Now that I am the Chief Strategy Officer for XOCEAN I thought I would get back to blogging about any high resolution seabed mapping related news. So my first post should be about the amazing XO-450 USVs. We are currently up to X09 and should be to X12 by early next year. The only USV […]
Tag: multibeam
Oct
28
2020
Kongsberg launching MultiFrequency mode
Kongsberg are launching “MultiFrequency mode” and there is a webinar tomorrow to sign up to https://www.kongsberg.com/maritime/about-us/news-and-media/blog-stories/webinar-em-multifrequency/ Similar to R2Sonic’s multispectral mode maybe?
Aug
16
2016
Using “hydroacoustic properties” to date lava flows
Isobel Yeo of GEOMAR’s Helmholtz Institute for Ocean Research Kiel is calculating the date of lava flows from undersea volcanoes by using the reflectivity returned by sonar backscatter. Nice article on the BBC website here http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160808-the-volcanoes-hiding-in-the-ocean and her paper can be downloaded here http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X16000510
Aug
11
2016
R2Sonic have released a major firmware update
It looks like R2Sonic have been busy. Pitch stabilisation and ROBO mode! Major firmware & GUI releaseStandard frequency range is expanded to 170-450kHz for Sonic 2026 systems, and Sonic 2022 and 2024 systems with model 1006 projectors.GUI now includes ROBO Mode for shallow water surveys less than 40m in depth, simplifying sonar operation.700kHz UHR option […]
Nov
05
2014
Qimera – very exciting
I’ve been working on this for a few months now and finally we can talk about it. Qimera should really change the way that multibeam data is processed. No complicated setup, an intuitive interface and unbelievably powerful features and speed. More posts to follow on this!
Jul
29
2014
Yaw Compensation
Interesting article on the Kongsberg website about Yaw Compensation in shallow water. Click to access Kongsberg-EM-Technical-Note-The-advantages-of-yaw-stabilization.pdf
Jul
17
2014
Watercolumn Seep Detection
A new feature of FMMidwater is an automatic seep detection plugin. Find out all about it by joining this webinar http://www.qps.nl/display/main/2014/07/11/20140722_Jul2014FeatureDetectionWebinar
Jul
02
2013
Richard Montgomery
MCA have just released the Richard Montgomery Survey report from the 2011 survey that MMT-NetSurvey conducted. It’s also been in the news recently about whether it will stop the building of a new London airport. I hope it will because Heathrow is much easier to get to for me.
Sep
13
2011
Multibeam training course in Portsmouth NH
My mate Mike Brissette from MosaicHydro is running a training course in Portsmouth NH in October. Mike is a fantastic tutor and I think they are using the Substructure vessel, which is probably the best inshore vessel on the Eastern Seaboard and one of the best in the world. More info below. Excellent price too […]
Sep
09
2011
Operation Gooseberry
Here at NetSurvey we are just gearing up for Operation Gooseberry, which is a survey we will perform at the end of September of the British and Canadian D-Day Beaches (Gold, Silver and Juno). As well as a survey it is going to be a joint training exercise with the UK Hydrographic Office. We will […]
