High Resolution Digital Bathymetry Off-the-shelf
Aquatic earth observation company EOMAP, Germany, has launched an off-the-shelf bathymetry product line. This service makes high-resolution, satellite-derived bathymetry available through online portals and its business partners.
Indeed, Shell Petroleum recently announced at the IPTC conference cost savings of more than USD1M when using EOMAP solutions instead of the previous methods, for mapping a 740km2 area off the coast of Qatar.
EOMAP gained media attention this past November, when they announced that the shallow water bathymetry of the entire Great Barrier Reef had been completely mapped for the first time. More recently, in the Arabian Gulf, the coastal waters stretching from Bahrain to Dubai were comprehensively mapped at 30m horizontal resolution. For parts of the region, which have never been surveyed before, this represents the first bathymetric dataset ever.
A number of other worldwide locations have been added, and EOMAP will continue populating the off-the-shelf high resolution bathymetry catalogue on a priority area basis.
