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Atlas Reveals New Products at Seawork 2005
01 Aug 2005
New ranges of software for seabed classification were unveiled at Seawork 2005 byYeovil based Atlantas Marine, UK and Irish distributors for the developers, Quester Tangent ofCanada. They included QTCMultiview for classifying sediment types and defining acoustic diversity with an emphasis on image quality control and sophisticated data filtering.
Designed for use with leading multibeam echosounding systems such as those from Atlas Hydrographic, Reson and Simrad, PC-compatible QTC Multiview automatically generates statistical features for patches of seafloor from recorded backscatter and depth data while multiple algorithms provide discrimination between sediment types. It will cost around £7,000 to £8,000 according to Atlantas Marine's Charlie Foll. Among the first orders is a suite for the Port of Bristol for use in association with a recently acquired Reson Seabat 8101 multibeam system aboard its survey vessel, Isambard Brunel . The system has reportedly already detailed known wrecks and obstructions within port confines.
Complementary software for sidescan sonar applications, QTC Sideview, is also available.
Similarly designed for hydrographic survey, dredging and port surveys as well as other uses, it is claimed to facilitate added value to traditional charting and interpretation methods.
Meanwhile, the company is also actively marketing a new all weather video recorder (AWVR) developed by systems integration specialists, Ilex Computing of Great Yarmouth. Costing a quoted £5,000 and featuring GPS position overlays along with a video typewriter and a storage capacity of between 40GB and 160GB, units are capable of providing up to three days of high-resolution colour recordings at 25 frames per second. Users to date include a number of offshore concerns in the Great Yarmouth area.
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