Solving Wakulla Springs underwater mysteries. Using GPS to map Florida's underground caverns
Hydro International
By: Ende B. Am
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Abstract
Located in the Woodville Karst Plain stretching south from Tallahassee to the Gulf of Mexico, Florida's Wakulla Springs is one of the largest and deepest freshwater Springs in the world. It is also a gateway into one of the longest underwater cave system in the United States, a system that remained largely unexplored until recently. Soon, however, thanks to one of the world's most extreme scientific and exploration-related diving projects ever undertaken, visitors to Wakulla Springs State Park will be able to take a virtual tour through the Spring's huge underwater labyrinth. Using such cutting-edge technology as a 3D Digital Wall Mapper (DWM) and the Global Positioning System (GPS), the Wakulla 2 Expedition - with 151 volunteer cave divers, scientists and engineers from all over the world - created the world's first three-dimensional digital map of an underwater cave. Underwater caves are priceless treasures, helping supply fresh water to the region as well as acting as 'time capsules' to the past. Home to creatures found in few other places, areas such as Wakulla face threats of pollution and over-development. Wakulla 2 hopes their 3D interactive 'swim through' will help increase the understanding and preservation of these important areas.
Suggested Citation
Am, E.B., 2002, Solving Wakulla Springs underwater mysteries. Using GPS to map Florida's underground caverns: Hydro International, v. 6, no. 6, p. 56-59.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Solving Wakulla Springs underwater mysteries. Using GPS to map Florida's underground caverns |
| Series title | Hydro International |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Hydro International |
| First page | 56 |
| Last page | 59 |