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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2002
Erwann Lemenager, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Voon Choong Wong, Houston, TX (US);
Carl Daniel Cooper, Katy, TX (US);
Erwann Lemenager, Houston, TX (US);
Richard Voon Choong Wong, Houston, TX (US);
Carl Daniel Cooper, Katy, TX (US);
WesternGeco, L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for accurately determining the physical location of a deployed seismic geophone used in seismic investigations by using a portable navigational satellite receiver to obtain a set of navigational satellite measurements providing the position of the deployed geophone at the time of deployment of the geophone into the earth. A method is provided for automatically and accurately identifying and determining the physical location of a deployed geophone used in seismic investigations by using one or more portable navigational satellite receivers and an automatic geophone identification and tracking system at the time of geophone deployment.