World oceans host diverse creatures that shape the seafloor. In a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study published in Communications Earth & Environment, Kiel University geoscientists, alongside biology and oceanography experts, have linked...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has commissioned Woolpert to acquire bathymetric survey data using Lidar technologies to support the Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative (FSMI) and its mission to produce...

The multibeam echosounder (MBES) is used for various purposes, and MBES systems have become the standard instrument for bathymetric determination. However, new developments mean that MBES systems are no longer...

Combining the DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) and the FlipiX remotely operated towed vehicle (ROTV), Exail has developed a unique solution enabling fully autonomous and remotely operated surveys. Combining the DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) and the FlipiX remotely operated towed vehicle (ROTV), Exail has developed a unique solution enabling fully autonomous and remotely operated surveys. Accurate surveys...

This comprehensive six-day course is designed to provide a theoretical and practical background in multibeam survey technology and techniques for hydrographic surveys, continental shelf boundary delimitation, offshore engineering, harbor dredging,...

Currently only ten to fifteen percent of the ocean floor has been mapped at resolutions of 100-metre pixel size or better and the vast majority of this mapped area is...

This article is about the evolution of acoustic sounders imposed on Hydrographic Service’s new methodologies for the interpretation, handling and application of hydrographic information. Considering spatial resolution and high-density data...