Manual of Offshore Surveying for Geoscientists and Engineers

Manual of Offshore Surveying for Geoscientists and Engineers by R.P. Loweth.

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 wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loweth, R.P (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
Edition:1st ed. 1997.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Oceanography.
Geophysics.
Economic geology.
Geotechnical engineering.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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