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TCarta Announces Satellite Derived Bathymetry Product to Supplement Official Nautical Charts in Shallow Coastal Zones

February 26th, 2025
TCarta Marine

Shallow coastal zones are where most ship groundings occur, and they are also where the most inaccurate and outdated information on official nautical charts resides. TCarta, a provider of hydrospatial mapping services, has introduced a new line of Satellite Reconnaissance Charts to supplement official marine navigation maps in shallow waters.

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Satellite-Based Solution to Ship Groundings in Coastal Waters

October 3rd, 2024
TCarta Marine

TCarta Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB) on the Oman Coast indicates shallow water depths by color – red represents 0-3 meters, yellow is 3-6 meters, green is 6-10 meters, turquoise is 10-14 meters, and blue is 14-18 meters deep. Inset map indicates geographic location of data set.

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Interns map 39,000km² of seafloor for Seabed 2030

August 27th, 2024
TCarta Marine

Six students took part in a summer-long paid satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) internship facilitated by TCarta and hosted at the Marine Institute (MI) of Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. All participants were either recent graduates or current students in the MI Ocean Mapping programme. The programme’s mobilization was a collaborative effort among TCarta, Memorial University and The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, which aims to inspire the complete mapping of the seafloor by 2030.

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