Manual of Offshore Surveying for Geoscientists and Engineers, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997

Discussing all aspects of offshore surveying in a single volume, this book provides all algorithms necessary to develop complete software suites, and gives a large number of quality control criteria. It is invaluable to professional surveyors, offshore engineers and geophysicists, providing them with a wealth of data in a single volume. It is also a valuable reference work for hydrographic surveyors, seismic navigators and operations geophysicists.
This book brings together information on spheroids, datums, projections and binning; gives a complete listing of UKOOA P1/90 and P2/91 formats for data transfer; a field guide to the calibration of radio navigation systems and compasses, acoustic and laser measuring devices; GPS, including calibration, use and differential techniques; field manual for quality control of all aspects of offshore surveying; listing of typical specifications for inclusion in survey contracts; and a comprehensive glossary of relevant terms for offshore surveying.

1 Introduction1.- 2 Datums and projections.- 3 Accuracy.- 4 Introduction to computations.- 5 Kalman filters71.- 6 Radio positioning systems.- 7 GPS.- 8 Lasers, acoustics and compasses.- 9 High-resolution survey.- 10 Calibration.- 11 Planning the network.- 12 Processing and quality control.- 13 Binning systems.- 14 Typical specifications.- Appendix A UKOOA P1/90.- A.1 General.- A.2 Tape specification.- A.3 Header record specification.- A.4 Data record specification.- A.5 Example header and data file.- Appendix B UKOOA P2/91.- B.1 Introduction.- B.2 Logical file structure.- B.3 Storage media and physical file specification.- B.4 General rules.- B.5 Summary of record codes.- B.6 Description of header records.- B.7 Event data records (implicit time tag).- B.8 Example P2/91 header and data.

This book discusses all aspects of offshore surveying in a single volume. It provides all algorithms necessary to develop complete software suites, and gives a large number of quality control criteria. It will be invaluable to professional surveyors, offshore engineers and geophysicists, providing them with a wealth of data in a single volume. It will be a valuable reference work for hydrographical surveyors, seismic navigators and operations geophysicists. This book brings together information on spheroids, datums and projections , binning , gives a complete listing of UKOOA P1/90 and P2/91 formats for data transfer , a field guide to the calibration of radio navigation systems and compasses, acoustic and laser measuring devices , GPS, including calibration, use and differential technique