The July-August issue of Hydro International highlights a wide variety of topics within the hydrographic industry, ranging from High Density Bathymetry ENCs to how communication and remote control solutions can transform survey operations.
In this issue:
- Streaming Data Processed Live to the World Wide Web
- New Challenges for Digital Chart Production
- Mapping the Seafloor with Remote Sensing and Satellite Imagery
- Optimising Workflows on the Maritime Information Highway
- Unmanned Surface Vehicles Monitoring Lava Flow
- Rethinking the Traditional Model to Offshore Operations
Streaming Data Processed Live to the World Wide Web
The Dutch government is currently focusing on autonomous technologies. Rijkswaterstaat (The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management) has started to automate survey processes on rivers, together with the company Aquatic Drones. The use of autonomous vehicles creates new opportunities for traditional surveys. Equipped with hydrographic instruments, the vehicles can collect data remotely in increasing volumes, in challenging environments and with less risk to personnel.
Digital Chart Production
Hydrographic Offices have realised that bathymetric data is not sufficiently represented in Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs). This article focuses on the challenges of high-density bathymetry chart production and introduces a new approach to cope with it.
Monitoring Lava Flow
The Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii’s Big Island has captivated the world. Liquid Robotics decided to mobilise their unmanned surface vehicles to help scientists better understand the dynamics of this rare volcanic event.
Optimising Workflows on the Maritime Information Highway
By providing vessel to vessel and vessel to shore communication independent of satellite or cellular networks, the Maritime Broadband Radio (MBR) system from Kongsberg introduces possibilities to transform survey operations. Potential applications include delivery of raw data to shore and providing a communication and remote control channel for multiple survey launches and unmanned surface vessels in a single operation.
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