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This review article delves into the latest advancements and transformative impacts of remotely sensed methods in measuring water depth and underwater topography. It particularly focuses on topobathymetric data acquisition which is crucial for numerous applications including navigation, flood control, coastal erosion, sea-level rise predictions, and mapping, modelling, and monitoring of offshore resources. Traditionally, measuring depths, distribution, and volumes of submerged resources has been challenging due to time, cost, labor, and reliance on sophisticated, mostly airborne technologies. These conventional methods often struggled in remote, hazardous, or shallow water areas. Recent advances in Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology, especially its miniaturization and integration with unoccupied aerial systems (UAS), have significantly improved the collection of three-dimensional bathymetric data. This progress presents effective solutions for previously faced challenges. Despite these advancements, there's a need for a thorough assessment of the state of LiDAR-based topobathymetric mapping and the impact of the increasing accessibility of UAS in this field. Our systematic review scrutinizes topobathymetric LiDAR technology and research, centering on acquisition platforms and methods in coastal and riverine environments for mapping, planning, monitoring, and inspections. We document the spread of topobathymetric LiDAR research over time, geographically, across disciplines, and in various publication outlets. Utilizing the VOSviewer analytical tool, we conducted a bibliometric keywordbased network analysis, evaluating the distribution of topobathymetric citations, and their bibliographic coupling, co-citation, and co-authorship relationships. Our findings reveal the innovative yet emerging state of UAS applications in topobathymetry and the ongoing reliance on LiDAR technology for 3-D underwater data acquisition. This study provides a fundamental assessment of current trends and developments in coastal and riverine bathymetric applications, highlighting the evolving landscape of remotely sensed methods in underwater topography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
