3DSidescanSonarTestforShallowWaterMapping
TheHollandsNoorderkwartierwaterboardistoimprovedtheMarkermeerdikesbetweenHoornandDurgerdaminTheNetherlands。DutchfirmBoskalisissurveyingonlandandunderwatertodrawupaprojectplan。Theobvioussurveyequipment,amultibeamechosounder,isnotsuitableformeasuringclosetotheshoreduetotheshallowwater。ApotentialsolutionhasbeenfoundwiththePingDSP3DSS-DX-Dsidescansonar。Thisinstrumentprovidesahighresolution3Dimageoftheseafloorandobjectsinthewatercolumn。Itscapacityupto14timeswaterdepthisanadvantage。The3DSS-DX-isa