Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, has announced the introduction of Leica Chiroptera-5, the new high-performance airborne bathymetric Lidar sensor for coastal and inland water surveys. This latest mapping technology increases...

Hexagon, a global leader in digital reality solutions, today announced R-evolution’s efforts to map the threatened seagrass meadows of the Caribbean islands, beginning with the coastal waters of the Bahamas....

Hexagon’s Geosystems division has announced a partnership with Airbus to integrate two Leica Chiroptera 4X bathymetric Lidar sensors for maritime surveillance into the C295 MSA, Airbus’ Maritime Surveillance Aircraft. Hexagon’s...

Arctia-Meritaito has efficiently produced a seamless digital terrain model of land and water along the shallow coastal areas of the German island of Sylt, using a Leica Chiroptera 4X airborne...

As with most new vessel charters, A-2-Sea was starting from scratch when mobilizing the Noortruck with its new Applanix POS MV OceanMaster, so careful consideration was required for sensor location....

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) contracted with Woolpert to collect aerial topographic and bathymetric Lidar data and high-resolution, four-band imagery at select sites along the southwest coast...

Woolpert has been awarded a task order under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Shoreline Mapping Services Contract to provide topographic and bathymetric Lidar data and imagery for islands in...

The US Geological Survey has awarded Woolpert a task order under its Geospatial Product and Service Contract 3 to acquire Quality Level 1 topographic Lidar data in Hawaii. The task...

High-resolution bathymetric surveys support aquaculture research and increase navigational safety. In a case study, Tim Webster reports how this is done at Cape John Peninsula in Canada. In a second...

A surging interest in remote sensing and analytics has seen technology developments linked to these domains take off over the past couple of years. Airborne Lidar bathymetry (ALB) is no...