From UNH's 2014-2015 CCOM/JHC Seminar Series: Matt Wilson, a Physical Scientist with NOAA's Office of Coast Survey, presents, "Hydrographic Survey Review and Nautical Chart Compilation: Challenges and Solutions." This talk was recorded on October 30, 2015 at UNH's Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory.
ABSTRACT
Advancing multibeam technology allows us to map the seafloor better than ever before, and we have plenty of stunning bathymetry to show for it. Yet the ever-increasing data volume presents some challenges during both quality review and in its generalization to nautical chart scale. Specific inefficiencies in these processes have been identified and are addressed with new Python tools that shift manually-intensive efforts toward automation, for a faster, easier review. With more timely feedback to field parties, the tools were a catalyst for the newly-implemented Rapid Survey Assessment, and also have been incorporated into HydrOffice, a collaborative effort with CCOM/JHC to develop a research software environment with applications to facilitate all phases of the ping-to-chart process.
