The Integration of Image and Nonimage Data to Obtain Underwater Situation Refinement

The most active area of research and development in category of fusion problems is GIS (Geographic Information System), where earth imagery, maps, demographic and statistics data or facilities mapping data are combined into one common spatial referenced database [1]. The authors proposed such integrated GIS for underwater areas, where the aim is an integration of imagery and spatial referenced nonimage hydrographic data sets is a process of combining multiple pieces of hydrographic data to estimate the aspects of underwater situation. Such approach will provide complexity of the information and can be the base to infer or refine desired items on the basis of available information. The data are collected by different hydrographic sensors, which acquire the data differently and gather other information about seabed bottom.