How Geospatial Technologies are Helping to Complete the Effort to Map the World’s Ocean Floor
Only 20% of the ocean’s floor has been mapping in detail.
Seafloor Mapping Techniques
Today, seafloor mapping is essentially a form of remote sensing that uses similar concepts and applications to satellite-based systems, albeit adapted to the complex environment of the oceans.
Jason-2 Satellite to Help Improve Maps of Sea Floor
Jason-2 will be collecting data about the sea floor every 5 miles, which will be used to create a high-definition estimate of the average surface height of the ocean in various places around the globe.