Woolpert has entered into an alliance with Pelydryn, a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) hydrographic survey company and Geomatics Data Solutions, a provider of data processing services. Under the agreement, Pelydryn and Geomatics will complement Woolpert’s topographic mapping capabilities in processing hydrographic data, which is expected to provide water modelling and improve port security.
Jeff Lovin, CP, vice president and director of photogrammetry and remote sensing at Woolpert, said: “Through this partnership, federal clients such as the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will be able to obtain coastal and shallow water mapping data through a single resource.”
According to Lovin, the combined capabilities of Woolpert, Pelydryn and Geomatics will allow clients to map the coastal zone in a single pass.
Pelydryn’s technology, HawkEye II, is said to be a bathymetric and topographic airborne LiDAR system that provides surveying of shallow waters, shorelines and coastal areas.
