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Sonardyne inertial navigation selected for MBARI’s Ventana and Doc Ricketts ROVs

Subsea inertial navigation technology supplied by Sonardyne Inc., Houston has been selected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), for its deep-rated remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), Ventana and Doc Ricketts. The SPRINT systems will be used in conjunction with MBARI’s existing Sonardyne Ranger 2 acoustic tracking systems to improve the accuracy, precision and integrity …

Map out the future of your surveys

Terrestrial mapping was revolutionised by aerial LiDAR. Using high-accuracy, post-processed GNSS-aided inertial navigation for geo-referencing sensor frame point measurements into ‘real world’ coordinates has enabled reliable mapping of large areas to high accuracy extremely quickly and cost effectively. Our SPRINT-Mapper technology now provides users with a similar subsea capability and set of advantages. Simon Waterfield, …