Characterising the bathymetry and nature of the seabed is a genuine technological challenge of direct interest to all those who use shallow marine waters (0-20 metres deep) in the context of, for example, works installation or navigation.

The B-MAP-SAT project will work on developing a cartographic service based on high and ultra-high resolution satellite imagery to produce bathymetric charts (measuring the ocean depth to determine the seabed topography) and charts of marine habitats in the littoral zone.

The overall developments of B-MAP-SAT will constitute significant progress in terms of monitoring and mapping littoral aquatic environments, particularly relating to capacities for the automated processing and geographical extent of satellite images.

Partners
Companies
  • - Hytech Imaging, Plouzané  [Project Developer]
  • - Airbus Defence & Space, Toulouse
Research center
  • - Ocean Sensing and Mapping, Lab-STICC UMR CNRS 6285, ENSTA-Bretagne, Brest
Funder
Bpifrance (PIAVE spatial)
Labelisation
08/09/2017
Overall budget
340 K€
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