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Digital Video Proceedings UKHO Launches Admiralty Coastal Surveys
A new Anglo-Swedish joint venture which will help shape the future of tomorrows survey technology, Admiralty Coastal Surveys , was officially launched by the UKHydrographic Office at last months Oceanology International event in London. Together with Airborne Hydrography AB and Topeye AB of Sweden, the UKHO plans to develop an airborne laser bathymetry and topographic service based on Hawk Eye 2 , a LIDAR system providing high quality and definition in clear waters at depths down to 30m.
The EM 710 multibeam echo sounder is a high resolution seabed mapping system capable of meeting all relevant survey standards. The mounted system will be capable of seafloor mapping down to 2,000m and allows a choice of beam widths and transmission modes. The system can generate 800 soundings per ping with a frequency of 70-100 kHz.
The compact system, say its proponents, will represent a significant improvement on earlier models with high sounding frequency as well as high order depth and position accuracy. At less than 200kg, it can be deployed by just one operator and pilot in any small aircraft.
Using state-of-the-art laser technology, Hawk Eye 2 will enable Admiralty Coastal Surveys to provide fast and accurate surveys for shallow waters, coastlines, shores, land and islands, crossing from one to the other in a single mission. The complete package will include ground equipment for mission planning and hydrographic/topographic processing, all at considerably less than the cost of standard multibeam surveying methods.
