Mapping Underwater Terrain with Bathymetric Lidar
Share 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 case study, Carol Lockhart describes a project in the Kingdom of Tonga, a Polynesian archipelago comprising 169 islands that stretches across approximately 800 kilometres in the South Pacific Ocean. Measuring water depth for nautical purposes dates back to ancient civilizations. As tec...
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