The paper presents the impact that the XPRIZE Foundation competition, the Shell Ocean
Discovery XPRIZE, has had on the development of current ocean mapping possibilities.
A race for the prize has accelerated the development of innovative seabed mapping
approaches that concentrated on new systems engineering or cutting-edge and innovative
methods of existing equipment exploitation. The GEBCO – Nippon Foundation (NF) Alumni
Team’s entry is presented in details as a state of the art example of mature and robust oceanmapping solution utilizing a high degree of autonomy and providing the possibilities of deepocean mapping that were unattainable before.
The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Competition Impact on the Development of Ocean Mapping Possibilities
1Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia, Poland
2Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
3University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
4GEBCO Project Member
5University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
6University of Texas at Austin, Texas
7Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
8Geological Survey of Ireland, Ireland
9Earth Analytic, Inc., USA
10Matrouth University, Egypt
11Directorate of Hydrography of the Peruvian Navy
12Robin Falconer Associates Ltd., New Zealand
13Numurus LLC, USA
14Ocean Floor Geophysics
15 National Mapping and Resource Information Authority, Philippines
16Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia
17Yam-Yafo Ltd., Israel
18Ministry of Housing and Land, Republic of Mauritius
19Hushcraft Ltd., West Mersea, United Kingdom
20Hydrographic and Oceanographic Dep., Japan Coast Guard
21Stellenbosch University, South Africa
DOI: DOI: 10.1515/aon-2018-0009
ABSTRACT
KEYWORDS
ocean mapping, bathymetry, AUV/USV, echosounder, hydrography
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