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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Prerequisites - OMAP 2000 (Underwater Acoustics Applications)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours
Laboratories - hours/week = 26 hours
OMAP 2201 (Multibeam Sonar)
This course provides the student with an introduction to the
theoretical, technical and practical application of multibeam
sonar systems and techniques. The course will be taught using
modern equipment and methodologies, allowing the student to
better understand the benefits and limitations associated with this
technology, from data acquisition to data dissemination.
Introduction to Multibeam Sonar; Fundamentals of Multibeam
Echosounding; Seabed Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter;
Multibeam Echosounding Process; Multibeam Echosounding
Methods; Multibeam Echosounder System Installation; Multibeam
Echosounding Survey Design; Future Trends in Multibeam
Echosounding Technology
Prerequisites - OMAP 2000 (Underwater Acoustics Applications)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours
Laboratories - hours/week = 26 hours
OMAP 2300 (Field Deployment and Data
Collection)
This is a practical field course on-board a hydrographic survey
vessel. It is designed to give students the experience of safely
deploying and operating hydrographic data collection systems.
Students will collect, evaluate, and format hydrographic data for
the post-processing delivery stage.
Marine Safety and Vessel Orientation; Vessel Navigation;
Calibration of Data Collection Systems; Single Beam Sonar Data
Collection; Sub Bottom Data Collection; Side Scan Sonar Data
Collection; Multibeam Sonar Data Collection; Data Delivery
Prerequisites - OMAP 2200 (Side Scan Sonar and Geophysical
Remote Sensing); OMAP 2201 (Multibeam Sonar)
Co-Requisites - OMAP 2301 (Data Processing and
Visualization)
Duration - 35 hours (5 days)
OMAP 2301 (Data Processing and Visualization)
This course provides the student with the practical application
of the technical capabilities associated with hydrographic data
processing and visualization. It will be taught within a variety
of analysis environments, offering an avenue for the student to
become exposed to the elements required to process, analyze,
visualize and disseminate a professional product.
Single Beam Echosounder Data Processing; Sub Bottom Profiler
Data Processing; Side Scan Sonar Data Processing; Uncertainty
Surface Production; Metadata Attribution; Statistical Analysis;
Data Visualization and Dissemination
Prerequisites - OMAP 2200 (Side Scan Sonar and Geophysical
Remote Sensing); OMAP 2201 (Multibeam Sonar); GEOG 3101
(Mapping and GIS) or equivalent
Co-Requisites - OMAP 2300 (Field Deployment and Data
Collection)
Duration - 49 hours (7 days)
OMAP 3100 (Shipboard System Integration)
This course provides the student with an introduction to typical
mobilization practices necessary to integrate offshore surveying
equipment and systems on board a marine survey vessel.
The course will be taught with reference to proper installation
practices used for many of the surveying systems required to
conduct a typical offshore oceanographic/hydrographic survey.
This will serve as a framework that students can use to ensure
proper system function and integration necessary for safe and
efficient conduct of field operations.
Prerequisites - ELTK 1200 (Electrotechnology);
ELTR 2118 (Intro to Computer Networking)
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours
Laboratories - hours/week = 26 hours
OMAP 3101 (System Performance)
This course provides the student with the ability to understand
and quantify the capabilities and limitations of hydrographic data
collection systems.
Principles of Measurements and Associated Errors;
Fundamentals of Total Propagated Uncertainty; Review of
Acoustic Principles; System Parameter Definitions; Positioning
and Attitude System Performance; Water Level Measurement
System Performance; Oceanographic Measurement System
Performance; Mechanical Depth Measurement System
Performance; Single Beam Sonar System Performance;
Sub Bottom Profiling System Performance; Sidescan Sonar
System Performance; Bathymetric Sidescan Sonar System
Performance; Multibeam Sonar System Performance; Optical
Depth Measurement System Performance; Future Performance
of Hydrographic Data Collection
Prerequisites - OMAP 2000 (Underwater Acoustics
Applications); OMAP 2200 (Sidescan Sonar and Geophysical
Remote Sensing); OMAP 2201 (Multibeam Sonar)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours
Laboratories - hours/week = 26 hours
OMAP 3200 (International Law of the Sea:
Geomatics Perspective)
This course will familiarize students with the technical aspects of
the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Students will apply Geomatics principles in definitions of aselines,
territorial seas, the EEZ, and the definition of the continental
margin as defined in UNCLOS.
Introduction to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(UNCLOS); Baselines; Outer Limits; Bilateral Boundaries; The
Area; Hydrography and Law
Prerequisites - GEOG 1300 (Surveying and GPS); or equivalent
Duration - 13 Weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours
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