Fugro Pelagos' expertise in coastal zone mapping extends from project consultation to full project management, including data acquisition, data analysis and interpretation, as well as data integration. Their research and development efforts have resulted in pioneering advances in multibeam echosounder acoustic backscatter technology.

The company's pioneering development work in the area of multibeam backscatter acquisition and processing results in perfectly registered bathymetric and seabed imagery datasets, which provides superior data integration and visualization. Further, survey productivity is greatly improved as acquisition speeds and weather windows increase. Fugro Pelagos can combine ship-based acoustic technologies with airborne Lidar and camera technologies to provide comprehensive coverage in the coastal zone, including the beach areas themselves. They can operate their marine Lidar bathymeter in both bathymetric and topographic modes, and can also acquire digital airborne imagery. The sensor is completely portable and can be operated on a customer's aircraft or an aircraft of opportunity. This sensor simultaneously acquires precise 100%-coverage bathymetry.

Fugro Pelagos is also able to combine these acoustic datasets with data from marine Lidar, topographic Lidar, multispectral imaging and digital photography to produce comprehensive maps from the coastal zone to any depth required. The integrated datasets can be delivered in GIS formats and web-served for rapid and wide geographic accessibility.