PENGGUNAAN LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING) UNTUK MENGUKUR KEDALAMAN PERAIRAN DANGKAL

UTILIZATION OF LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING) TO MEASURE SHALLOW WATER DEPTH. Understanding on seabed characteristics such as the topography, composition and habitat conditions was very important to provide information not only for shipping activities, conservation, management and planning activities, but also for research activities with accurate bathymetry data. Accurate bathymetric data can be obtained from hydrographic surveys and remote sensing technology analysis. The hydrographic survey is used to obtain bathymetry data by applying singlebeam echosounder (SBES) and multibeam echosounder (MBES). At a depth of <15m (shallow water) was difficult to carry out an acoustic survey. At present there is one remote sensing technology that can be used to support hydrographic surveys namely Bathymetric LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). LIDAR was able to detect objects on land and waters due to being flown by a vehicle. Wide LIDAR sweep makes data acquisition faster and more effective than acoustic noise. Therefore, LIDAR was an alternative to obtain depth data, especially in coastal areas with a depth of less than 50 m.