graduate school to earn my FIG Category A Hydrographic Surveying certification as well as my PhD in Geomatics Engineering. I would like to focus my research on the collection of data for the charting of coastal and near-shore areas in order to monitor environmental changes. I am drawn to a career whose focus is on providing a necessary piece of information in order to solve complex problems. The data that I would be responsible for collecting would be used to make informed decisions on a host of topics including environmental impact, coastal preservation and restoration, and safe navigation. It has taken a prodigious amount of hard work and many sleepless nights to arrive at the position I am in now. I have managed to juggle my school work and family obligations. I know that with a great deal of hard work and support, I can reach the goals I have set before me. Thank you for enabling me to continue on my travels toward my goal to be both a research scientist and educator.”
THSOA encourages college/university students to consider a career in hydrographic surveying. Several student scholarships are offered to assist students with academic costs.
National THSOA scholarships are available to for full time students seeking a 2 year, 4 year or graduate degree in Hydrographic Surveying, Ocean Mapping, Geomatics, Ocean Sciences, Geographic Info Systems(GIS), Ocean Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related field. At least five scholarships will be awarded this year.
The National Scholarship announcement and application for the 2014-15 school year should be posted by mid April 2014. THSOA Houston Chapter awards two scholarship awarded each year. Applicants must be currently a resident in Texas or plan on attending a college in Texas. See http://houston.thsoa.org/student
THSOA Louisiana Chapter awards two scholarships each year. Applicants must be currently a resident in Louisi-ana, Mississippi or Alabama or plan on attending a college in Louisiana, Mississippi or Alabama. Contact [email protected] for further details.
Come join us for the Louisiana Chapter’s 3rd Annual Craw-fish Boil on Wednesday April 23rd, 2014 at Pat’s Fisher-man’s Wharf in Henderson. Our guest speaker will be Jerry Knisley, Technical Support Manager at HYPACK, Inc. Jerry will give a presentation on HYPACK® and HYSWEEP® SURVEY on the Beaches of Normandy! An amazing and heartbreaking presentation on D-Day! This will be an up-coming documentary on PBS Channel in April 2014. All proceeds from this event will go toward funding THSOA-Louisiana Chapter’s Student Scholarship Awards program.
For platinum/gold/silver/bronze sponsorship opportunities or if you would like to donate a door prize please contact Kim Dailey @ [email protected] or Tara Levy @ [email protected] Event Information Location: Pat’s Fisherman’s Wharf 1008 Henderson Levee Rd Henderson, LA 70517-7862 337-228-7512 Date: Wednesday April 23rd, 2014 Time: Social: 6:00-6:30 p.m. Crawfish: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Guest Speaker Talk: 7:00-8:00 p.m. All you can eat crawfish and fixin’s for only $35. Payments: Prior to Day of Event by Check, Cash or Credit Card. We will of course accept the day of the event but would like to have folks pay prior. To attend this event, please R.S.V.P. by April 21st to [email protected][email protected][email protected]
The Louisiana Chapter held an auction (to support Student Scholarships) for a dove hunting trip to the finest dove hunting area in the world, Cordoba, Argentina. There are 50,000,000 doves in the Cordoba Valley and the birds never migrate. The accommodations are world class and the staff is the best in the business. Congratulations to Marvin Story of Teledyne Odom on winning this amazing opportunity, and thank you for being a contributor to our mission, as a society, to further the awareness of the professional opportunities in our field of work! Please feel free to takes lots of pictures and share your experience with us whenever you get down there. The trip includes 3 full days of hunting, all meals and lodging. Being met at the Cordoba airport and en-joying a VIP reception (with drinks and Baggage handlers) after the long trip. Escort in a private van to the hunting lodge. The trip also includes English speaking guides, all ground transportation to and from the hunt-ing areas, bird boys, gun cleaning and laundry service.
The internal review and public comments confirm that the magenta line needs to
be removed where it poses a danger to navigation, rebuilt to avoid shoals and
other dangers, and reinstated to all the Intracoastal Waterway nautical charts. Im-
portantly, Coast Survey will add notes to the Intracoastal Waterway charts, empha-
sizing that vessels transiting the waterway should be aware of changing conditions
and always honor aids to navigation.
Improvements will take years to fully implement
"Today's decision to reinstate the magenta line is not a quick fix," cautions Captain
Shep Smith, chief of Coast Survey's Marine Chart Division. "It will take at least
three years to fix problems that were 70 years in the making."
Of Coast Survey's 1052 nautical charts, 52 depict the magenta line. As charts are
rotated through the update process, Coast Survey will evaluate and update the
magenta line using charted information. When no depth soundings are on the
chart, the line will generally be positioned in the centerline of dredged channels
and natural waterways, avoiding shoals or obstructions less than the controlling
depth. When the chart data is insufficient for determining the line's preferred route,
Coast Survey will attempt to gather additional data from partner agencies and reli-
able crowdsourcing.
"Most of the magenta line can be re-
drawn by using the charted informa-
tion, and we hope to get it done by
mid-2015," Smith explains. "On the
other hand, resolving discrepancies
between charted information and the
line will require research, and new
data acquisition and processing, with
support from other federal agencies."
Resolving chart discrepancies is a
longer-term challenge, Smith says,
and can conceivably take up to five
years, or even longer. In cases where
information is lacking and the line de-
piction can lead to risky navigation,
Coast Survey will remove the line. †
Magenta line (from page 9)
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The eSeahorse President Thomas Jef-ferson created the U.S. Coast Survey in 1807 to provide nautical charts that would help the young nation with safe shipping, national defense, and maritime boundaries. Two centu-ries later, Coast Survey – now an office within NOAA – continues to provide navigation products and services that ensure safe and efficient maritime com-merce on America’s oceans and coastal waters, and in the Great Lakes. Innovative applications beyond navigation emerge as researchers harness evolving tech-nologies. These ad-vancements give Coast Survey tremendous opportunities to help the nation meet the challenges of the changing environment. Applying the newest advancements for sur-vey and detection, data adds to our scientific knowledge of the coastal seafloor. With this knowledge, we can simulate sea level ef-fects on coasts and ecosystems, identify sensitive marine habi-tats, select alternative energy sites, identify geological hazards, and predict the impact of environmental condi-tions on species and habitats.
Topographic lasers can be integrated onto multibeam survey vessels with relatively small modifica-
tions to best practices and tools well-tested in bathymetric acquisition and processing.
Line planning concerns for topographic survey are analogous to those in multibeam or sidescan sur-
veys.
Patch testing procedure requires minimal modification to process laser data with existing bathymetric
software tools.
Acquisition software can collect bathymetric and topographic data simultaneously, adding no signifi-
cant additional survey time to the project.
Data processing time depends on the final product. Existing filter techniques can be used to remove
most vegetation, but some manual editing/review of the data still needs to be done.
Topo laser data of dam face
Dave Maddock is a Senior Programmer for HYPACK, Inc.
W orld Hydrography Day is 21 June 2014. We thought it would be a nice idea for you to share photos which capture some of the great
situations that we get into on any hydrographic survey. Please send any photos that you would like to contribute to the WHD issue of eSea-horse. We will be happy to credit your work. Photos below are courtesy of Paul Cooper, President THSOA.
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The eSeahorse World Hydrography Day is June 21st
World Hydrogra-phy Day, 21 June, was adopted by the International Hydro-graphic Organization as an annual cele-bration to publicize the work of hydro-graphers and the importance of hydro-graphy, particularly in the promotion of safe navigation in international waters and ports, and the protection of marine reserves.
A s part of the THSOA Education Committee program, the eSeahorse will feature a regular column in each edition in an effort to inform mem-
bers of various educational programs available in hydrography and related fields. The goal of the Educational Spotlight is to identify and highlight academic programs across the United States whose graduates can successfully enter
and thrive in the hydrographic sector workforce. For the first two installments, I included universities and schools that I am familiar with that have strong programs related to the marine field. All of these schools have turned out successful and prepared students for entry into both the public and private sector of the marine industry.
I would now like to solicit the readership for input as to which other schools and/or programs are out there that deserve to be featured in this newsletter. The schools benefit from the publicity, the em-ployers benefit by making an informed decision on which graduates to hire, and the students benefit from the job opportunities. If you know of a school in your region that fits the bill, please contact me about it and I will take care of the rest.