Partrac in Sediview software agency agreement
Glasgow UK based marine environmental consultancy Partrac Ltd has made a worldwide agency agreement (excluding Australia) for Sediview software.
Sediview software v3 is a processing tool to generate sediment concentration estimates from Teledyne RDI 1200 and 600 kHz Broadband ADCP instruments. It also incorporates a wide range of features to analyse and graphically output collected data, including current speed and direction, discharge, and processed sediment concentration.
The integration into a single unit of detailed sediment and current data permits the measurement and analysis of dynamic and large scale sediment distribution and transport processes with a high degree of confidence.
Partrac has taken over the sales, technical support, training and a technical development role for Sediview under the agreement with DRL Software Ltd, the UK based company which developed and introduced the software commercially in 1979. Partrac will also undertake Sediview surveys (such as mapping dredge plumes) for clients with sediment management problems.
Technical director Kevin Black said, ‘The derivation of sediment concentration from backscatter readings obtained with ADCP has been of considerable interest to oceanographers and coastal geologists for many years. When DRL Software introduced the Sediview product into the market a genuine advance was made on a practical level.
‘Sediview now has an enviable reputation and a demonstrable track record, and there are over 100 Sediview users worldwide including the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Port of London Authority, and the United States Geological Survey. We will be further developing the software with DRL Software over the next year and hope to bring an exciting range of additional features and compatibility with a range of instruments.’
DRL Software director Nick Bray added, ‘We’re delighted to have entered into an agreement with Partrac Ltd to increase the profile of our software and make it more readily accessible. Sediview has already proved to be a valuable tool to users in a wide variety of fields and we are confident that it will be a benefit to many more, both in its traditional form and through synergistic development with Partrac.’
