SDB Day 2024 – Workshop at CHC, Canada

Canadian Hydrographic Conference 2024 - key visual

SDB Day on 27 May 2024 at CHC in Canada

The Canadian Hydrographic Conference (CHC) took place from 27 – 30 May 2024 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. This year’s conference motto was: “Unveiling our Blue Planet”.

On the first conference day, the 27th of May, EOMAP hosted the “SDB Day”, an afternoon workshop dedicated to Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB). The event is part of the SDB Day series, a capacity building and exchange forum initiated by EOMAP.

The SDB Day 2024 included applications, such as shallow water surveying or coastal monitoring, and featured use cases in the Arctic region. Here are the topics in more detail:

Technology and Innovations

đź“ŤConcepts and methods of Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB)
đź“ŤWhy Physics-based processing matters
đź“ŤInnovations: Cloud processing of SDB, Shoals and safety in navigation, understanding turbidity
đź“ŤWhat does SDB offer for Arctic regions?

Applications and Use Cases

đź“ŤDemo tour of cloud processing solutions: SDB-Online and eoapp AQUA
đź“ŤUse cases from Greenland and other Arctic regions
đź“ŤCoastal Monitoring and assessment
đź“ŤQ & A

SDB for a community-led hydrography project in Canada

On CHC Day 3 am during the “Satellite-Derived Bathymetry Session 2” Edward showcased a fascinating bathymetry project in Quebec: In 2023, EOMAP cooperated in community-led bathymetric surveys and helped generate Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) for Canadian coastal waters, using eoapp SDB-Online.

Learn more about the project here.

Edward Albada EOMAP
Edward Albada, Principal EOMAP USA - North Americas & Caribbean
portrait Dr. Kim Knauer, EOMAP
Dr. Kim Knauer - Project & Innovation Manager at EOMAP

For further questions, please get in touch with:

Edward Albada – Principal EOMAP USA – North America and Caribbean, or with
Dr. Kim Knauer – Project & Innovation Manager at EOMAP.