Latest release of Hydromagic software

Eye4Software BV of the Netherlands has released the latest version of its hydrographic survey package, Hydromagic version 5.2.

Its primary purpose is to map the bottom of a rivers, reservoirs or oceans in 3D by using a (D)GPS or RTK positioning system combined with an echosounder or fishfinder.

Once data acquisition has been completed, the sounding can, if needed, be filtered and corrected using the built in sounding editor. The corrected sounding can be used to generate a number of final products, like a digital terrain model (DTM), volume calculation, cross sections, depth contours, Google Earth overlay, DXF AutoCAD file and more.

The software supports multiple map formats, including some nautical map formats such as S57/S63 ENC and GIS formats like GeoTIFF, ESRI Shape and Mapinfo files. CAD drawings generated with either Microstation or AutoCAD (DXF) can also be used.

The software is shipped with more then 5,000 builtin local map projections, allowing it to be used almost any place on earth.