Requirements for the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar(CZMIL)

摘要

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) began developing airborne lidar bathymetry systems for coastal mappingapplications in 1986, and fielded its first system in 1994. In the ensuing years, the Scanning Hydrographic OperationalAirborne Lidar Survey research and development program led to the creation of the Joint Airborne Lidar BathymetryTechnical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX), a robust federal government partnership in airborne lidar bathymetry; theUSACE National Coastal Mapping Program, a program of mapping built around airborne lidar bathymetry andcomplementary airborne remote sensing technologies; and a healthy commercial field of airborne lidar bathymetermanufacturers and service providers. The Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL) is a new USACE sensordevelopment effort and a partnership among the JALBTCX, Optech International, and The University of SouthernMississippi. The goal of CZMIL is to produce an integrated lidar and imagery sensor suite and software packagedesigned for highly automated generation of physical and environmental information products for the coastal zone.CZMIL is an opportunity to revamp existing hardware and software to address the turbidity and shallow waterlimitations of existing systems; improve environmental applications of the data; take advantage of advances in laser,scanner, and receiver technology, and in signal processing and data fusion algorithms; while maintaining accurate depthmeasurement capability. The CZMIL program has been underway since 2006, resulting in a detailed design of theCZMIL software and hardware. CZMIL fabrication will be complete in 2010 and fielded in USACE operations in 2011.