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Sonar data for sea floor mapping: Ping to chart

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TitleSonar data for sea floor mapping: Ping to chart
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsHoggarth, A
JournalGEOInformaticsGEOInformaticsGEOInformatics
Volume12
Start Page6
Pagination6-7, 9
Date PublishedJune 2009
Keywordsseafloor mapping, multibeam bathymetry, GIS and oceanography, seabed, CARIS, Canada, Australia
Abstract

Over the last twenty years sonar technology has become a commonly used tool in hydrographic survey operations.
The sonar ping and returning echo can be used to determine sea floor and sub-sea floor geology, measure the
water depth and more recently, to analyse the water column for biomass or dangerous obstructions.
Short TitleGEOInformaticsGEOInformatics
Alternate JournalGEOInformatics
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