1. INTRODUCTION
2. GENERAL HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY METHODS
3. SURVEY COVERAGE OPTIONS
4. SURVEY LINE SPACING AND ALIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS
5. HORIZONTAL POSITIONING METHODS AND DATUM SPECIFICATIONS
6. VERTICAL DATUM SPECIFICATIONS
7. WATER SURFACE ELEVATION MEASUREMENT SPECIFICATIONS
8. VESSEL MOTION AND ORIENTATION REQUIREMENTS
9. QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE
10. MISCELLANEOUS
11. GENERAL PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
12. DETERMINING PROJECT ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS
13. DETERMINING REQUIRED DATA DENSITY
14. VESSEL SELECTION CONSIDERATIONS
15 DATA MAY BE INITIALLY REVIEWED
16. OFFICE DATA EDITING AND PROCESSING
17. INITIAL FIELD DATA REVIEW AND EDITING
18. OFFICE DATA EDITING AND PROCESSING
19. DEPTH SELECTION OPTIONS
20. HARD COPY PLOT OPTIONS
21. SELECTING REPRESENTATIVE DEPTHS ON PLAN DRAWINGS
22. TERRAIN MODELING
23. DATA SUBMITTAL TO PROJECT/DESIGN ENGINEER
24. RETENTION OF HARD-COPY DEPTH RECORDS.
Paul Guyer is a registered civil engineer, mechanical engineer, fire protection engineer and architect with 35 years of experience designing buildings and related infrastructure. For an additional 9 years he was a principal staff advisor to the California Legislature on capital outlay and infrastructure issues. He is a graduate of Stanford University and has held numerous national, state and local offices with the American Society of Civil Engineers, Architectural Engineering Institute and National Society of Professional Engineers. He is a Fellow of ASC, AEI and CABE (U.K.).