Under the terms of the agreement E-PageAds offers a 20% discount to corporate members of THSOA who sign up for or renew a one-year multilanguage web page subscription. E-PageAds in turn, will donate $100 to THSOA to further its primary mission to "Promote Education in Hydrography."

Founded by a former hydrographic surveyor with the U.K. Royal Naval Hydrographic Service, and a survey-industry professional, E-PageAds Inc. has emerged as one of the most focused sites in the industry and offers self-editing web page services where subscribers have 365/24/7 password-protected access from anywhere in the world, a spokesman said. Simple, non-HTML editing of the pages allow for short-fuse, non-technical messages to be sent to a select set of clientele and are designed to augment, not replace, existing company web sites. Pages may be viewed in six languages using a single click. A short and simple, unique URL is also given to simplify broadcasting new and important information advising of new products, announcements, demos, and new positions.

E-PageAds also sends out a free weekly e-mail newsletter (what you're reading now) to promote companies actively seeking regular and targeted exposure within the industry. Click here to subscribe or e-mail subscribe@E-PageAds.com.

Companies operating in the Survey, Geophysical, and Underwater communities can benefit using E-PageAds' Consigned Equipment portal at http://www.consigned-equipment.com. The service has taken off with equipment from all sectors. Visitors can browse the site for used, new, or surplus equipment. Click here to consign your equipment or to subscribe to their Consigned Equipment e-mail bulletin, e-mail consign@e-pageads.com.

Full details and sign-up information for the E-PageAds ~ THSOA offer can be found at http://www.e-pageads.com/thsoa.

In addition to exhibitors' work boats, Marine & Robotic Engineering has confirmed the presence of a ketch rigged, cargo vessel, 'Kommandoren', built in Denmark in 1891 and Fugro GEOS will bring an accommodation vessel, 'Lord of the Glens''. ExCeL has recently announced that the luxury cruise ship 'Sunborn' will moor alongside the centre providing excellent accommodation and entertainment facilities for exhibitors and visitors alike.

To join the organisations bringing their ships alongside OI London, contact Versha Carter at versha.carter@spearhead.co.uk.

QinetiQ's recently developed MIMIR EV1 boat is designed for shallow water survey applications and operates without the need for an onboard pilot. Instructions are sent to the boat from a mobile command centre and the onboard sensing technology is able to map the seabed and surroundings using an interferometric sonar system.

Geoacoustics is bringing the 'Algier Rose', an inshore diving and survey vessel from which they will demonstrate GeoSwath, a PC based shallow water, wide swath bathymetry system offering state-of-the-art performance at low cost and capable of producing a 3D map of the dock.

Rederij Waterweg will deploy 'Coastal Explorer', a 25.20 metres survey and general services vessel. With communication, survey and navigation systems, a survey room and minimum draft of only 75 cms, she is perfectly suited for work in shallow waters.

Svitzer is bringing the 72.5 metre 'Svitzer Meridian', a fully equipped survey vessel carrying positioning systems; SSBL system; single and multibeam echo sounders; side scan sonar; profilers, seismic recording system; streamer; gun source and digital QC system.

RESON will host live demonstrations of their newest advances in ultra-high resolution, dynamically focused sonar systems and sonar data acquisition software. Demonstration "surveys" will be performed to illustrate the various features of precision seafloor mapping, data presentation and data quality control. Demonstration surveys in the local harbour area will last approximately 30 minutes and visitors can register for participation at RESON's stand no. 3/5.

Venue
ExCeL, London Docklands E16 1XL

How to get to ExCeL
Whether you are traveling by rail, road or air from UK or overseas, ExCeL offers excellent national and international transport access. Full details will be sent with your free badge or can be downloaded from our website: http://www.oceanologyinternational.com

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PGI Spearhead Ltd, Coombe Hill House, Beverley Way, London SW20 OAR, UK Tel: +22 (0) 208 949 9222; Fax: +44 (0) 208 949 8186

The Geological Survey of Ireland is the National Earth Science Agency. Founded in 1845, it is responsible for providing geological advice and information, and acquiring and interpreting data for this purpose. Long-term surveying programmes guide the gathering of data, with reports and information produced for direct use by a wide range of external customers.

The CODAsoft play software is available for use on any PC, or can be provided as part of a playback system, and allows re-play of both sonar and shallow seismic data acquired in a variety of different formats. CODAsoft geoKit software is an on-line interpretation and reporting tool which streamlines data interpretation and reporting and fully integrates with all other CODAsoft products.

"The Linux release of our software has been a catalyst in the upsurge in Coda's sales over the past few months," explains Jason Reid, Commercial Director. "There has been even keener interest in our Microsoft Windows® compatible version, which is on schedule for release early in 2002."

Coda Technologies develops advanced survey systems and software for use by commercial, military and academic customers, and specialise in working closely with customers to meet their specific needs. More information is available at http://www.coda-technologies.com or by contacting enquiries@coda-technologies.com, or on +44 131 553 1380.

The transponders have been given a unique 'bilingual personality' mode that increases their versatility by enabling them to be programmed with simultaneous HPR 300 and 400 identities. The transponders automatically sense the type of positioning system interrogating them and switch mode accordingly.

The transponders have been supplied with 4,000 metre rated floatation collars and are being positioned from the M/V Bergen Surveyor and the M/V Kondor Explorer using Sonardyne's high accuracy Ultra Short BaseLine (USBL) positioning system. The USBL system computes in real-time the absolute positions of the transponders on the cable from range and bearing acoustic observations.

Sonardyne International is based in Yateley, England. The company has offices in Aberdeen, Houston, Singapore, Macaé and Oslo. It is recognised as a world leader in the design and manufacture of advanced acoustic instruments and systems for accurate survey, positioning and tracking in shallow and full ocean depth operations within the offshore oil and gas industries.

An image of the M/V Bergen Surveyor is available electronically or on CD by contacting Paul Eastaugh, Sonardyne Media Services or Tel: +44-118-934 1101, Fax: +44 118-934-1137, Mobile: 00257: 07889-432014 or on the web at http://www.sonardyne.co.uk

Mr. Blair is a leader in natural and deep-sea photography. He brings to Nauticos' Media Division years of experience in planning and photographing expeditions worldwide, and he has published 37 articles with National Geographic.

"Jonathan has been a colleague of ours for many years, and we have worked on past projects together, so he is a natural to join our team. We are proud to have an acknowledged leader in the field to help us tell the tales of our expeditions and discoveries, " says David Jourdan, President of Nauticos.

Mr. Blair's most recent ocean-exploration photos appeared in the October 1999 National Geographic feature "Last Dive," about the search for a secret WW II Japanese submarine. The assignment included planning, installing and servicing deep-ocean cameras to capture imagery more than 17,500 feet underwater. Nauticos Corporation located the Japanese I-52 cargo submarine for a customer in 1995.

National Geographic also featured Mr. Blair's photography in the 1996 articles "Life Without Light," describing deep-sea life in the Gulf of Mexico, and "Treasure from the Silver Bank," chronicling the hunt for Spanish treasure in the Caribbean. In 1994, Mr. Blair photographed the Lusitania wreck site for the National Geographic feature "Riddle of the Lusitania."

Nauticos provides operations and navigation specializing in deep-ocean search and underwater problem solving. Its deep-sea exploration experts offer extensive experience and unique technologies that significantly reduce search time and lower the cost of at-sea operations. These core capabilities enable Nauticos to find any object on the ocean floor to the deepest depths. Click here for more news on Nauticos Corporation.

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) audited GlobalSantaFe for compliance to the code. Robert Kremek, president of ABS Americas, presented the company's first ISM Document of Compliance certificate to GlobalSantaFe executives in a ceremony held today in Houston.

"We have always been absolutely committed to the safety of our people and the marine environments where we operate," Bob Rose, GlobalSantaFe chairman, said. "The ISM certification is further evidence of our commitment. In fact, we have chosen to implement the ISM standards throughout our entire worldwide fleet of drilling rigs. This is over and above what is required."

The purpose of the ISM code is to provide an international standard for pollution prevention and the safe management of ship operations. The ISM certification requires each company operating self-propelled offshore drilling vessels more than 500 gross tons to demonstrate a safety management system that protects its offshore crews, marine environments and the vessels.

The six GlobalSantaFe drilling vessels that met the ISM code include the famed Glomar Explorer, the Glomar C.R. Luigs, the Glomar Jack Ryan, the Glomar R.F. Bauer, the Glomar Celtic Sea, and the Glomar Grand Banks. Each one of these rigs has been awarded a Safety Management Certificate.

GlobalSantaFe is a leading international offshore drilling contractor offering a full spectrum of premium equipment and drilling management services. The company's diverse and technologically advanced fleet of 59 offshore rigs includes premium and heavy-duty, harsh-environment jackups; semisubmersibles; and dynamically positioned, ultra-deepwater drillships. Additionally, the company has two rigs currently under construction and two more on order. The company also has 31 land rigs and is the world's leading provider of turnkey drilling and drilling management services.

For more information, contact Stephanie Price, Media Relations: Tel: +281/596-5816 or by e-mail at stephanie.price@gsfdrill.com or visit the GlobalSantaFe Corporation website at http://www.gsfdrill.com

The AlphaROV will be delivered spring 2002 for use on one of DeepOcean/Solstad's new vessels. Features of the vehicle include:

• LBH: 3.0x1.48 x1.86m
• Weight: 3100 kg, + 3000 kg through frame lift capacity
• Motor : 125hp with 2 variable displacement pumps
• Telemetrics : 8 video channels og 32 serial links simultaneously
• Electronics: 18 survey conections, real-time controll on all system sensors
• Hydraulics: Separat Thruster and work systems. 20 proportional flow functions, 2 proportional press. and flow functions, 1 150 l/min ventil
• Control system: PC based, database driven software, real-time operative system.

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The network includes 16 CORS stations at strategic locations around the state, and a central control and monitoring facility in Lansing. The stations automatically measure errors in the GPS satellite signals and compute error correction factors. DGPS and real-time kinematic (RTK) data are streamed in real time from the reference stations via Internet connections to the Lansing control facility, where data integrity is checked prior to being uploaded to the MDOT website for public access. The posted data is provided in the industry-standard RINEX format.

The MDOT CORS network operates automatically 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The data is freely available to users throughout the state for a wide range of surveying, mapping, geographical information system (GIS), environmental and scientific applications.

Each of the CORS stations consists of a Leica RS500 12-channel dual-frequency GPS reference station with a high precision NASA/JPL choke-ring antenna. Network control and integrity monitoring are provided by Leica's IRONet software.

The Michigan Department of Transportation is investigating the feasibility of integrating the MDOT CORS network with other state offices and organizations and is developing policies to make it easy for specific cities and counties to add reference stations to the network. The Michigan system will also be integrated with other state CORS networks under the National Spatial Reference System program.

More information is available at Leica's website (http://www.leica-geosystems.com) or the Michigan DOT CORS website (http://www.mdorcors.org).

Leica Geosystems, with worldwide headquarters in Heerbrugg, Switzerland, develops, manufactures and markets systems for surveying, mapping and position determination. The company, with 2,750 employees, has a turnover of over 600 million Swiss francs and is listed on the Swiss Exchange. It is structured in six divisions: Surveying and Engineering, GIS and Mapping, Industrial Measurement, Special Products, Consumer Products and New Businesses (Cyrax). Along with the Swiss facilities, the company also has development and production subsidiaries in America and Asia and is represented by 20 sales units and more than 100 representatives worldwide.

We seek a proven record in leading on time new product development and introduction, implementing best practice development processes, and managing multiple resources as well as multiple projects. The successful candidate will establish strategic technology and software development plans, be an effective leader and mentor, and be a member of the top management team of Benthos. BA/BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering required. MS or MBA preferred. Benthos offers a stimulating and creative work environment in a beautiful setting, with an excellent benefits package, including a 401 (k) plan and profit sharing. 10 minutes from the Bourne Bridge.

Send resume with salary requirements to: Human Resources, Benthos, Inc., 49 Edgerton Drive, N. Falmouth, MA 02556; email to fdunne@benthos.com; fax (508) 563-6444.