Once the company receives the system in February next year, it will make Fugro the world’s first commercial survey company to acquire the SHOALS-1000T and the first private company to provide airborne LIDAR bathymetry surveys using the SHOALS-1000T.
In a statement Fugro said, “In addition to addressing shallow water hydrographic charting markets, the SHOALS-1000T is the perfect tool for coastal zone mapping. It is the only LIDAR bathymeter in the world that provides both a hydrographic and topographic mode of operation within the same airborne sensor and is configurable in mid-flight at the switch of a button. In addition, the system comes fitted with a co-registered digital camera, providing high quality images at one frame per second.”
“Fugro is now able to provide integrated mapping services that go from land across the beach through to full ocean depth. The SHOALS-1000T, which can provide both bathymetry and seabed imagery in water depths of up to 50 metres, perfectly complements the company’s world-renowned acoustic multibeam bathymetry and backscatter capabilities.
“Fugro has been providing airborne LIDAR bathymetry services, utilising the SHOALS-1000T, since a teaming agreement was signed with Optech in February 2003. These services will continue without any interruption,” added the company.
The SHOALS-1000T can be easily installed on any suitable aircraft and comes with “sophisticated mission planning and spatial data processing software”.
