Seamount Named after CARIS Employee

June 7, 2011 - PRLog -- Having a seamount named after you is a rare distinction, and CARIS employee Dan Donnell has received this honour.

The Donnell Seamount is located at 50º05.1338”N and 45º21.5796”W and has a summit depth of 1893 meters.

Dan Donnell receives this honour following 40 years of U.S. government service with the Naval Oceanographic Office and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). At the NGA, Donnell was the key person in developing the workflow within the bathymetry division, and was considered the agency expert on most bathymetric data handling.

Dan Donnell joined CARIS, the world’s leading marine GIS organization, in February 2010 and now works on a team with SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) managing the Seafloor Earth Reference System and GNS II.

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About CARIS

Established in 1979, CARIS is a leading developer of geospatial software. The CARIS Ping-to-Chart™ product line delivers an integrated software solution for the entire workflow of hydrographic information from the echosounder "ping" through to the production and distribution of the "chart". CARIS products are continually selected by hydrographic offices, military agencies, survey contractors, ports and harbours, municipalities, land administrators and academia among others. In addition to its Canadian headquarters, CARIS has offices in The Netherlands, United States, Australia

and United Kingdom. There are also more than 20 resellers bringing sales and support of CARIS brand software to more than 85 countries.