The fantasy of finding sunken wrecks, historical monuments and artifacts may no longer be just a dream for enthusiastic archaeologists and historians.
Lost wrecks and historic sites once thought to be lost forever can be revisited and found with help from a StarFish Seabed Imaging System.
StarFish systems are a range of shallow water, high specification, portable side scan sonar systems; making high-tech digital seabed imaging available to everyone
There are significant advantages when using a StarFish system for locating wrecks. StarFish systems can cover exponentially more area than a standard echo-sounder or fishfinder, where the user would have to run directly over the wreck in order to locate it.
StarFish systems can capture wide sections of the seafloor on each run allowing large areas to be surveyed for evidence of wrecks in a relatively short time. The near-photographic quality digital images produced by StarFish systems can highlight debris that is often visible around wreck sites even if the wreck is buried or beyond range.Any visible trace left by a wreck or archaeological site on the seafloor landscape can be found using a StarFish system.
Analysis of StarFish images can help identify and possibly eliminate specific features of a wreck without the need to dive. Divers can also gain important information about a dive site, such as wreck orientation and potential hazards before entering the water.
Some typical examples of StarFish Seabed Imaging Systems' applications for wreck location / archaeological survey include...
- Wreck and cargo discovery
- Dive site navigation
- Discover tell-tail wreck debris
- Identify wreck orientation
- Identify potential hazards before entering the water
- Identify possible man-made structures for investigation
- Marine archaeology
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