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Title: GPS and GIS integration in cable laying applications

Conference ·
OSTI ID:260380
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. National Technical Univ. of Athens (Greece)
  2. GeoTech UGP, Athens (Greece)

Cable laying applications require real time positioning related to information included in maps. GPS technology provides the most reliable real time positioning and timing while GIS is the most appropriate environment for managing maps in digital form. Experienced from projects already undertaken has shown that it is crucial to enrich the positioning information with spatial and dynamic data. Specifically, cable laying activities need position to be combined with information related to seafloor morphology, seabed geomorphology, coastline, etc. together with information like sea current velocity, laid cable length, cable tension, etc. Based on the above approach, the design of a navigating and monitoring system for cable laying in introduced. The system is built on a GIS platform connected to the appropriate spatial database and is attached to GPS receiver and the necessary sensors.

OSTI ID:
260380
Report Number(s):
CONF-950604-; ISBN 1-880653-19-2; TRN: IM9632%%39
Resource Relation:
Conference: 5. international conference on offshore and polar engineering, The Hague (Netherlands), 11-15 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the fifth (1995) international offshore and polar engineering conference. Volume 3; Chung, J.S. [ed.] [Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)]; Maeda, Hisaaki [ed.] [Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)]; Kim, C.H. [ed.] [Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)]; PB: 753 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English