Airborne Bathymetry In Rivers Breakthrough

The recent survey of the Yakima River represented the first time airborne LIDAR bathymetry technology has been used successfully to map a shallow water river environment.

In the first instance of a shallow water river environment being successfully mapped by airborne LIDAR survey technology, Woolpert Inc and Fugro Pelagos Inc have completed a survey of the Yakima River in the USA.

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