I just heard bathy-lidar described as a high-risk data collection event.
Is there a recommendation or price point for a 'cork sniffing' data collection flight? Do companies have a policy to check if collecting data over a waterbody will produce useful/actionable data?
Promising lidar bathy data over dark water, dark bottom, soft organic bottom, seagrass, or turbid conditions is overpromising. Delivering expensive and useless data harms corporate reputations, angers clients, and damages confidence in bathymetric lidar science.
The NV5 presentation today also shares a useful rule of thumb recommendation to only collect over water with a minimum of 3-5 feet Secchi.
Mobilization costs may make 'cork sniffing' flights cost prohibitive, but the cost of delivering junk makes recommending them worth it.
I hope this is helpful.
Ed
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