R&D&i Innovation
In-house R&D applied to the marine environment
Our main R&D line is FotoBati, an ongoing project that develops a proprietary topo-bathymetry tool using drones, applied to coastal and intertidal areas.
FotoBati Project · Ongoing R&D
Topo-bathymetry with drones, correcting water refraction
FotoBati is an internal R&D project at WMS — not a closed commercial service. We develop a proprietary tool that takes photogrammetry acquired with commercial drones over coastal areas, corrects the water-refraction error and automates the processing of intertidal imagery.
- Goal: deliver land-to-water transition topo-bathymetry at a fraction of traditional cost.
- Approach: commercial drone + proprietary refraction-correction algorithm + automated processing flow.
- Pilot application: intertidal zones and shallow coastal waters where classical bathymetry can't reach.
- Current stage: internal validation on real campaigns. Not commercialised as a standalone product.
Applications where we make the difference
Full CAD and GIS compatibility
We work with most CAD and GIS file formats — point clouds, vector and raster — and develop internal workflows to process photogrammetric and bathymetric data.
- Automatic point cloud classification.
- Automated processing of coastal photogrammetry data.
- Bathymetry with semi-automated workflows.
- Integration with standard CAD and GIS software.
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