In Depth
Bathymetric Contours
Generate bathymetric contours at a repeating interval or at a custom set of depths.
Bathymetric Profiles
Display of depth profiles in a 3D plot.
Generate bathymetric profiles along any orientation in the waterway. Optionally include the profile of the channel. Optionally apply a vertical exaggeration for easier view.
Bathymetric Surface Differences
Visualize the change in depth (sedimentation, erosion, etc.) between two or more surveys.
Bathymetric Volume Calculations
BEAMS can compute volumes between a TIN and a Channel Template.
Fast and precise volume computation algorithm based on hyperbolic paraboloid grided surfaces.
Calculate pre and post-dredging volumes using a channel reference. Calculations can be based on a single survey or multiple surveys covering the area. Calculations can be TIN-based (Triangulated Irregular Network) or grid-based.
Channel Condition Reports
Generate Channel Shoaling Reports. These reports list all the shoals in a channel as well as their location, dimension, controlling depth and so on.
Extensive colour, filter and resolution display features
- Multiple resolution display
- Display bathymetry as tiles or soundings
- Custom colour representation
- Filter surveys
- Filter tiles (depth, etc.)
- Turn on/off tile fill and borders
Reference Depth Viewing
Route Analysis using RME objects such as Route and Voyage.
Visualize depth as a function of the channel or of a ship voyage. Identify areas of the seabed above and below the required depth using various colours and attributes.
Shoaling Reports
Shoal detection, bounding and reporting capabilities on Channel vs Bathymetry, Bathymetry vs Voyage, and Voyage vs Channel.
Generate Shoaling Reports. These reports list all the shoals in a channel or in a ship voyage as well as their location, dimension, controlling depth and so on.
TIN support
BEAMS can manipulate TIN's created from a BEAMS bathymetric tile store; Operations include: Create, Save, Open, Limit Line, Break Line, and Longest Edge Removal.Water Level Zoning
Display the available water column by applying water level corrections. Input from a single or multiple tide gauges.
Design Templates
Quickly and easily design your publishing templates to match the appearance of your corporate or department documents using Publication Designer. Include your logos, banners, etc.
Detailed Reports
Publish standard multi-page detailed reports such as volume calculation reports, channel condition reports and shoaling reports. These reports include title pages, headers and footers, etc.
Professional Documents
Publish professional-looking documents such as notices to mariners, work orders, etc. in a matter of seconds. Export the documents to PDF, HTML, TIFF, etc.
Publish to the web
Publish to the Internet / intranet (CARIS PORTIS). Make all the data produced by BEAMS available on your intranet or the Internet. Refer to the PORTIS product features for more details on PORTIS.
Command line support
Command line options to jump directly to a working project at startup.
Full temporal seabed representation
Import multiple surveys over time in order to cover the entire area of interest. By default, the surveys will be chronologically sorted for display and calculations, giving priority to the most recent surveys where more than one overlap.
Meta-data
Support of bathymetry and project meta-data using an XML header file.
Multi-format base mapping
Formats include: S-57 ENC, BSB Raster Nautical Charts, GeoTIFF, MrSID, TIFF/TFW, TIFF/IGA, CARIS, MicroStation (.dgn), AutoCAD (.dwg and .dxf), MapInfo (.mif / .mid), ArcView (Shapefiles), and geospatial point data from ODBC databases.
Multi-user environment
Several BEAMS users on a network can connect to the same bathymetric repository for simple visualization, or perform tasks such as publish results or make calculations.
Multimedia
Using database maps (ODBC databases with geospatial point data), external documents such as images or PDF files can be linked to icons on the map. Query the objects and open them automatically in separate windows.
Unit Support
Both metric and imperial unit systems are fully supported for survey data import/export, base maps, and bathymetric storage.
User privileges
Users without administrator privileges can run BEAMS, view repositories, but cannot create new repositories.
XYZ and object attribute export
Export to XYZ format with or without additional attributes. Export attributes of other data (non-BEAMS) as well.
3-Dimensional Channels
Channel Editing Tool
The Reference Model Editor (RME) is the channel editing tool distributed with the BEAMS product. BEAMS utilizes the channels created by RME for such applications as: bathymetric volume calculations, channel condition reports, shoaling reports, reference depth viewing, and bathymetric profiles.
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