Image Interpretation / Elevation Modeling

Consulting with customers to determine the optimum image solutions needed for specific applications, Fugro accomplishes projects by acquiring, processing, and interpreting a full range of optical and radar satellite imagery, with ground resolutions ranging from 50 cm to 30 m, including: Ikonos, QuickBird, WorldView, Orbview, Formosat, Kompsat, SPOT, Landsat TM/ETM, ASTER, ERS, Envisat, Radarsat, and other space-borne satellite datasets. Fugro also maintains one of the world’s largest private satellite image archives.

Products and Services

• Terrain characterization. Autocorrelation software is used to create accurate digital elevation models (DEMs) from optical or radar satellite data, anywhere in the world with vertical accuracies of up to 5-10 m. In addition to custom DEM development, Fugro offers off-the-shelf medium resolution DEMs over most of the globe providing 10-20 m vertical accuracy
• Geological interpretation. Fugro performs geological image interpretation from satellite imagery, maintaining continent-wide license areas of this data, while also performing new, customer-specific acquisition and analysis anywhere in the world. 3D site visualizations of geological interpretation can be integrated with geophysical and geochemical datasets, structural models, and other geospatial data.
• Seismic planning. Combining satellite-based digital elevation models with very high resolution satellite imagery, Fugro provides data that greatly assists customers to efficiently plan survey activities in almost any part of the world. Land-use and terrain gradients can rapidly be assessed at a low cost, giving particular benefit for remote areas with poor or outdated base maps. Image resolutions of up to 50 cm enable detail of infrastructure to be determined.
• Environmental mapping. Using sequences of satellite imagery, Fugro monitors and maps a wide variety of environmental changes, ranging from subtle vegetation stress in small remote agricultural holdings to extensive changes on a regional level. Data acquired pre- and post-project activity can be used effectively to illustrate aspects of environmental impact control.

Activities

Oil & Gas Industry Feasibility studies Site selection and design Facilities mapping Pipeline routing Environmental mapping Mining Industry Feasibility studies Site selection Drilling campaign design Mine infrastructure design Environmental mapping Government Environmental audits Change detection Flood mapping Disaster response mapping Public Utilities Line-of-sight analysis Wind farm site selection