Innovative system for monitoring coastline processes

Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 07:49 in Earth & Climate

AZTI-Tecnalia, the Basque technological centre specialising in marine and food research, has developed a system for monitoring the coast in order to observe and monitor maritime processes along our coastline. This is innovative technology for the sustainable management of the coast, involving the installation of a series of cameras located at strategic points along the littoral and which photograph the coastline in a programmed and periodic manner. This system, known as 'Kostasystem,' is already in operation in the Bizkaian seaside town of Mundaka and will shortly be installed in Bakio...

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