Picotech Presents Miniature Multi-Beam Survey Equipment
and recovered at the point of survey by one person. With the low power consumption and rapid mobilization, it is capable of conducting hydrographic data collection.According to Picotech, Podlet is supported by industry-standard acquisition and processing software, BeamworX, EIVA NaviSuite, Xylem HYPACK, Teledyne PDS and QPS QINSy and offers bathymetry and backscatter (snippets) as standard.It is compatible with low-cost RTK base stations such as the Reach RS2
Partnerships aims to bring Hydrographic Survey Data Processing to the Cloud
Terradepth and Hypack announced a strategic partnership designed to enable surveyors to run Hypack's software directly in the cloud through Terradepth's Absolute Ocean platform.By integrating Hypack software with Terradepth's cloud-native Absolute Ocean platform, hydrographic surveyors can process ocean data in near-real time during surveys and seamlessly contextualize it with existing geophysical data, aiming to reduce the time from data collection to actionable insights, shrinking lead times from weeks to hours."We are very excited to share our latest innovation in ocean
Picotech Debuts new range of Multibeam Echosounders
and long endurance.PicoMB132 and PicoMB133 bot come with an Inertial Navigation System fully integrated within their deck units, designed to speed and simplify mobilization and reduce costs.All systems are supported by industry standard acquisition and processing software, BeamworX, EIVA NaviSuite, Xylem HYPACK, Teledyne PDS and QPS QINSy.Product Spec includes:• Rugged fully over-molded digital transducers immune to galvanic corrosion• 300-400kHz wide-band 1-3 composite arrays• Less than 0.4kg in water• Backscatter (snippets) available as standardImage courtesy Picotech
Event: HYPACK 2023 Hydrographic and Dredging Training Event
Details on the annual HYPACK Training Event were recently released, scheduled to be held January 9-12, 2023 in Panama City Beach, Florida, marking 30 years of the training event. The training will offer instruction on the newest features of HYPACK 2023 and training in HYPACK, HYSWEEP, and DREDGEPACK software. Attendees will have exclusive access to all live training sessions and the ability to network with attendees and exhibitors. Attendees will also be able to see HYPACK in action from livestreamed demos at the hotel. To register and learn more about our event, click here!HYPACK 2023 Event
TECH FILE: WASSP S3 Gets an Upgrade
includes an improved IP66 waterproof DRX processor, along with the new RPM processing module and a high performance fairing transducer perfect for pole or hull mounting.WASSP’s own CDX remains the primary UI and interfaces with an even greater range of 3rd party software options such as BeamworX, HYPACK, EIVA, Qinsy, SonarWiz, Echoview and many more. In addition to the standard package, a range of optional licenses are available such as Backscatter, Sidescan and Water Column Targets. In addition to the improvements to the S3, a fully integrated kit known as the S3r has also been released.
Unmanned Vessel Launched to Survey Western Galveston Bay
by increasing productivity with collaborative autonomy for force-multiplication and shifting recurring and repetitive operations from manual to autonomous, which enables personnel to focus on higher-level tasks. In addition, interfacing autonomous navigation systems with survey software, including Hypack, enables direct communication and optimizing the combined capabilities of both platforms. Vessel-tracking precision is improved over planned lines to reduce cross-track error and excessive data overlap.“Deploying the SM300 system for this mission is allowing DEA to conduct marine surveys with
USS Delivers Unmanned Surface Vessel to Tetra Tech
.USS said the delivery to Tetra Tech included an Inception Class MKII Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) with a bespoke cooling system and two additional survey instrumentation pods for harbor survey projects. The first payload pod has been fitted out with an R2SONIC 2020, SBG Ekinox-D, Valeport SVS and Hypack Hysweep software for undertaking high-resolution multi-beam data acquisition, USS said.A second pod will be fitted with an EdgeTech side-scan sonar and the third with a single-beam echo-sounder, both for subsequent operation in the USA. Director of USS, James Williams explained: "Our customers
Commercial Hydrographic Training with USV
attend the intensive 5-day course.As part of the training, the delegates mapped Hayle Harbor in Cornwall using an Unmanned Surface Vessel fitted with Multi-beam Echo-Sounder technology. The USV was remotely operated from Swathe Services offices nearby using dedicated survey data acquisition software from HYPACK.Managing Director of Swathe Services, James Williams said: “We’re the only company to date offering commercial hands-on MBES training using a USV. Our sister company Unmanned Survey Solutions provided the remotely operated Unmanned Surface Vessel for the training and it all worked perfectly
CTI Announces SonarWiz, Hires Maddock
Chesapeake Technology Inc. (CTI) hired David Maddock shortly before Ocean Business 2019 (OB2019).Maddock has over a decade of experience as a software engineer in the hydrographic industry. Before joining the CTI team, he served as Technical Director for Programming at HYPACK where he worked with side scan, sub-bottom, multibeam, and LiDAR data acquisition and processing. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Central Connecticut State University and a M.S. in English Literature and Language from Signum University.CTI was active at OB2019 and SonarWiz was used for on board demonstrations of post-proce
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