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Vom Satellitenbild zur Umweltintelligenz: 20 Jahre EOMAP

Im Schloss Seefeld bei München entstehen seit 2006 preisgekrönte Erdbeobachtungs-Lösungen. Diese helfen Behörden und Industrie, die Umwelt ganzheitlich zu verstehen und zu schützen.

Seefeld, Deutschland, im November 2026 – Seit 20 Jahren entwickelt EOMAP aus Seefeld bei München satellitenbasierte Lösungen, vor allem zu Küsten-, Seen- und Flussgebieten. 2006 gründete der Physiker Dr. Thomas Heege, ehemals Wissenschaftler beim Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), das Unternehmen. Sein Ziel war, Wissenschaft in praktische Lösungen zu überführen. Im Februar 2025 wurde EOMAP Teil des niederländischen Geodaten-Konzerns Fugro.

Von der Adriaküste bis zum Great Barrier Reef

Drei Pionierprojekte prägen die Firmengeschichte: 2006 kartierte das damalige Start-up per Satellit erstmals Seegraswiesen vor Brindisi an der italienischen Adria, 2018 entwickelte EOMAP ein weltweites Wasserqualitäts-Portal für die UNESCO, und 2019 gelang gemeinsam mit australischen Meeresforschern die weltweit erste flächendeckende 3D-Habitatkarte des Great Barrier Reef. Von Innovationskraft zeugen auch die Auszeichnungen, darunter 2023 der Cassini-Preis der EU-Raumfahrtagentur EUSPA für die Plastikmüll-App Eyes on Plastic oder der Bayerische Innovationspreis 2022 für die cloudbasierte Lösung eoapp SDB-Online zur Berechnung von Flachwassertiefen.

Team aus zehn Ländern und acht Disziplinen

Möglich macht diese Pionierleistungen ein fünfzigköpfiges Team aus zehn Ländern, in dem Fachleute aus Physik, Geodatenanalyse, Softwareentwicklung oder Datenvisualisierung Hand in Hand arbeiten. Der Frauenanteil liegt mit 46 Prozent mehr als doppelt so hoch wie im Branchendurchschnitt. Für Thomas Heege steht die Unternehmenskultur an erster Stelle: „Das Wichtigste war von Anfang an der Aufbau unseres Teams. Wir arbeiten interdisziplinär, kooperativ und mit viel Eigenverantwortung. Diese Kultur ist das Fundament, auf dem 20 Jahre Hightech-Entwicklung und echte Marktlösungen stehen.“

Aus Daten werden Antworten

Seine Lösungen entwickelt das EOMAP-Team energisch weiter. Erhielten Kunden früher vor allem Daten, so sind es heute zunehmend Software-Lösungen und Informationspakete inklusive 3D-Visualisierung. „Viele Kunden wollen nicht nur Satellitendaten, sondern belastbare Antworten. Unsere Lösungen, teils mit integrierten Chatbots, bereiten Umweltinformationen mundgerecht auf und fördern so rasche und fundierte Entscheidungen“, erklärt Thomas Heege.

Erdbeobachtung im Höhenflug

2006 war Fernerkundung eine kleine Nische mit gut 150 Unternehmen in Europa. Inzwischen zählt der Branchenverband EARSC mehr als 800 Unternehmen, die satellitenbasierte Dienstleistungen anbieten. Auch die Datenbasis wächst stark: Allein zwischen 2014 und 2023 starteten laut Marktforscher Novaspace rund 2.100 Erdbeobachtungssatelliten.

Aus Terabyte an Daten bildet EOMAP digitale Zwillinge ganzer Küstenabschnitte, Seenregionen und Flusseinzugsgebiete. Dabei sind die Algorithmen sensorunabhängig und verarbeiten Daten öffentlicher Missionen wie Copernicus ebenso wie private, etwa von Planet oder Vantor. „Für jede Frage suchen wir die passendsten Sensoren aus, ob öffentlich oder privat. Das macht uns unabhängig und liefert bestmögliche Ergebnisse für unsere Kunden“, sagt Heege.

Pionierarbeit in der Praxis

In zwei Bereichen gilt EOMAP weltweit als Pionier:

Bathymetrie. Die satellitengestützte Vermessung der Wassertiefe aus dem All hat EOMAP maßgeblich mitentwickelt. „Wo Untiefen Schiffen gefährlich werden und andere Messverfahren teuer oder riskant sind, liefern Satelliten zuverlässige Daten“, erklärt Dr. Knut Hartmann, kommerzieller Direktor. 2015 druckte der britische Hydrographische Dienst (UKHO) erstmals EOMAP-Daten in eine Seekarte, inzwischen stützen sich rund 50 Seekarten weltweit darauf. Ingenieurbüros nutzen die Bathymetrie- und Seegrundkarten außerdem, um Seekabel sicher und umweltschonend zu verlegen.

Wasserqualität. Physikalisch basierte Verfahren errechnen aus Satellitenbildern Algenkonzentrationen, Oberflächentemperatur oder Sichttiefe. Beim Fischsterben in der Oder 2022 konnte EOMAP so den Verlauf der Goldalgenblüte zeitlich und örtlich eingrenzen. Wer die App eoapp AQUA öffnet, sieht das Wichtigste auf einen Blick, die komplexen Analysen laufen im Hintergrund: „Dank eoapp AQUA behalten Umweltbehörden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern oder Baden-Württemberg ihre Seen und Küstengewässer schnell und tagesaktuell im Blick“, erklärt Karin Schenk, Bereichsleiterin Wasserqualität.

Die Lösungen informieren auch über Küstenveränderungen und natürliche CO2-Speicher wie Seegraswiesen oder Mangrovenwälder und zeigen auf, wo diese künftig am besten vor Erosion und Überflutung schützen. Erst 2025 kartierte das Team mit Fugro Seegras entlang der rund 8.000 Kilometer langen Küste Italiens, die der Umweltbehörde ISPRA gezielten Naturschutz ermöglichen.

Ausblick: Umweltfolgen besser abschätzen

Künftig will EOMAP verstärkt satellitenbasierte Vorhersagen liefern: „Wir wollen unsere Fähigkeiten in der Umweltfolgenabschätzung und bei Prognosen weiter ausbauen. Organisationen sollen Umweltveränderungen nicht nur im Nachhinein beobachten, sondern besser verstehen und vorhersehen können“, sagt Heege.

Über EOMAP

EOMAP, ein Fugro-Unternehmen, nutzt Satelliten, um ein besseres Verständnis der Umwelt und ihrer Veränderungen zu schaffen. Das Team beliefert Behörden und Industrie weltweit, die Wasser bewirtschaften, Infrastruktur planen, Blue Carbon bewerten oder sicher navigieren wollen. Die preisgekrönten Web-Apps der eoapp™-Reihe liefern die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse in wenigen Mausklicks. In den Bereichen satellitenbasierte Wasserqualität und Flachwasser-Bathymetrie ist EOMAP-Technologie weltweit führend. Das 50-köpfige Team fühlt sich den UN-SDGs und Klimazielen verpflichtet und möchte zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung unseres Planeten beitragen.

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Unter diesem Link können Sie folgendes herunterladen:

• PDF der Pressemitteilung
• Fotos von Management, Feier und Projekt-Highlights
• Portrait von Gründer und Direktor Thomas Heege

Für weitere Informationen, Interviews und Bildmaterial wenden Sie sich bitte an:
Andrea Schmölzer, Head of Marketing
E-Mail, Tel: +49 176 11 773 773

Milestone #5 in EOMAP’s 20 years history: Mapping what was once considered ‘unmappable’ – the Great Barrier Reef.

These world-first digital maps of thousands of coral reefs were a key step towards identifying, managing and essentially preserving this global marine icon.

Bathymetry maps covering 350.000 km²

Back in 2013, we were part of a true breakthrough. In collaboration with leading German and Australian scientists, we delivered high-resolution, satellite-derived bathymetry maps covering the entire Great Barrier Reef.

For the first time, this ecosystem covering ~350,000 km² and thousands of individual reefs, was mapped consistently from space.

The challenge: Mapping shallow and remote waters

In general, traditional approaches using vessels or airborne surveys were (and still are) limited by cost, logistics, and accessibility. Especially in shallow or remote reef areas, these methods can be challenging.

For decades, nearly half of the Great Barrier Reef’s shallow-water reef areas had remained unmapped due to remoteness and navigational challenges.

Large-scale reef mapping from space

However, EOMAP helped change this. Without any vessel or aircraft support, this world-first dataset with 30-m-resolution provided a complete 3D picture of the planet’s largest coral reef ecosystem. It enabled more effective environmental management. This included water quality modelling to predicting climate change impacts, such as sea level rise and cyclone activity.

Beyond science, the project bridged a crucial gap: It offered both detailed local insights and a comprehensive system-wide view to governments, researchers, and industry alike. Back then, partner Stuart Phinn from the University of Queensland stated: “This information is regarded as essential for any government or company involved with managing the reef environment.”

Apart from the University of Queensland, EOMAP partnered with James Cook University and the Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information in this project.

Until today, we continue providing non-invasive, cost-effective technology to protect irreplaceable ecosystems.

Learn More

Read more about this and other reef mapping project here:

• Launch of the Great Barrier Reef Bathymetry in 2013
• Mapping Ningaloo Reef
• See more milestones of EOMAP’s 20 year journey.

Contact

Reach out to Emily Twiggs in Australia or us at the HQ for any mapping solution you might need.

Milestone #2 in EOMAP’s 20 years history: Mapping Ningaloo Reef in 2009 marked a turning point in reef science. The world’s largest hyperspectral marine habitat survey at the time transformed how reef systems are understood.

The Challenge of Mapping Large Reefs

Ningaloo is one of the world’s largest fringing reefs. It stretches across three degrees of latitude in a remote part of Western Australia. Traditional boat-based surveys were logistically impossible for such a vast area. Older maps relied on manual visual interpretation of aerial photos, which lacked detail and consistency.

Therefore the goal was to develop the first standardized, semi-automated classification system for the entire 300 km reef system, providing a high-resolution baseline for long-term conservation.

Halina Kobryn, a senior environmental scientist from Murdoch University, collaborated closely with us in this study.

“This project, at the time the world’s largest hyperspectral survey of marine habitats, provided a unique opportunity to map at very high spectral and spatial resolution, both the marine and coastal strip. This high-resolution baseline supports marine planning, monitoring, and management of Australia’s longest nearshore fringing reef”, says Halina.

Using the HyMap airborne sensor (capturing 125 spectral bands at 3.5m resolution), the team applied EOMAP’s physics-based Modular Inversion and Processing System (MIP) in 2006.

Key Results and Impact

• Together, we successfully mapped 762 km² of the Ningaloo Reef environment to a depth of 20 meters, utilizing a semi-automated approach that delivered overall accuracies ranging from 70% to 84%.
• The results also revealed that macro-algae dominated 51% of the area, while hard and soft corals cover about 8% (58.6 km²).
• Including the coastal strip (up to 2km) was important as runoff from the coast can have detrimental effects on the corals.

Until today, we continue providing non-invasive, cost-effective technology to protect irreplaceable ecosystems.

Learn More

Read more about the project in these papers:

• Ningaloo Reef: Shallow Marine Habitats Mapped Using a Hyperspectral Sensor
• Bathymetry Derivatives and Habitat Data from Hyperspectral Imagery Establish a High-Resolution Baseline for Managing the Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia
• An assessment of coastal land cover and off-road vehicle tracks adjacent to Ningaloo Marine Park, north-western Australia

Follow along and share your memories as we look back on 20 years EOMAP!

Contact

Reach out to Emily Twiggs in Australia or us at the HQ for any mapping solution you might need.

Press Release

New Senior Business Development & Sales Manager strengthens EOMAP’s Americas growth strategy.

Seefeld, Germany, 30 March 2026 – Freddy Paya is set to join EOMAP, a Fugro company, as Senior Business Development and Sales Manager for the Americas as of April 1st, 2026.

Holding a Master’s degree in engineering, Freddy Paya draws on deep technical expertise in GIS, remote sensing, and Earth Observation (EO). He has 15 years of experience in the geospatial industry, driving innovation, commercial growth, and market expansion across government and private sectors. Moreover, Freddy has successfully led go-to-market strategies, built partner ecosystems, and shaped market strategy and positioning.

“Freddy brings extensive market insight, a multilingual background and proven commercial leadership. This makes him a great fit for our expansion plans and an ideal partner for clients across North and South America,” says Thomas Heege, General Director of EOMAP.

In his new role, Freddy Paya will help clients to access faster, more reliable environmental insights, enabled by EOMAP’s EO services and the eoapp™ software suite. In close collaboration with the Fugro Americas team, he will also drive the development of integrated solutions. Furthermore, he provides clients with a comprehensive toolset to monitor environments, manage risks, and respond proactively.

“Organisations across the Americas are increasingly seeking Earth observation solutions that deliver tangible, real-world impact, and EOMAP is uniquely positioned to address this need” states Freddy Paya. “That’s why I’m excited to bring these capabilities to markets here, empowering clients to make more informed and sustainable decisions.”

About EOMAP

EOMAP – a Fugro company, leverages satellite technology to deliver environmental intelligence. As a trusted partner of agencies and industries worldwide, the team supports sustainable applications from water management to infrastructure planning, blue carbon assessments, or safe navigation. EOMAP is spearheading water quality monitoring and Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB). Its award-winning web app series, the eoapp™ provides key insights from space within mouse clicks. Committed to UN SDGs and climate goals, EOMAP aims to reinforce the sustainable development of aquatic environments.

Learn more

Please find the files below in this Download-Link:

• PDF of the press release
• portrait of Freddy Paya – Senior BD & Sales Manager EOMAP Americas
• portrait of Thomas Heege – General Director of EOMAP

For further information, please reach out to:
Andrea Schmölzer, Head of Marketing
E-Mail, Tel: +49 176 11 773 773

The Scorpion Reef, in Spanish “Arrecife Alacranes”, is the largest atoll in the southern Gulf of Mexico and a designated National Park. EOMAP has now mapped this region using Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB).

Mapping a biodiversity hotspot

This largest reef of the region is home to an extraordinary marine ecosystem: With five islets and at least 34 hard coral species, it serves as a sanctuary for numerous kinds of birds, fish, and turtles. Unfortunately, like many other biodiversity hotspots, Scorpion Reef faces threats from factors, such as illegal fishing and unregulated tourism.

Space-based data on water depth

Only recently, our team processed 290 km² of the region around Scorpion Reef using Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) workflows. This approach provides detailed insights into water depths across the atoll without the need for costly or invasive surveys. The data generated are valuable decision-support for conservation and monitoring efforts.

For this 10-m dataset, our colleagues analysed satellite scenes of Sentinel-2. “10-metre resolution” means that the smallest area mapped is 10x10m size – which we also applied for extended areas such as the Bahamas.

The benefits of SDB datasets

Like at Scorpion Reef, this space-based mapping technology offers several benefits for decision makers in coastal environments:

• Enhanced monitoring: Continuous monitoring and update of sandy seabed and beaches
• Fills bathymetric data gaps: Depth information in areas which are not sufficiently charted
• Cost-effective and scalable: No need for extensive fieldwork, satellite imagery enables large-area coverage quickly
• Supports conservation: Provides actionable data for managing and protecting marine ecosystems
• Non-intrusive and safe: Ideal for remote or protected regions where traditional surveys are challenging

Learn more

For other applications, especially in coastal engineering, we can increase the spatial resolution of SDB grids to submeter levels of detail.

Please contact our US office or our shallowwater team for SDB services worldwide.

An opinion piece by Dr. Rainer Ressl – Head of Climate and Biodiversity Solutions at EOMAP

The Conference of the Parties of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém started – once more – with high expectations. It ended with mixed reactions. Science warned – once more – that time is nearly up. Negotiators made some progress on adaptation, forests and oceans but stepped back from tougher decisions – once more – on reducing fossil fuels and deforestation.

For us working in climate, water, and nature data, the message was clear: the world needs stronger action, and it needs reliable information to support it.

Climate: Alarming signals, limited breakthroughs

The conference opened with repeated warnings from global scientific bodies. While the exact temperature figures vary across reports, all agreed that 2025 is expected to rank among the warmest years on record and that the world remains far off the 1.5°C pathway (WMO). Analyses of national climate pledges highlight a significant gap between current trajectories and emissions reductions required for climate safety.

Yet, COP30 could not agree on a firm language to phase out fossil fuels. Countries with oil- and gas-dependent economies resisted to create a binding global commitment. The outcome also avoided any detailed roadmap for reducing fossil fuel production and use. This was one of the most widely criticised shortcomings of Belém.

Nature and biodiversity: Action grows through reporting and corporate standards

Across COP30 side events and initiatives, momentum grew around improving biodiversity measurement and disclosure. While no single ISO biodiversity standard was formally released at COP30, the global push for more consistent, auditable nature reporting frameworks was evident and will likely influence environmental management in the coming years.

Oceans: A clear step forward

One of Belém’s more positive storylines came from the ocean agenda. More countries joined efforts to integrate the ocean into their national climate plans, building on initiatives like the Blue NDC Challenge. While exact global percentages vary, analyses agree that an increasing number of coastal and island nations now include ocean-based climate solutions in their pledges.

Albeit this positive development, ocean observing systems remain under pressure. The latest Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) report highlights a mix of progress and vulnerability. Observing infrastructure is improving but remains underfunded and uneven. Without coordinated investment, global ocean monitoring will struggle to meet rising climate and biodiversity challenges.

In a nutshell, we can state the following challenges and positive signals.

Challenges

There is an obvious gap between talk and action. Specifically, we can identify these shortcomings:

• No commitment to phase out fossil fuels.
• No binding roadmap to stop deforestation.
• Climate and biodiversity finance still fall short of what science calls necessary.
• Ocean data systems remain fragile.
• The global emissions trajectory continues to miss the 1.5°C pathway.
• These gaps reinforce that political will, not scientific uncertainty, is the limiting factor.

Positive signals

Despite these drawbacks, we can see progress through these initiatives and partnerships:

• A significant forest-finance mechanism was launched through the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.
• Adaptation finance receives heightened priority.
• Ocean and coastal resilience rise in national climate planning.
• Improved biodiversity measurement and nature-positive approaches gain traction.
• These developments move climate, nature and ocean issues closer together, creating a more integrated policy landscape

What this means for our work

COP30 sends a clear message: data, monitoring and nature-intelligence will be essential for delivering real progress.

The outcomes reinforce our strategic direction within EOMAP, a Fugro company, and Fugro’s Climate & Nature team.

1. Scale up blue-carbon and coastal-ecosystem monitoring
   Countries need reliable mapping and long-term monitoring of mangroves, seagrasses and tidal wetlands. Our satellite-based analytics and coastal data services can support integration of these ecosystems into climate planning and nature finance.
2. Strengthen water-quality and coastal-risk services
   From turbidity and sediment dynamics to bloom detection and coastal erosion, monitoring will be central to adaptation projects as finance increases.
3. Support the growing demand for biodiversity assessment and disclosure
   As environmental reporting frameworks mature, organizations will need transparent, science-based tools. Our EO capabilities can help quantify ecosystem change and impact.
4. Expand partnerships for ocean observation
   COP30 highlighted the fragility of global ocean and coastal observing systems. Collaboration with governments, research institutions and private partners is essential to generate climate relevant data and insights.
5. Accelerate translation of global policy into practical tools
   Our role is to turn national and international commitments into workable, measurable solutions and decision support tools for coastal managers, NGOs, governmental institutions and industries.

Closing thought

COP30 did not deliver everything the world had hoped for. However, it strengthened the case for applied science and high-quality environmental data.

For us at EOMAP, the takeaway is very straightforward: Our expertise in coastal, aquatic and nature observation is becoming even more critical for climate action.

Further readings

Analysis of outcomes by “Carbonbrief”, the award-winning UK-based website on climate science and policy

Round-up by the UN Ocean Decade, the IOC-driven initiative stimulating ocean science and knowledge generation

The Búzios Statement by 250 scientists, pinpointing global benchmarks, such as the reduction of global fossil fuel production

An analysis of COP30’s fossil fuel and deforestation talks by the Institute of Sustainable Development

Let’s connect

Check out more climate-related projects here.

Discuss your needs with Rainer and the coastal team.

How accurate is your SDB data? – This is a question we are often asked. SDB Update No.9 provides some information on the complex topic of uncertainties.

50% of the stakeholders identified mapping inaccessible locations as the main reason to apply Satellite-Derived Bathymetry. (Innovation project ‘4S’)

For our clients and partners, the reliability of our SDB data is a fundamental prerequisite for integrating it into their shallow water surveys, models, or coastal planning and engineering.

In general, the ability to map the seabed depends on the environmental conditions at the time of satellite image recording, and so does the overall quality of these measurements. Therefore, we provide some facts and (simplified) details about horizontal and vertical accuracy of our SDB measurements and how we manage uncertainty.

What about horizontal accuracy?

The horizontal or geo-positioning of SDB depends on the spatial resolution of the satellite sensors and is up to 2m. We make sure to remove effects from water refraction or terrain bias to minimize positional uncertainties.

Vertical uncertainties

Depth or vertical uncertainties are of highest interest to bathymetric users. Basically, there are standard statistical methods to describe the uncertainties: The LE90 level indicating that 90% of all data fall within this category, and the root mean square error (RMSE). As the LE90 is more relevant for our users, we return information on this as standard feedback. Over the years, we have found that 0.5m plus a depth dependent factor of 10% gives a very good global approximation of the vertical LE90 uncertainties.

Is it that simple?

Of course not. In addition, seabed coverage, water turbidity, tidal uncertainties, and other effects impact uncertainty. For this reason, we provide pixel-specific uncertainties for each depth measurement.

What about client data?

Can we use client data to improve and verify SDB? Yes, we can and are happy to do so! For this purpose, a detailed validation report and statistics will be included. Furthermore, there is an interesting validation option, even if you don’t have any data: We leverage active green laser depth measurements to verify our results, and it comes with detailed statistics on how accurate it performs.

Validation studies

Although our physics-based image processing is based on 30 years of development and can be applied independently of in situ depth information, we continue conducting validation studies to further improve our algorithms and SDB apps. Here are two recent examples:

• A very comprehensive study of this sort was part of the “4S” project, in the framework of which we developed the web app SDB-Online. In this study, SDB results are validated at ten different sites, ranging from the higher latitudes of Canada to turbid UK waters to the Caribbean. SDB was validated against Lidar and MBES data. The project team published the details of this analysis in the peer reviewed ‘International Hydrographic Review’.

• Atmospheric correction (AC) for water bodies is key to ensure standardized and high-quality outputs. In 2024, 21 European scientists evaluated AC as the core of our “MIP” methodology in the framework of the EnMAP mission. In this intercomparison between three AC methods covering 17 water sites, our “MIP” showed superior results. Read more on the study published in “Optics Express”.

Contact

Scroll down to our FAQs for more on how we deal with uncertainties here.

Sign up to eoapp™ SDB-Online to test bathymetry from the comfort of your desk.

Or simply request a quote via our Enquiry portal.

SDB update is a Linkedin post series on Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) by EOMAP – a Fugro company. Enjoy news, facts, and figures on a bi-weekly basis!

Discover the brand new storymap on bathing water monitoring! Learn why algae blooms are increasing and how space-based technology is helping to address this issue. You will also learn what “physics-based” remote sensing means and see use cases that highlight the strengths of this technology.

Smart monitoring of inland and coastal waters

Authorities need to comply with EU regulations such as the Water Framework Directive and the Bathing Water Directive.

Remote sensing is a highly efficient way to support them in these reporting routines. Many of our clients and partners value the wealth of spatial and temporal data, as well as the time and cost savings that space-based measurements offer.

Despite these advantages, satellite-based water quality measurements are still not widely recognised in water management. Through our story map, we aim to promote a better understanding of this innovative technology in a fun and engaging way.

Scroll through our new storymap to learn about

• The increasing risk of algae blooms
• Current monitoring challenges
• The technology of space-based water quality monitoring in simple words
• How we measure and validate the data
• Success stories from Germany

Dive deeper into Water Quality Monitoring

If you wish to explore the innovative, yet established mapping technology even in more depth, here are two recommendations:

➡️ The Water Quality “Deep Dive”.

➡️ A one-on-one call with one of our experts in our water quality team.

➡️ Sign up (for free) to eoapp AQUA and play around with the demo regions.

Contact

Please mail to wq@eomap.de for your individual EO solution.
Sign up Or simply get quotes for your area via our enquiry platform.

Multisource Bathymetry — From Space to Soundings. SDB Update No.8 introduces this fast, interdisciplinary, and more complete way of shallow-water mapping.

For seamless depth models

Multisource Bathymetry (MSB) is a seamless bathymetric model from shoreline to deep ocean.
For MSB, satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) covering the shallow water zone is fused with available bathymetric information from surveys or nautical charts for deeper waters.

Especially for modelling and planning purposes, bathymetric data is mandatory. The shallower the waters, the more important it gets, as ocean wave build-up and project planning become more complex.

While combining the different sources, we manage the trade-off between recent and high-resolution data in the shallow waters and in the deeper waters – typically with much coarser resolution – to provide seamless and gridded bathymetric information.

In a nutshell

For modellers and coastal engineers, MSB is an efficient solution for planning surveys and making their models more accurate.

Contact

If you are interested in workflows and use cases, please connect with our shallow water team: https://eomap.com/services/bathymetry/.
Or simply request a quote via our Enquiry portal.

SDB update is a Linkedin post series on Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) by EOMAP – a Fugro company. Enjoy news, facts, and figures on a bi-weekly basis!