Navires et technologie maritime — Exigences techniques et lignes directrices pour la cartographie des fonds marins réalisée par des engins sans équipage

This document specifies the technical requirements and guidelines for seafloor mapping with uncrewed marine vehicles, including uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) and uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs). This document covers navigation and positioning, uncrewed vehicle assembly, survey parameter setting, single-beam and multi-beam echo sounding, and data processing.

This document is applicable to uncrewed marine vehicles in estuaries, offshore and open sea areas.