SHOALS multi-sensor survey of the Snares and Solander Island Group

Case Studies

ECDIS/ECS arrives in New Zealand
AIDAdiva Maiden Voyage
Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd
Raster Data Centre (RDC) process
Snares and Solander Survey
Traffic Information Module (TIM)
Charts for Antarctic waters
Zones of Confidence for New Zealand

 

The Snares and Solander Islands project provided Hydrolink with a unique opportunity to be one of the first companies in New Zealand to undertake a large scale private enterprise hydrographic survey.

Both areas were inadequately charted with very little existing hydrographic survey data. A narrow weather envelope and the islands remote location required a survey operation that could be deployed rapidly. The islands are also wildlife sanctuaries that are soon to be given world heritage status and human impact on the islands had to be minimal.

The ability of the Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar Survey (SHOALS) system to meet all of these requirements was therefore integral to the project.



 
 SHOALS Hydrographic Survey of the Snares & Solander Island Group
 Feature Detection & Classification with Airborne Lidar