Sonar W10 - SonarMite data processing software

SonarW10 - SonarMite processing software

SonarW10 Data Processing Software

SonarVista software enables the user to download directly from the instrument processor the stored data. On fetching the data, the program checks the time difference between the two processors to within 10ms, data can be time adjusted to bring the downloaded data into the same temporal frame as the position data already stored on the computer. In addition to downloading data the SonarVista software can import position, depth and tide gauge data in a variety of different file formats. All data brought into the program is sorted by time and visually presented as a time series long section together with a plan view.

Section & Plan View of a Survey- showing colour options

Once the data is all present within the program the software can be used to edit the data, remove spikes and apply dimensional and temporal offsets independently to any of the main data elements of tide, depth and position. The software then interpolates intermediate values such as tide and position for depths, tide and depth for positions etc. When complete the user can export the processed data to a wide variety of datafile formats including ASCII, CSV, XYZ, KML(Google Earth) and 3D DXF for import to CAD packages.

Main Features

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Instrument Data Import - Binary data import from SonarMite

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Windows Compliant - Tested on Windows 7,8,10 and Tablet PC

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Graphical Editing - Interactive editing of plan or time series data using graphic windows, toolbar commands and drag/drop techniques

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External Data Import - Import Tide Gauge, Position and Depth data from a wide variety of formats including NMEA, ASCII, Leica and Trimble GPS

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Data Export - Export data to industry standard file formats including NMEA, ASCII, XYZ, Geotronics, Excel CSV, AutoCAD 3D DXF, Google Earth KML

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On-Line Help - The software uses the latest contextual help methods to provide on-line information about program functions. An extensive help file is provided with details of methods employed and example data sets

For most small boat applications the SonarW10 software provides a complete solution that lets the user combine Depth, Position and Tide data to produce a processed final survey data set. The software package is normally provided with the SonarMite echo sounder or the TidaLite tide gauge instruments as the download, editing and processing software. The program is designed for use on PCs running the Windows 7,8,10 or Tablet operating systems.