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New CARIS Software
Canadian software specialists CARIS have launched a new suite of products for bathymetric data management, Base Editor 1.0. It enables users to compile, validate and analyse bathymetric data from multiple formats and a variety of sources for 3D visualisation, subset area editing and surface comparison.
Aquatech’s founder, Duncan Milne, spent over six years designing and building Aquadynamic to be the largest vessel that could be towed on the road without being classed as an abnormal load. The 4.5 ton, 12m launch arrives on site almost ready to work. Once off the public road the craft is made ready for sea in about 30 minutes by inflating the ‘D’ section collar and raising the specialised radar/signal mast. Launching can be by travel lift, mobile crane or direct from the trailer on a large slipway.
Tools such as surface generalisation and defocusing facilitate simple production of smoothed contours, depth areas and selected soundings for use in chart production. Karen Cove, CARIS Product Coordinator, says the suite is particularly suitable for large bathymetric data sets, interoperability and distribution.
