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Autonomous Remote GlobalUnderwater Surveillance
argus.survice.com
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•Plugs into your chartplotter
•Records position and water depth 100%
of the time
•Extended-range marine WiFi provides
for autonomous offloading
•Provides vessels with WiFi connectivity
•Collective processing provides statistical
confidence for depth estimates
ARGUS Overview
You never have to touch ARGUS
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SURVICE Engineering is a small business with a core focus on applying systems engineering to support the design, development, testing, and fielding of US combat systems that are safe, survivable, and effective.
SURVICE currently employs 300 personnel in 10 offices across the United States which includes recognized experts in a wide range of engineering disciplines.
About SURVICE
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The SURVICE Metrology Division was established to support our core business, providing precision measurement services required for survivability modeling.
The Applied Technology Operation (ATO) is focused on the development of custom applications involving 3D measurement solutions.
ARGUS is a custom solution developed in response to a NOAA RFP.
About SURVICE
History
• NOAA research grant 2008-2009– Dredged channel depth monitoring– Demonstrated breadboard hardware, piecewise processing to
achieve Order 2 accuracy
• Navy (SPAWAR) research grant 2009-2010– Optimal seafloor mapping technologies– Developed autonomous UUV integration approach for Teledyne
Benthos C3D • Optimized sensor suite• ARGUS as integration platform and processing baseline• Application of high performance computing to path planning and
onboard data processing
• SURVICE IR&D funding 2010– Deployed 10 ARGUS beta units using local Sea Tow and private
vessels
Data Acquisition Approach
• ARGUS records NMEA chartplotter output• Routine vessel activity provides depth and location
measurements at COTS chartplotter accuracy
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ARGUS Process Flow
Commercial Chartplotter
Sonar Input (Depth)
GPS Input (Position)
Data Harvesting Station
Central Data Processing
Facility
Wireless Receiver
Internet Interface
Central Processing
MADISON Network Interface
Data Transmission
Interface
ARGUS Onboard Unit
Environmental Compensation
Module
ARGUS
Environmental Sampling Unit
Data Users
Beta Testing
• Ten units deployed July 2010• Sea Tow
– Annapolis, MD– Baltimore, MD– Galena, MD– Toms River, NJ
• Washington College– Chestertown, MD
• SeaNet Electronics– San Diego, CA
• M/V Chez Nous– ICW Annapolis to Daytona Beach
• Approaching 2 million soundings
Barnegat Bay
argus.survice.com/betatesting.html
New River Inlet
http://earthnc.com/chartviewer/
34°33.225'N,77°21.005'W
On left-hand side, click on Charts.Turn on Argus Soundings.
Zoom/Pan to view soundings.Salty Southeast Cruiser’s Net
Lockwoods Folly Inlet
http://earthnc.com/chartviewer/
33°55.272'N,78°14.209'W
On left-hand side, click on Charts.Turn on Argus Soundings.
Zoom/Pan to view soundings.Salty Southeast Cruiser’s Net
Annapolis to Solomon’s Island
Latitude Longitude Depth (ft)39°0.254'N 76°30.028'W 10.7
38°59.328'N 76°28.883'W 8.638°59.271'N 76°28.815'W 8.638°59.023'N 76°28.535'W 7.038°58.604'N 76°28.021'W 8.138°57.963'N 76°27.418'W 10.638°55.091'N 76°25.855'W 9.738°54.158'N 76°25.783'W 9.538°43.608'N 76°26.931'W 7.138°19.92'N 76°27.6'W 4.4
38°19.885'N 76°27.488'W 6.738°19.749'N 76°27.402'W 7.838°19.701'N 76°27.409'W 7.8
Currituck Sound
Latitude Longitude Depth (ft)36°32.035'N 76°1.228'W 5.136°31.058'N 76°0.849'W 4.236°28.986'N 76°0.136'W 5.336°28.336'N 75°59.573'W 4.036°27.747'N 75°58.78'W 4.636°24.908'N 75°57.125'W 4.036°22.714'N 75°56.957'W 6.136°22.281'N 75°56.901'W 6.636°17.88'N 75°58.053'W 6.0
36°16.288'N 75°57.35'W 6.436°14.046'N 75°56.055'W 6.7
Pamlico Sound
Latitude Longitude Depth (ft)35°37.97'N 76°9.743'W 4.8
35°31.292'N 76°33.776'W 6.735°31.089'N 76°35.743'W 7.635°29.756'N 76°35.446'W 7.435°27.889'N 76°35.025'W 8.835°19.828'N 76°36.971'W 7.835°18.626'N 76°37.009'W 8.235°18.098'N 76°37.086'W 2.635°17.47'N 76°36.855'W 2.7
34°59.638'N 76°41.25'W 8.6
Water-Level Monitors
Water LevelsNorth Myrtle Beach
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Tide Corrections
Tide correction can use combination of available tide stations and ARGUS self-generated water level data
TS Nicole Storm Surge Water LevelsBush River
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ARGUSLauderick Creek
Tolchester Beach 8573364(MLLW)
15 miles south
ARGUSFlying Point
ARGUS Wireless Access Points
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Can ARGUS provide depths meeting IHO Order 1 accuracy standards?
Not yet*
Can ARGUS provide depths meeting IHO Order 2 accuracy standards?
Yes
*GPS, sonar, and data processing developments will allowthe solution to approach Order 1.
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Can ARGUS show where depths don’t appear to be as indicated on the charts?
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“Like it or not, they’re going to build these ships bigger and bigger. It’s like squeezing ten pounds of ship into a five pound channel.
Capt. Andrew McGovern,Sandy Hook PilotHSRP 2007
We’ve got to get better systems in place to do this safely. That’s my job, and I can’t do it without the technology that’s out there.
The problem is we’re not getting the funding to get this thing going. We’re not getting the charting, not getting the observation systems, and it’s because it’s not coming out of NOAA.
We want the ounce of prevention instead of the pound of cure, and we’re not getting that.”
Need
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Need
There are 13 million registered recreational boaters in the U.S.,
and 500,000 square nautical miles of navigationally significant
waters
Obvious need for supplemental chartingusing a cost-effective approach
Athos I, Delaware River, 2004
265,000 gallons of oil into the Delaware River
115 miles of shoreline affected
The Athos I collided with three uncharted and undetected submerged obstructions in the channel and anchorage.
The Athos I incident alone has cost the ship owner and his insurer over $165 million.
The true value of wildlife lost and port commerce delayed or deferred cannot be calculated.
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Athos I, Delaware River, 2004
How many vessels passed over these before the Athos I did?
What one vessel passes over, without knowing, or caring for that matter, will potentially be of significance to any vessel with a deeper draft.
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Multibeam Coverage
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Equivalent Cost ARGUS Coverage
14 x
Redirect multibeam resources to where better resolution is most required
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Cost Model Bottom Line
Cost Savings
Return on Investment
Area Coverage
Water Level Data
Detailed Survey Prioritization
Situational Awareness
Survey Fidelity
Environmental Impacts
Insurance Claims
ARGUS Cost/snm
No. of Boats, No. of Networks
ARGUS represents a win/win
for the entire marine community.
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A typical harborand approach:
continuously surveyed,
for next to nothing
This is a common opportunity in most ports and harbors.
ARGUS as an Environmental Monitoring Tool
• Additional analog, digital, and serial inputs available to simultaneously record other sensor data of interest
• All data is time- and geo-referenced via the vessel’s existing GPS input
SURVICE and Washington College presenting Chesapeake Bay Environmental Studies teaming effort today at the 2010
Maryland Water Monitoring Council (MWMC) Conference
Deepwater Horizon/Oil Spill Response
ARGUS and Teledyne Profiling Float-equipped Sea Tow vessels proposed for Deepwater Horizon and similar future response efforts
– Sea Tow vessels to deploy, retrieve, and service APEX Profiling Floats equipped with fluorescence sensors
– Floats to acquire oil plume concentration data throughout the water column– To, from, and during active float deployments, Sea Tow vessels to passively acquire
shallow-water subsurface environmental water quality data
Drawing Board: MarineSA
• Handheld app to provide local mariner alerts
• Development leveraging Sea Tow’s Sea Smart VHF™ and EarthNC mobile apps
• Speech-to-text recognition of Mayday, Pan, Securité
• Provide USCG access to nearby search and rescue assets
• Module to supplement Rescue-21
• DHS: Lack of commercialization potential
MAYDAY
Show onChart
Yes
Distress Status:
Active – 1420 EST
Location:39o10.104’N, 76o20.969’W
Range:0.18 miles
Bearing:248o
Additional Info:Taking on water
Are you available to assist with USCG Response?
No
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ARGUSData Cycle
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Recommendation 1:
The HSRP recommends that NOAA aggressively survey and map the 500,000 square nautical miles (SNM) of navigationally significant areas and 95,000 miles of shoreline by:
• Expanding NOAA’s in-house and contract survey capabilities to acquire and process more hydrographic and shoreline mapping data;
• Developing and implementing more efficient surveying, mapping, and processing techniques and technologies; and
• Replacing aging single-purpose hydrographic ships with modern, multi-purpose vessels to further maximize the use and reach of NOAA resources.
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“At the current pace, it is expected to take NOAA 166 years to survey the 500,000 square nautical miles (SNM) of navigationally significant waters using in-house and contract surveying vessels.”
ARGUS is not intended to replace, but rather to supplement multibeam surveys.
ARGUS sets priorities for directing multibeam resources to where higher resolution is most required.
“The marine community is encouraged to submit information to NOAA to assist in prioritizing the Nation's hydrographic survey needs.”
PRUDENT SPENDING
Finding 2:Federal agencies must accelerate efforts to integrate data in order to conserve resources, minimize duplication and inconsistency, and maximize taxpayer investments.
NOAA Recreational Boaters
U.S. Coast GuardScientists working in the coastal zone
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
HAZMAT Responders
U.S. Navy Universities
Pilots Climatologists
Port Authorities Land Surveyors
Commercial Shippers Coastal Managers
Ferry Operators Emergency Planners
Fishing Industry HSRP 2007
Navigation Data Users
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As the consumer market for marine electronics, GPS navigation systems, and chart plotters explodes, boaters presume that the data they can zoom in and out on is as accurate as the GPS systems in their cars.
The information could be years, even decades out of date.
Collisions account for 80% of recreational boating accidents – 100,000 claims, $450 million in losses.
A major cause of claims is “striking a submerged object” and groundings.
Recommendation 5:The HSRP recommends that NOAA expand efforts to deliver its navigation products and services more quickly, and increase outreach to make navigation and non-navigation users more aware of the NOAA mapping and data resources available to them.
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ENVIRONMENTALLYFRIENDLY
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Ron Brooks
Depths in Remote Areas
Gunkholers know how deep the water is.