Automatic data filtering

A full suite of bathymetric data filters allows for easy and bulk removal of erroneous data. Filter by depth, sonar beam angle, across track distance, beam-to-beam slope limits, IHO error limits, and many more.

High-resolution mosaic creation

Create high-resolution mosaic images from the raw Side Scan imagery. Tools to control overlap areas, cell combining, averaging.

Powerful and proven data processing

Over a decade of development and refinement has produced a set of industry leading processing tools. These include corrections for all vessel motion, tides, sound velocity artifacts, sensor timing errors, and many more.

Powerful imagery processing

Correct imagery data for the effects of changing topology, water column effects, beam patterns, and many more.

Process all auxiliary sensor data

Review and correct all sensor data including Gyro, Heave, Pitch, Roll, Tide, GPS RTK, and many more. Integrated editors allow for easy data correlation.

Robust gridding techniques

Produce high-resolution grid models from your collected bathymetry. Grid creation can be based on modeling the sonar's footprint on the seafloor, or based on configurable error models. Produce multi-attributed gridded data to aid in data processing.

Seamless area based cleaning

The area based Subset Editor allows for data review and correction in an integrated 2D and 3D environment. Erroneous points can be removed from the processing, but the data is always available for review and re-acceptance if necessary.

Semi-automated Data cleaning with CUBE

Apply the CUBE algorithm to all bathymetry to assist in data cleaning. Use the new Subset Editor to review the CUBE results, and correct problem areas.

^*The CUBE algorithm originates from the work of Dr. Brian Calder at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire.

Target registration

Easy to use tools to create contact objects directly from the side scan imagery. View these objects in the map window to correlate with published chart features or collected bathymetry.

Import data from many formats

Supports over 40 industry standard formats including; Atlas, CMAX, Coda, EdgeTech, Elac, Furuno, GeoAcoustics, GSF, Hypack, LADS, MarineSonics, Navitronics, Qmips, Scripps, SDF, Seabeam, Seafalcon, SEGY, SHOALS, Simrad, Spawar, Swathplus, UNB, Winfrog, and XTF.

Flexible import architecture allows HIPS and SIPS to easily support new formats.

Rich background data support

Display your survey data with other published data formats from electronic charts to aerial photography.

• HIPS provides support for the following raster formats:
  BSB, GeoTIFF, HCRF, ECW, TFW, CARIS IGA and JPEG2000
• HIPS also supports the follwing vector formats:
  S-57 ENC, DWG/DXF, SHAPE and CARIS Vector Map.

Robust platform configuration

Support for many sonar configurations: Single Beam, Multi-beam, Multi-transducer (Sweep), Dual head Multi-beam, hull mounted Side Scan, towed Side Scan, ROV/AUV, and many more.

Automated vector creation

Easily create scale based selected sounding sets and contour products from gridded data models.

Plot results

Create plots and reports from user defined templates using the Publication Designer tool. Allows the user to create on-the-fly reports directly from the bathymetry.

3D fly-through technology

Interactive 3D project window allows dynamically flying through the data. Fuse all data layers together in a seamless 3D-terrain model. Visually identify problem areas, and launch the appropriate data editor.

Powerful quality control tools

Compare cross lines with existing surface data and create textual and graphical reports. Templated configuration allows for create-once-use-many scenarios.

Produce full error estimates for all soundings

Produce a forward-looking error estimate for every sounding in your survey. Easily configure your platform for all error estimates that contribute to the overall error estimate of each sounding.