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Visualization resources and strategies for remote subsea exploration

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Common resources and strategies are described for graphics and imaging applications in remote subsea exploration. What is meant by resources are the hardware, software, and human assets that constitute sea-going and shore-based systems; strategies encompass the architectural, engineering, and practical aspects of making such a visualization environment operational and productive. Emphasis is placed on current applications within the oceanographic community for search/survey/mapping (towed, unmanned systems), remotely operated vehicles and submersibles (man-in-the-loop systems), and autonomous underwater robots (intelligent systems). For these applications, a common goal is the acquisition and processing of underwater remote-sensor data to create a model of the subsea terrain. Visualization tools offer an important means of conveying the information contained in such a model. Dominant requirements within this context are the management, processing, and presentation of high-bandwidth, multisensor data, including optical and acoustic imagery, laser and sonar bathymetry, and other physical data sets. Specific visualization tools are used for image processing, volumetric modeling, terrain visualization, real-time operator displays, and mapping and geographic information systems as well as for scientific and engineering research and development.

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Stewart, W.K. Visualization resources and strategies for remote subsea exploration. The Visual Computer 8, 361–379 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01897122

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