Hydro Survey Essay

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School of Geographical & Earth Sciences TOPICS IN GEOMATICS Hydrographic Survey Applications Essay Write a report about ONE of the following application/development areas of hydrographic surveying: 1) The development and use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in hydrographic surveying; 2) The development and use of ECDIS and vector chart information in navigation (the focus is to be explicitly on vector information/information systems, not raster based systems such as ARCS); 3) The problems and potential developments of hydrographic surveying for deep water, far from land, offshore engineering projects (i.e. beyond the Continental Shelf); 4) Adapting hydrographic surveying techniques for projects involving renewable energy provision in offshore environments. 5) The use of imagery in monitoring existing sub surface structures (this should include seabed pipelines as well as rigs etc.) Your essay should be 1800-2000 words and written in a formal academic style with full referencing of sources. No more than 3 students may select each essay topic. Please use the Choice option on Moodle to pick your topic. This will be available from 9am on Monday 4th march. To assist you with your selection, there are some references which last year’s class researched so you could use these as a starting point for investigating the topics. NB This comment from Dr Forrest about the submissions: ‘Quite a few last year, especially those on AUVs, tended to focus on the history and development of the topics rather than the current status and use. While there is no problem with briefly putting current developments into context, the focus should be on the contemporary situation and application.’ Your essay should be uploaded to the Topics section in Moodle via Turnitin no
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