Coastal Mapping Project Completed

This major, multi-year effort covered a 1,500m-wide ribbon, extending 500m inshore to 1,000m offshore, along the coastlines of California, Oregon and Washington. Over three survey seasons, approximately 2,000km of coastline were surveyed.  This marks the first time that the entire west coast has been mapped in a single, dedicated effort for this programme. The project involved multiple aircraft, multiple operating companies and multiple sensors.

Aerial RGB imagery, hyperspectral imagery, topographic Lidar and bathymetric Lidar (where water clarity allowed) were acquired over land and water by a team that was led by Fugro Pelagos, and supported by Fugro Horizons and Fugro EarthData.

Data acquisition was tide-coordinated, such that Fugro had sufficient overlap in both the land and sea domains, which allowed the creation of a seamless dataset in a common frame of reference. These datasets and data products provide a unique and  unprecedented baseline for Stakeholders  who are interested in continuing coastal monitoring, sea level rise assessment, pre- and post- storm coastal effects, habitat assessment and coastal development.

Fugro provides ALB products and services worldwide to public and private sector clientele as a rapid and cost-effective solution to nearshore hydrographic survey needs where scale of the project, time constraints and user safety are of primary concern.