Bathmetry of Lake Constance – State-of-the-art in surveying a large lake

In 2014 the by far largest German lake has been newly surveyed. The transnational project is funded by the European Union and delivers a detailed 3D-model of the lakefloor. The German project name is »Tiefenschärfe – Hochauflösende Vermessung Bodensee«, which in English roughly means: high-resolution survey of Lake Constance. The German term »Tiefenschärfe« (in optics and photography: depth of field) plays with the meanings of »Tiefe« (depth) and »Schärfe« (sharpness). The result of the survey shall be a clear and sharp image of the deep and shallow lakefloor. At present the LiDAR and multibeam data are still processed, but first results are presented in this article.

Lake Constance | Tiefenschärfe | IGKB | lake level | geoid | groundwater intrusions | megaripples | pockmarks

  • Ausgabe: HN 100 Seite: 6–11
  • DOI: 10.23784/HN100-01
  • Autor/en: Martin Wessels, Flavio Anselmetti, Roberto Artuso, Ramona Baran, Gerhard Daut, Alain Geiger, Stefan Gessler, Michael Hilbe, Karin Möst, Berthold Klauser, Steffen Niemann, Robert Roschlaub, Frank Steinbacher, Paul Wintersteller, Ernst Zahn

Sorry, this website uses features that your browser doesn’t support. Upgrade to a newer version of Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge and you’ll be all set.

We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience (tracking cookies). You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Please note that if you reject them, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the site.