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Recent Developments in Acoustic Underwater Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

J. A. Cestone ,
R. J. Cyr ,
Gordon Roesler  and
E. St. George
J. A. Cestone
Affiliation:
(U.S. Department of the Navy)
R. J. Cyr
Affiliation:
(U.S. Department of the Navy)
Gordon Roesler
Affiliation:
(U.S. Department of the Navy)
E. St. George
Affiliation:
(U.S. Department of the Navy)
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Acoustic transponders are employed in underwater navigation in situations in which a high degree of accuracy is required. Typical applications include underwater search, mapping, photography by a submersible or a towed vehicle and positioning of underwater work systems. The network of transponders, of which there may be only two or three, or which may be very extensive, is implanted by a support ship or by a submersible. The network can be located geographically by a satellite navigation equipment to an accuracy of 0·25 nm. This accuracy (or even accuracy within ± 1 mile) is sufficient to locate the network after a period of disuse. Acoustic navigation of a vehicle is accomplished relative to the network, to accuracies of the order of several feet.

Type
Two Centuries of Navigation—III
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , May 1977 , pp. 246 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1977

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