Passing small moored boats on a river

This dataset contains radar video recorded onboard a small test boat as it navigates several moored boats on a river. The data exists in 2 formats: .cpr which can be viewed directly in SPX RadarviewLite, and .colraw which can be viewed using Colossus playback tool. Accompanying camera video is also attached.

Objects observed in this dataset:

  • Several small moored boats

  • Small buoys

  • Passing beneath a high bridge

  • A mast with radar reflector fitted

  • A single person tender moving around moored boats

 

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Small boats on moorings

 

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Mast with reflector

The details of the radar used to capture this data is as follows:

Model

RAS6

Radar range

500 m

Radar update rate

4 Hz

Range resolution

0.175 m

Range samples

2856

Azimuth samples / rotation

400

Beamwidth (azimuth x elevation)

2x4°

Mounting height (ASL)

2 m approx.

Downloads

  File Modified

File navtech_river20240822-113554-02EAE4C8.cpr

Aug 22, 2024 by Jack Mulford

File ConvertedFromCPR_1_20240822104526009_CBED38.colraw

Aug 22, 2024 by Jack Mulford

Multimedia File navtech_river_mute .mp4

Aug 22, 2024 by Jack Mulford

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