UTEC StarNet has announced that the company is currently performing laser surveys on the Shearwater platform in the North Sea. The survey work follows on from a recently-completed project on...

Working in the ocean environment can be challenging and dangerous. It requires skilled professionals using cutting-edge technology to measure and map the physical features of the underwater environment, whether for navigational safety, coastal zone management, mapping of physical structures or seabed topography. Often, data is collected in remote locations or locations with unpredictable and harsh weather conditions. Working in the ocean environment can be challenging and dangerous. It requires skilled professionals using cutting-edge technology to measure and map the physical features of the underwater environment, whether for...

In real life, professionals were able to see how QPS Quinsy software in combination with multibeam and laser scanning facilitates inspections of quay walls and other water borders. Last week,...

Fusing data sets from multiple sensors is a demanding requirements being seen more and more frequently in client specifications, typically combining photogrammetry or laser data with multibeam sonar data to...

Tetra Tech has selected BlueView Technologies to provide detailed 3D multibeam scans of the outflow ‘draft' tubes of a significant Hydroelectric dam in Washington State to check for obstructions, scouring,...

ODIM Brooke Ocean has received several orders for the ODIM LOPC (Laser Optical Plankton Counter).   The Korean Polar Research Institute has placed an order for a standard ODIM LOPC....

Trimble has acquired the assets of privately-held Callidus Precision Systems. Callidus is a provider of 3D laser scanning solutions for the industrial market. Financial terms were not disclosed. Callidus' products...

Public security organisations are more interested in scanning sonar, that is able to produce a "picture" of the underwater environment regardless of water visibility. It can locate submerged objects from...

Laser-Scan has signed a contract with the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO), Ministry of Defence, for the support and maintenance of key operational production systems. The contract provides the UKHO...