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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIX-B2-2026-955-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Mapping at the Boundary: Simultaneous Above- and Underwater Surveying of Rocky Coastal Environments with an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Khokhlov</surname>
<given-names>Sergey</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Menna</surname>
<given-names>Fabio</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5365-8813</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nocerino</surname>
<given-names>Erica</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-4967</ext-link>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>PhD programme in Culture, Literature, Rights, Tourism and Territory, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Chemical, Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department of Science and Technology, University of Napoli Parthenope, Napoli, Italy</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>23</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XLIX-B2-2026</volume>
<fpage>955</fpage>
<lpage>962</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Sergey Khokhlov et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>Mapping at the air&amp;ndash;water interface in shallow coastal environments remains challenging due to the need to integrate heterogeneous datasets acquired under different geometric and operational conditions. This study presents a modular uncrewed surface vehicle (USV)-based system for simultaneous above- and underwater photogrammetric surveying supported by differential GNSS positioning. The system integrates a rigid multi-camera configuration, GNSS time synchronization, and a direct georeferencing workflow based on trajectory interpolation and lever-arm calibration. Experimental results from a rocky coastal site in Sardinia (Italy) show that underwater photogrammetry can achieve centimetric absolute accuracy (2&amp;ndash;4 cm horizontally and ~8 cm vertically) without underwater ground control points. The USV enables controlled and repeatable acquisition in very shallow environments, while UAV photogrammetry complements the reconstruction of the emerged area. Limitations related to image quality and refraction effects are discussed. The system represents a flexible and scalable solution for integrated coastal mapping and monitoring.</p>
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