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Apparatus and methods to operationally deploy land-based seismic nodes. An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle includes apparatus for placing, monitoring, testing, servicing, and collecting nodes in a harsh environment such as, e.g., tundra or desert. Associated methods of node deployment and retr

Apparatus and methods to operationally deploy land-based seismic nodes. An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle includes apparatus for placing, monitoring, testing, servicing, and collecting nodes in a harsh environment such as, e.g., tundra or desert. Associated methods of node deployment and retrieval are disclosed including a ‘rollover deployment.’

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1. A method for operationally deploying one or more land-based seismic sensors, comprising: providing a moveable platform that is equipped to operationally deploy the one or more land-based seismic sensors;deploying an Nth seismic sensor of the one or more land-based seismic sensors in or on the gro

1. A method for operationally deploying one or more land-based seismic sensors, comprising: providing a moveable platform that is equipped to operationally deploy the one or more land-based seismic sensors;deploying an Nth seismic sensor of the one or more land-based seismic sensors in or on the ground at an Nth seismic sensor deployment location and controllably moving the moveable platform and deploying an (N+1)th seismic sensor of the one or more land-based seismic sensors in or on the ground at an (N+1)th seismic sensor deployment location, until a desired number of seismic sensors are deployed in a first survey area;retrieving a plurality of the deployed seismic sensors from the first survey area;at least one of downloading collected data from and charging each of the retrieved plurality of seismic sensors;transporting the retrieved plurality of seismic sensors to a new survey area during the data downloading and/or charging step; anddeploying the plurality of downloaded and/or charged seismic sensors in the new survey area, after the transporting step. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a seismic sensor-local environment for a respective one of the seismic sensors, prior to the step of deploying an Nth seismic sensor. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the seismic sensor-local environment is a ground hole. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of deploying an Nth seismic sensor comprises pushing at least a part of an assembly of one the seismic sensors into the ground. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of deploying an Nth seismic sensor comprises drilling or screwing at least a part of an assembly of one of the seismic sensors into the ground. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of deploying an Nth seismic sensor comprises planting a pole or rod in the ground having a respective one of the seismic sensors attached thereto. 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising testing the functionality of the Nth seismic sensor after the Nth seismic sensor is deployed and prior to navigating to the (N+1)th sensor deployment location. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving step comprises pulling one of the seismic sensors from the ground. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving step comprises reverse drilling or un-screwing one of the seismic sensors from the ground. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieving step comprises grasping a planted pole or rod from the ground, the planted pole or rod having one of the seismic sensors attached thereto.