HR: 0830h
AN: G11A-0248    [PDF]
TI: Field Test Results of the CHARTS Airborne Coastal Mapping and Charting System
AU: * Lillycrop, W J
EM: jeff.lillycrop@usace.army.mil
AF: US Army Corps of Engineers, 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602 United States
AU: Pope, R W
EM: poper@navo.navy.mil
AF: US Naval Oceanographic Office, 1005 Balch Blvd, Stennis Space Center, MS 39522 United States
AB: The Compact Hydrographic Airborne Rapid Total Survey (CHARTS) system is the next generation airborne lidar system for coastal mapping and charting. CHARTS, owned by the US Naval Oceanographic Office, incorporates the knowledge and experience gained through over 7,000 hours of operating the US Army Corps of Engineer's SHOALS system. CHARTS is actually the fusion of three sensors; a 1,000 Hz hydrographic lidar, a 10,000 Hz topographic lidar, and a high resolutions digital camera. During August 2003 CHARTS was field tested in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, where it collected over 40 million hydrographic soundings and 90 million topographic elevations to assess a matrix of contractual specifications and requirements. This presentation will present the CHARTS system and results of the field tests.
DE: 0933 Remote sensing
DE: 1204 Control surveys
DE: 1294 Instruments and techniques
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting