This invention relates to a method and apparatus for designing seismic
data acquisition trace spacing. The method includes: determining different first apparent velocities of effective
waves and different second apparent velocities of interfering
waves based on raw single-shot data; determining a first frequency corresponding to a first preset minimum energy value for each effective wave and a second frequency corresponding to a second preset minimum energy value for each interfering wave; determining a first candidate maximum
wavenumber for each effective wave that does not produce spatial
aliasing based on the first frequency and the first
apparent velocity, and determining a second candidate maximum
wavenumber for each interfering wave that does not produce spatial
aliasing based on the second frequency and the second
apparent velocity; determining a target maximum
wavenumber from the first and second candidate maximum wavenumbers, and then determining the seismic
data acquisition trace spacing for the target work area; and designing a trace spacing that can balance exploration costs and technical requirements using old single-shot data, saving costs and fully utilizing the value of old data.