An innovative, high-resolution, deep ocean mapping solution developed by the GEBCO-Nippon Foundation Alumni Team for the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE: data acquisition, processing, and quality control for wide-coverage bathymetry

Masanao Sumiyoshi1, Rochelle Anne Wigley2, Yulia Zarayskaya3, Karolina Zwolak4, Seeboruth Shailesh Sattiabaruth5, Aileen Bohan6, Jaya A Roperez7, Tomer Ketter7, Evgenia Bazhenova8, Mohamed Elsaied Abou-Mahmoud9, Ivan Ryzhov10, Andres Fitzcarrald11, Azmi Rosedee12, Christina Lacerda13, Hadar Sade14, Neil Tinmouth15, Craig Wallace16, Stian Michael Kristoffersen17, Alison Proctor18, Wetherbee Bryan Dorshow19, Benjamin Simpson20, Timothy Kearns21, Bob Anderson22 and Robin K H Falconer23, (1)Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard, Tokyo, Japan, (2)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, (3)Russian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Ocean Floor Geomorphology and Tectonics, Geological Institute, Moscow, Russia, (4)Polish Naval Academy, Gdynia, Poland, (5)Ministry of housing and lands, Quatre Bornes, Mauritius, (6)Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, (7)University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Durham, NH, United States, (8)NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand, (9)Faculty of Petroleum and Mining Science Matrouh University, Petroleum Geology Department, Matrouh, Egypt, (10)Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St Petersburg, Russia, (11)Peruvian Navy, Lima, Peru, (12)Royal Malaysian Navy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (13)NF/GEBCO Training Alumni, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (14)Yam-Yafo Ltd., Rishon Lezion, Israel, (15)NF/GEBCO Training Alumni, Cape Town, South Africa, (16)Kongsberg Maritime AS, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, (17)Kongsberg Maritime AS, Horten, Norway, (18)Ocean Floor Geophysics Inc., Burnaby, Canada, (19)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (20)Hushcraft Ltd, Mersea, United Kingdom, (21)Numurus, Seattle, United States, (22)GEBCO, New York, United States, (23)GEBCO, Wellington, New Zealand