The Blue Essence is a double blessing for geospatial tech. Not only does it send out hydrographic and geospatial data using satellite communication, the boat itself is also controlled using satellite communications. It will begin its first project in the Netherlands.
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A state-of-the-art technique for mapping and counting schools of fish has been tested on an autonomous marine platform in the North Sea, offering a new method for collecting data on fish stocks. Cefas (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK) and Liquid Robotics have successfully deployed, tested and recovered a remotely piloted Wave Glider, which was adapted to allow scientists to
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