Case histories

Copperstone Technologies fitted the CEE ECHO™ 33/200 kHz echo sounder to its screw-drive HELIX robot to survey mine tailings impoundments that manned boats and even small USVs can’t reach. It works with Hydromagic, keeps an on-board backup of the data, and the 33 kHz channel shows some surface tailings compaction.

Copperstone Technologies fitted the CEE ECHO™ 33/200 kHz echo sounder to its screw-drive HELIX robot to survey mine tailings impoundments that manned boats and even small USVs can’t reach. It works with Hydromagic, keeps an on-board backup of the data, and the 33 kHz channel shows some surface tailings compaction.

TEAM LAB Chemical runs about 130 CEE-USV™ lagoon surveys a year in Minnesota and nearby states. Hydromagic 3D matrix grids give accurate accumulated and removed sludge volumes, compared year to year to evaluate treatments that can cut sludge volumes by up to 80%.

TEAM LAB Chemical runs about 130 CEE-USV™ lagoon surveys a year in Minnesota and nearby states. Hydromagic 3D matrix grids give accurate accumulated and removed sludge volumes, compared year to year to evaluate treatments that can cut sludge volumes by up to 80%.

Bowman Consulting used the CEE-USV™ with its autopilot and drone flights to measure water and ash volumes in three Arizona power station fly ash lagoons in a two-day survey. The autopilot ran laser straight lines at 25 ft spacing with cross track errors of just a few inches, and using the USV eliminated on-water safety risks.

Bowman Consulting used the CEE-USV™ with its autopilot and drone flights to measure water and ash volumes in three Arizona power station fly ash lagoons in a two-day survey. The autopilot ran laser straight lines at 25 ft spacing with cross track errors of just a few inches, and using the USV eliminated on-water safety risks.

An Antarctic survey team completed bathymetry and side scan surveys around Davis Station with no mishaps or equipment problems, using a CEESCOPE™ and CEE-TSF™ StarFish side scan on a very small boat. The data helps assess a proposed concrete runway.

An Antarctic survey team completed bathymetry and side scan surveys around Davis Station with no mishaps or equipment problems, using a CEESCOPE™ and CEE-TSF™ StarFish side scan on a very small boat. The data helps assess a proposed concrete runway.

A CEE-USV™ with the CEE-PILOT™ followed a 6 m (20 ft) line plan across a coastal lagoon with typical cross track error under 15 cm (6 in), and a maximum drift of only 1.4 m (4.5 ft) in a tidal current. The result is consistent coverage and clean bathymetry in Hydromagic.

A CEE-USV™ with the CEE-PILOT™ followed a 6 m (20 ft) line plan across a coastal lagoon with typical cross track error under 15 cm (6 in), and a maximum drift of only 1.4 m (4.5 ft) in a tidal current. The result is consistent coverage and clean bathymetry in Hydromagic.

Mine sites across the USA and Canada use the CEE-USV™ for safe, simple tailings storage facility bathymetry, with real time telemetry to a shore PC over 1000 m (3300 ft). The CEE-PILOT™ autopilot, built into Hydromagic, keeps exact line spacing on large impoundments, with manual control at the perimeter.

Mine sites across the USA and Canada use the CEE-USV™ for safe, simple tailings storage facility bathymetry, with real time telemetry to a shore PC over 1000 m (3300 ft). The CEE-PILOT™ autopilot, built into Hydromagic, keeps exact line spacing on large impoundments, with manual control at the perimeter.

After two days of training, a transport engineer ran his first survey in South America two weeks after receiving the CEESCOPE™. The all-in-one echo sounder and Hydromagic made a successful reconnaissance dam survey simple, with the kit hand carried on the airline.

After two days of training, a transport engineer ran his first survey in South America two weeks after receiving the CEESCOPE™. The all-in-one echo sounder and Hydromagic made a successful reconnaissance dam survey simple, with the kit hand carried on the airline.

Environmental Business Specialists (EBS) runs a survey-grade effluent lagoon mapping program in the southern USA with a CEESCOPE™ on a manned boat and a CEE-USV™ unmanned survey boat, both logging in HYPACK®. The USV reaches fenced, hazardous and very small ponds, cuts the crew from three to two and gives better coverage in small lagoons.

Environmental Business Specialists (EBS) runs a survey-grade effluent lagoon mapping program in the southern USA with a CEESCOPE™ on a manned boat and a CEE-USV™ unmanned survey boat, both logging in HYPACK®. The USV reaches fenced, hazardous and very small ponds, cuts the crew from three to two and gives better coverage in small lagoons.

The RAN now has a ruggedized, airline-portable Rapid Mobilization Survey System (RMSS), a CEESCOPE™ with Tactical StarFish side scan, for rapid environmental assessment, vessel of opportunity and conventional survey ship work, all acquired in HYPACK®.

The RAN now has a ruggedized, airline-portable Rapid Mobilization Survey System (RMSS), a CEESCOPE™ with Tactical StarFish side scan, for rapid environmental assessment, vessel of opportunity and conventional survey ship work, all acquired in HYPACK®.

In a San Diego Bay eelgrass survey, the CEESCOPE™ and CEE ECHO™ full water column echogram and HYPACK® editing mapped both vegetation extent and plant height on a 5 m x 5 m grid. Subtracting the digitized “real” bottom from the vegetation-top surface gives the height of the plants.

In a San Diego Bay eelgrass survey, the CEESCOPE™ and CEE ECHO™ full water column echogram and HYPACK® editing mapped both vegetation extent and plant height on a 5 m x 5 m grid. Subtracting the digitized “real” bottom from the vegetation-top surface gives the height of the plants.