How can ocean floor features be measured and mapped using current acoustical technology? How can ocean floor maps be used in the commercial, military, and/or private sector? With the current technology that we have today we are provided with information on how the ocean floor may look. A piece of equipment that is used out in the ocean to measure the ocean floor is the sonar stick, this sonar stick is has sound to it and once it hits the bottom of the ocean floor it sends up a sound. Ocean floor maps can help with many situations, with the military like a submarine, it let's us know how far we are to the ocean floor and where the enemy is. Having the ocean floor mapped out allows us to go discover what is there and watch out for dangerous courses ahead.  On the image below it lists some of the objects it lists is the continental shelf, mid-ocean ridge and the trench.