ICES Guidelines for Multibeam Echosounder data

Abstract

If you are considering producing a hydrographic survey please read the following information first. Your survey could be used to compile new or updated nautical charts and so help i mprove safety for mariners.Your survey does not have to be carried out to full charting standards and all data collected is potentially of use. Even without a full search for dangers, a modern survey can improve on our knowledge of the seabed. Some advic e on how to help us to get the best out of your survey follows below. But even if you are unsure about these requirements, we would still like to receive a copy of your survey. It may reveal changes that should be shown on the chart as a “less water report ed” legend, and/or may lead to a full survey being carried out. Hydrographic and bathymetric data centres such as the UK H ydrographic O ffice ’s (UKHO) Seabed Data Centre (S DC) (see Annex B for contact details ) are always happy to give help and advice on hy drographic data gathering requirements in order to increase the usefulness of hydrographic survey data. Just a few minor changes to how your data is gathered and presented can make it much more useful for charting and other purposes