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Article: Bathymetric Mapping
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- World of Earth Science
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Bathymetric mapping
Bathymetric mapping refers to construction of ocean and sea maps
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bathymetric maps (BM). Bathymetric maps represent the ocean (sea) depth depending on geographical coordinates, just as topographic maps represent the altitude of Earth's surface in different geographic points.
The most popular kind of bathymetric maps is one on which lines of equal depths (isobaths) are represented. Like geographical maps of the surface of Earth, bathymetric maps are constructed in definite
cartography projection
. Mercator projection is used perhaps more often in constructing bathymetric maps, and has been used for a long time in constructing sea charts that are used for ...