RIEGL introduced the VQ-820-G Hydrographic Airborne Laser Scanner in September 2011. This device has been specially designed for combined land and hydrographic airborne surveying. The high-accuracy ranging is based on...

US-based Blue Robotics is launching the Ping360 Scanning Sonar, which offers small ROVs the ability to navigate in low visibility water conditions. The Ping360 is a mechanical scanning sonar –...

Traditionally hydrographic/marine geophysical training has been conducted by equipment manufacturers or educational institutions. As a long time technical instructor for various equipment manufacturers Vince Capone, founder of Black Laser Learning...

Proteus, headquartered in the UAE, has been contracted by Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) to deliver fine-scale terrestrial and marine land use/land cover (LULC) and habitat maps for the...

EofE Ultrasonics, Korea, reports it has delivered ten sets of scanning sonar Echologger MRS900 to Tetis Group. The 2000m-rated ultra-compact scanning sonar will be installed on Tetis' ROVs. EofE Ultrasonics...

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...

An understanding of the interplay between glaciers and the ocean is needed to improve sea-level rise projections. Seafloor mapping is critical in this pursuit, particularly where the ice sheets of...

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...