Contour interval control for an aquatic geographic information system

• US 9,200,882 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2015
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Navico Holding A.S. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Navico Holding A.S. (Brunswick Corporation)
• Inventors: Lauenstein, Michael, Johnson, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Woo, Isaac M
• Application Number:
  US14/673,318
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 246 Days
• Field of Search: 707600-899
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 5/18 for measuring depth
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/89 for mapping or imaging
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 15/8902 Side-looking sonar
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/56 Display arrangements short-range imaging G01S7/52053
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/282 Application of seismic models, synthetic seismograms
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/3808 Seismic data acquisition, e.g. survey design
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 20/00 Geomodelling in general
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 2210/10 Aspects of acoustic signal generation or detection
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 2210/64 Geostructures, e.g. in 3D data cubes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/254 Extract, transform and load [ETL] procedures, e.g. ETL data flows in data warehouses
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/13 Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/18 Network design, e.g. design based on topological or interconnect aspects of utility systems, piping, heating ventilation air conditioning [HVAC] or cabling circuit design at the physical level G06F30/39; network planning tools for wireless communication networks H04W16/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/20 Drawing from basic elements, e.g. lines or circles
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/50 Depth or shape recovery
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/422 Technical drawings; Geographical maps

Abstract

A method of processing geo-statistical data includes piloting a watercraft with a monitoring system on a water body, taking measurements of a depth of the water body using the monitoring system, and taking measurements of the position of the watercraft using the monitoring system. The method also includes aligning the depth measurements with the position measurements, creating a first contour map with a first set of depth ranges from the depth and position measurements wherein each of the first set of depth ranges are separated by a first interval; and creating a second contour map with a second set of depth ranges from depth and position measurements wherein each of the second set of depth ranges are separated by a second interval that is different from the first interval.

Claims

1. A method of processing geo-statistical data, the method comprising:

piloting a first watercraft on a water body, the first watercraft including a monitoring system;

taking a first plurality of measurements of a depth of the water body using the monitoring system;

taking a second plurality of measurements of a position of the watercraft using the monitoring system;

aligning the first plurality of measurements with the second plurality of measurements;

creating a first contour map with a first plurality of depth ranges from the first plurality of measurements and the second plurality of measurements wherein each of the first plurality of depth ranges are separated by a first interval; and

creating a second contour map with a second plurality of depth ranges from the first plurality of measurements and the second plurality of measurements wherein each of the second plurality of depth ranges are separated by a second interval that is different from the first interval.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first interval is between 2 and 10 times smaller than the second interval.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first interval is 0.30 meters and the second interval is 0.91 meters.

4. The method of claim 1, and further comprising:

taking a third plurality of measurements of a water body parameter using the monitoring system;

aligning the third plurality of measurements with the second plurality of measurements;

correlating the water body parameter with the first plurality of depth ranges;

creating a first report including the water body parameter correlated with the first plurality of depth ranges.

5. The method of claim 4, and further comprising:

correlating the water body parameter with the second plurality of depth ranges;

creating a second report including the water body parameter correlated with the second plurality of depth ranges.

6. The method of claim 5, and further comprising:

sending the first and second reports to a user;

wherein which one of the first report and the second report is viewable is selected by the user.

7. The method of claim 6, and further comprising:

sending the first and second reports to a user in a master report;

wherein which one of the first report and the second report is viewable is based on the zoom level selected by the user.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the water body parameter describes one of water temperature, barometric pressure, plant height, plant biovolume, area covered by plants, biomass, substrate hardness/softness, and bottom hardness/softness.

9. The method of claim 1, and further comprising:

cleaning and aggregating the coordinate data.

10. The method of claim 9, and further comprising:

validating the coordinate data geospatially.

11. A geographic information system comprising:

a monitoring system comprising;

a depth measurement device for measuring a depth of a water body wherein the monitoring system is configured to record depth data points; and

a position measurement device for measuring a position of the monitoring system wherein the monitoring system is configured to record coordinate data points;

a data link connected to the monitoring system;

a network connected to the data link;

a server connected to the network;

a database connected to the network; and

a user computer connected to the network;

wherein the server is configured to receive the depth data points and the coordinate data points, align the depth data points with the coordinate data points, create a first contour map of the water body having a first plurality of depth ranges at a first interval, and create a second contour map with a second plurality of depth ranges at a second interval that is different from the first interval.

12. The geographic information system of claim 11, wherein the first interval between each of the first plurality of depth ranges is between 2 and 10 times smaller than the second interval between each of the second plurality of depth ranges.

13. The geographic information system of claim 12, wherein the first interval is 0.30 meters and the second interval is 0.91 meters.

14. The geographic information system of claim 11, and further comprising:

a report created by the server, the report including the first contour map and the second contour map.

15. The geographic information system of claim 11, wherein:

the monitoring system further comprises;

a water body parameter measurement device for measuring a water body parameter wherein the monitoring system is configured to record water body parameter data points; and

wherein the server is configured to correlate the water body parameter data points to the first contour map and to the second contour map.

16. The geographic information system of claim 15, wherein the water body parameter describes one of water temperature, barometric pressure, plant height, plant biovolume, area covered by plants, biomass, substrate hardness/softness, and bottom hardness/softness.

17. A method of processing geo-statistical data, the method comprising:

receiving by a server from a water body monitoring system a first plurality of depth data points that represent values of a water body depth and a second plurality of coordinate data points that represent a plurality of coordinates from which the first plurality of depth data points were measured;

aligning by the server the first plurality of depth data points with the second plurality of coordinate data points;

extracting by the server depth data points and coordinate data points;

creating by the server a first contour map with a first plurality of depth ranges from the first plurality of depth data points and the second plurality of coordinate data points wherein each of the first plurality of depth ranges are separated by a first interval; and

creating by the server a second contour map with a second plurality of depth ranges from the first plurality of depth data points and the second plurality of coordinate data points wherein each of the second plurality of depth ranges are separated by a second interval that is different from the first interval.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the server further receives;

a third plurality of water body parameter data points that represent values of a water body parameter;

and the method further comprises;

correlating the third plurality of water body parameter data points with the first plurality of depth ranges to create a first report; and

correlating the third plurality of water body parameter data points with the second plurality of depth ranges to create a second report.

19. The method of claim 18, and further comprising:

sending the first and second reports to a user by a server;

wherein which one of the first report and the second report is selectable by the user.

20. The method of claim 17, and further comprising:

cleaning and aggregating the coordinate data by a server; and

validating the coordinate data geospatially by a server.