Control of remotely operated vehicle's dynamic positioning system by external navigation system

A method for the remote control of a remotely operated vehicle, comprising

• deploying a plurality of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from a surface vessel, wherein each of the plurality of ROVs is coupled to a dynamic positioning (DP) system;
• deploying a plurality of seismic nodes on the seabed by the plurality of ROVs;
• determining a subsea position of each of the plurality of ROVs by an Integrated Navigation System (INS) on the surface vessel and outputting that ROV position to the DP system, wherein the subsea position is determined in real-time;
• automatically selecting a target seabed position for each of the plurality of seismic nodes by the INS;
• automatically outputting the target seabed position for each of the plurality of seismic nodes to the DP system;
• automatically outputting an ROV position and ROV target position from the INS to the DP system at a regular time interval;
• automatically positioning each of the plurality of ROVs from a first target seabed position to a second target seabed position based on commands provided by the INS to the DP system based on the selected target seabed position and the ROV position;
• automatically deploying each of the plurality of seismic nodes on the seabed at the selected target seabed position by the plurality of ROVs based on commands provided by the DP system;
• and
• automatically determining a flight path of the ROV between the selected target seabed positions after positioning each of the plurality of seismic nodes on the seabed and automatically positioning the ROV based on that flight path.