Happy Lighthouse day! The main purpose of a lighthouse is as a navigation aid notifying mariners of dangerous shallows, rocky coast, and important locations by using bright lights and/or fog horns. The messages are simple: “STAY AWAY”, “DANGER”, “BEWARE!”, or “COME THIS WAY!” Today, lighthouses still guide mariners however lighted navigational aids, buoys, radar beacons, and other aids to navigation are also used to aid with navigation.
About kelvin
Kelvin Kang Wee, TANG received his B. Eng. (Geomatic) (Hons.) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Master of Remote Sensing & GIS from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He completed his Ph.D (Hydrography) from UTM in April 2021. Apparently, he is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, UTM. His area of interest is in marine positioning, hydrographic surveying, hydrospatial management and imagery-derive bathymetry using satellite remote sensing approach.
