Job Title: Bathymetric LiDAR Technician

 

Department: LiDAR

 

Location: Cheddar, Somerset, UK

 

Purpose and Scope of Job (Brief summary)

Processing of hydrographic airborne LiDAR data. Which may include point cloud generation, orthophoto creation, point cloud cleaning, chart and contour production. Work will be based at the Blom Aerofilms offices but will also include overseas travel for data processing during airborne operations.

 

Responsibilities and Duties (Key planning, executing, monitoring, and reporting accountabilities, responsibilities and duties concerning people, resources and processes)

 

Point Cloud Generation

Create Trajectory from GPS data

Extract point cloud from Raw data

Correct for Heading, Roll and Pitch misalignments

Apply tidal corrections

Generate complete point cloud

 

Point Cloud Cleaning

Removal of gross errors

Cleaning Hydrographic point cloud (removal of boats, surf/waves)

Classifying Topographic point cloud (ground, vegetation, structures etc.)

 

Ortho Imagery Production

Production of Image List

Tie Point creation

Image list adjustment

Colour Point correction

Seam line creation and correction

 

Chart and Contour Production

Production of DTM

Production of Charts and Contours to IHO S-44 Order 1 / NOAA Specification

 

Software Packages

Coastal Survey Studio

Microstation

Terrasolid modules – Terrascan, TerraPhoto, Terramodeler and Terramatch

Pos/Pac

Caris - Hips and Sips

Caris - Base Editor

 

Interested parties should submit a CV and covering letter to pmartin@blomaerofilms.com

 

 

Blom Aerofilms

The Astrolabe, Cheddar Business Park

Wedmore Road, Cheddar

Somerset BS27 3EB

tel: +44 (0)1934 745820

fax +44 (0)1934 745825

www.blomaerofilms.com/aerofilms

 

Blom ASA, P.O. Box 34 Skøyen, N-0212 Oslo, Norway, Tel.: +47 2213 1920, Fax: +47 2213 1921, E-mail: blom@blom.no