The world’s oceans cover 70% of the Earth. This is about 362 million square kilometres of the total surface area (Eakins and Sharman, 2010). Seabed 2030 ambition is to source, acquire and collate global ocean coverage of seabed mapping by the end of year 2030. To date we have acquired, processed, and made seabed mapping available for use ~24.9% of the global ocean surface area. This equates to an ocean surface area of ~ 106 million Km2, with ~256 million Km2 remaining to be acquired, processed, and made available for use.
This is a huge opportunity with effort required.
Leading Industry Experts have highlighted key emerging technologies and innovations supporting Seabed 2030 mission success, including across five key mission areas: (i) Platforms, (ii) Sensors, (iii) Emerging Survey Strategies, (iv) Data Processing / Data Production, and (v) Data Collation, Management and Publication.
Through leveraging current and emerging technology innovation at all stages of seabed mapping manufacture [acquisition, processing/production, and through to publication] we can achieve the Seabed 2030 ambition.
