Patent ID: 7646671

Claim:
A method for providing a seismic image of earth's subsurface, comprising: retrieving seismic data representative of earth's subsurface and acquired by deploying a plurality of seismic sensors proximate an area of the earth's subsurface to be evaluated, the seismic sensors generating at least one of an electrical and optical signal in response to seismic energy, from a first survey and a second survey, wherein the first survey and the second survey are shot with a bin size of L×L and the second survey is shot with a shooting direction rotated 90° relative to the shooting direction of the first survey; transforming the seismic data into binned seismic data with a higher resolution bin grid, comprising: combining the seismic data from the first and second surveys; and binning the combined seismic data from the first and second surveys on a bin grid with a bin size of L 2 × L 2 and with a bin grid orientation rotated 45° relative to the shooting directions of the first and second surveys; and applying seismic data processing to the binned seismic data to create a higher resolution image of the earth's subsurface.