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Survey Equipment

Equipment


  • Sonar Systems


    • 2 Knudsen 320M Verticalbeam Echosounders
    • 5 Reson 7125 Dual-frequency Multibeam Sonar Systems
    • 1 Reson 8125 Multibeam Sonar System
    • 1 SeaBeam/Elac 1050D MK II Multibeam Sonar System
    • 1 Klein 5100 Side Scan Sonar
    • 1 Klein 3000 Side Scan Sonar
    • 1 Ceeducer Verticalbeam Echosounder


  • Positioning and Orientation Systems


    • 1 TSS MAHRS attitude and heading sensor
    • 5 TSS/Applanix POS/MV v4 attitude heading and position sensors
    • 1 TSS/Applanix POS/MV v3 attitude heading and position sensors
    • 2 Trimble DSM-212L DGPS receivers
    • 4 Trimble ProBeacon DGPS receivers
    • 4 Furuno GR-80 DGPS receivers
    • 1 CSI Wireless MBX-3S DGPS receiver
    • 2 Trimble ProXRS "backpack" GPS receivers with TSCe data collectors


  • Sound Velocity


    • 2 Seabird SBE-19 Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Sensors
    • 4 Seabird SBE-19+ Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Sensors
    • 2 Digibar Pro Sound Velocimeters
    • 1 ODIM MVP30 Moving Vessel Profiler Sound Velocimeter


  • Additional Equipment


    • 5 Sutron 8210 Nitrogen bubbler Tide Gages
    • 4 Zeis Ni-2 Optical Levels
    • 2 Ashtech Z-FX GPS Receivers and data loggers
    • 2 Ashtech L1-L2 GPS Antennas
    • 1 miniTROLL SSP-100 Least Depth Gauge
 RESON 8101 Processor
Two launches carry a RESON 8101 transducer
for multibeam acquisition.

Monitor Repeater
The coxswain drives acquisition survey lines using a
repeater (black box) which displays Hypack Max.

computers
The computer monitors in a launch.

Software

  • Acquisition Software


    • HYPACK and HYSWEEP Survey Data Acquisition Program
    • POS/MV Controller for positioning
    • SonarPro for sidescan acquisition
    • Hydrostar for multibeam acquisition


  • Processing Software


    • CARIS HIPS & SIPS for data processing and analysis
    • CARIS Notebook for survey planning, shoreline acquisition, and feature management
    • MapInfo for data plotting and analysis
    • Pydro for feature management and report generation
    • Fledermaus for data visualization


  • Horizontal Control Software


    • TSIP Talker
    • DSX/National Geodetic Society DSData Extraction
    • Ashtech WinPrism and Mission Planner
    • Fillnet


  • Vertical Control Software

    • Sound Velocity VelocWin
    • MS DOS SeaCat Profiler
    • Newiz Leveling Software
    • Tides LogPlot
    • Tides LogStat
    • Tides LogPrn Convert
 Launch Acquisition Software
Each launch contains Hypack Max software (front)
and a Knudsen Echosounder (back).

Ship Acquisition Software
This survey tech uses ISIS, Hydrostar, and Hypack Max
to acquire multibeam data through the ship's
Seabeam 1050 D MKII transducer.

plot room
Survey techs working hard to process and clean data

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