Marine Geomatics

3 Credits

Six-week course on the technologies, concepts, and methods required to acquire, analyze, and manage geographic data used in seafloor mapping and imaging. Provides background on the capabilities and limitations of different data collection systems, as well as for the other types of sensors necessary to collect accurate information. Topics include marine positioning, underwater acoustics, sonars, hydrographic standards, multibeam echosounder systems, and hydrographic survey design.