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# Chesapeake Technology

SonarWiz software to collect, process, interpret and report on marine surveys

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- [Chesapeake Times](https://chesapeaketech.com/chesapeake-blog/) - Technical notes that discuss in depth some of the many new features and improvements made to SonarWiz in recent releases.
- [The Ocean Data Imperative](https://chesapeaketech.com/the-ocean-data-imperative/) - Great Data, Generic Cloud Bucket NOAA just finished the most consequential seabed survey in U.S. waters. The data deserves better than a generic cloud bucket. 1. The campaign: PACM-1 On July 17, 2026, the Department of the Interior published the Proposed Leasing Notice for the American Samoa OCS Pacific Mineral Lease Sale 1 (PACM-1): two
- [SonarWiz Web License](https://chesapeaketech.com/sonarwiz-web-license/) - The SonarWiz Web License Portal is live: every user and every license in your organization, managed in one place. Sign in, check out a license, and get to work — no USB key, no support ticket, and full offline use, even in airgapped environments. Existing customers can exchange older USB dongles for portal licenses —
- [SonarWiz: The Standard for NOAA Hydrographic Survey Operations](https://chesapeaketech.com/sonarwiz-the-standard-for-noaa-hydrographic-survey-operations/) - For nearly three decades, SonarWiz has been the side scan sonar software of choice for the organizations that map America's waters. Nowhere is that more evident than in the publicly available survey records of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), where SonarWiz appears again and again as the tool used to acquire, process, and
- [Oceanology International 2026: Unveiling Fathom and Our Partnership with north.io](https://chesapeaketech.com/oceanology-international-2026-unveiling-fathom-and-our-partnership-with-north-io/) - The future of sonar processing is here — and we showed it to the world at Oceanology International 2026. Last month in London, Chesapeake Technology unveiled SonarWiz Fathom, our cloud-native sonar data processing platform, to the global marine survey community. The response exceeded our expectations. We also announced our partnership with north.io, integrating Fathom with
- [Fathom's Waterfall View: Full-Resolution Sidescan Processing in Your Browser](https://chesapeaketech.com/fathoms-waterfall-view-full-resolution-sidescan-processing-in-your-browser/) - The waterfall view is where every sonar analyst lives — and we built Fathom's from the ground up to feel like home. One view. Full control. Fathom's waterfall view lets you adjust gain, swap color maps, and toggle bottom tracking — all without leaving the screen. Sidescan port and starboard, side by side, with real-time
- [Introducing SEGY Mentor: Browser-Based SEG-Y Inspection and QC](https://chesapeaketech.com/introducing-segy-mentor-browser-based-seg-y-inspection-and-qc/) - https://chesapeaketech.com/apps/segy-mentor You received a dataset and need to check whether the headers are right before importing. You exported SEG-Y from one package and need to verify byte locations match what the receiving software expects. You need to tweak a few header values without firing up a full processing suite. Your options until now: install a
- [Free Tool: Sidescan Coverage Calculator](https://chesapeaketech.com/free-tool-sidescan-coverage-calculator/) - A Quick Way to Estimate Sidescan Coverage When you’re planning a sidescan survey, coverage is of paramount importance. The Sidescan Coverage Calculator is designed to help answer that quickly, without digging through spreadsheets or full planning software. Try it here: https://chesapeaketech.com/apps/sidescan-coverage-calculator/ The tool is intentionally lightweight. It answers: given a sonar range, altitude, and target
- [User-Defined Magnetometer Templates: Take Control of Your Mag Data](https://chesapeaketech.com/user-defined-magnetometer-templates-take-control-of-your-mag-data/) - Chesapeake Times Vol 23 | November 2025 Magnetometers are indispensable tools in marine survey work, and magnetometer data often forms a crucial layer in the overall interpretation of a survey area. But as any data processor knows, magnetometer data formats can vary dramatically from one instrument to another. Fieldnames differ, time and position formats change,
- [New Additions to SonarWiz 8.5](https://chesapeaketech.com/newin8-5/) - Chesapeake Times Vol 23 | November 2025 SonarWiz is a Global Powerhouse All in one Software for processing many types of Sonar FIles. SonarWiz has features and dialogs for processing navigation data, side scan sonar data, sub-bottom sonar data, single and multi-beam bathymetric data, LIDAR data, magnetometer data, etc.. In addition to all of the
- [Dispatches from the Lab: Introducing SonarWiz's Next-Generation Bottom Tracking Algorithm](https://chesapeaketech.com/dispatches-from-the-lab-introducing-sonarwizs-next-generation-bottom-tracking-algorithm/) - For decades, sonar operators around the globe have relied on SonarWiz for precise seafloor mapping and data interpretation. A critical, yet time-consuming, aspect of this work is accurate bottom tracking—identifying the precise boundary between the water column and the seafloor in sonar imagery. While our current SonarWiz tools offer automated bottom tracking, achieving the highest
- [SonarWiz Winter Workshop 2025](https://chesapeaketech.com/sonarwiz-winter-workshop-2025/) - December 8–11, 2025 • The Westin, Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa Monday, December 8 9:30–10:30 AM — Partner Session 1 11:00 AM–12:00 PM — Partner Session 2 1:30–3:00 PM — SonarWiz Basics 3:30–5:00 PM — SonarWiz Real-Time Primer Tuesday, December 9 8:00 AM — Registration 8:30 AM — Welcome to SonarWiz Winter Training 8:45–10:00
- [Optimal Sidescan Scan Resolution](https://chesapeaketech.com/optimal-sidescan-scan-resolution/) - Chesapeake Times Vol 22 | July 2025 Getting the best resolution for your sidescan shouldn’t be a guessing game. And in version 8.4, a new tool has been added to take the guesswork out for your sidescan mosaic resolution. Why do it? I have noticed people say the project requires a 10cm resolution mosaic. And
- [Did You Know: Grid and Contour Utility Tool ](https://chesapeaketech.com/grid-and-contour-utility-tool/) - Grid and Contour Utility Tool Chesapeake Times Vol 22 | July 2025 SonarWiz has many amazing features and tools within the software that can be used to help process sonar data. So many in fact, that some of these features and tools get overlooked and are not used as much as others. I would like
- [Did You Know: Nav Injector Pro](https://chesapeaketech.com/did-you-know-nav-injector-pro/) - Navinjector Pro is a navigation utility that you can use to inject navigation into your Sonar file. Chesapeake Times Vol 22 | July 2025 The utility is called Navinjecto Pro or NIP for short. The NavInjectorPro. Command button in the Tools Menu opens the NavInjectorPro tool and is used to inject navigation from an external
- [Patch Tests in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/patch-tests-in-sonarwiz/) - Patch Tests in SonarWiz Chesapeake Times Vol 22 | July 2025 SonarWiz has many tools for processing bathymetry data. As many of you know when you are processing bathymetry a lot of times you have to perform a calibration test or patch test on your bathymetry data set. A patch test is a systematic approach
- [Did You Know: Using Qimera XTF file in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/did-you-know-using-qimera-xtf-file-in-sonarwiz/) - Qimera XTF files in SonarWiz Chesapeake Times Vol 22 | July 2025 SonarWiz Bathymetry can work with a variety of sonar formats, including XTF. However, XTF comes in many flavors and formats, and SonarWiz needs a specific file populated with fields in the right area. Below are the steps needed to create the XTF file
- [Rationalized Contacts in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/rationalized-contacts-in-sonarwiz/) - A Streamlined Approach to Target Management Chesapeake Times Vol 22 | July 2025 In SonarWiz, Rationalized Contacts represent an evolution in contact management designed to improve consistency, reduce redundancy, and enhance interoperability across survey lines and sonar systems. Traditionally, sonar contacts—such as targets identified in sidescan or sub-bottom data—could be created independently in different lines,
- [Slimmer, Smarter Contacts in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/slimmer-smarter-contacts-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times Vol 22 | July 2025 If you’ve worked on a target-picking project with ATR or synthetic aperture sonar, you’ve probably seen firsthand how fast contact counts climb and how quickly the targets folder in your SonarWiz Project starts to balloon. Every flagged feature creates a high-resolution image, and those images add up fast.
- [Patch Testing in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/patch-testing-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 22 | July 2025 SonarWiz has many tools for processing bathymetry data. As many of you know when you are processing bathymetry often times, you need to perform a calibration test or patch test on your bathymetry data set. A patch test is a systematic approach used for calibrating these sensors that
- [Enhancing Post-Processing with Color](https://chesapeaketech.com/enhancingppwithcolor/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 21 | April 2025 The latest SonarWiz 8.3 release introduces a powerful enhancement aimed at streamlining post-processing and improving the clarity of sonar data interpretation: the integration of the Color Window directly into the Digitizer Window. Previously only accessible from the Map View, the Color Window is now available during the digitizing
- [SonarWiz Gets Dark Mode](https://chesapeaketech.com/darkmode/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 21 | April 2025 Ten years ago, dark mode began sweeping across the internet. Almost every web app and program eventually embraced it, and even Microsoft adopted it as the default with Windows 11. Now, with SonarWiz Version 8.3.0, we're thrilled to announce that Dark Mode has finally arrived in SonarWiz! Whether
- [GUI Updates: Grid Program](https://chesapeaketech.com/gui/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 21 | April 2025 Chesapeake Technologies has made many improvements to the latest version of SonarWiz 8.3. If you look around in the newest version, you will notice several changes to the GUI and new features added. In this recent release, a new feature in the Gridding program can be seen below.
- [LAS Export Improvements: How to Choose Good Settings](https://chesapeaketech.com/lasexport/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 21 | April 2025 SonarWiz has been able to import laser data and process it with its bathymetry engine for some time now. Additionally, SonarWiz has been able to export files that it treats as bathymetry in the LAS point cloud format.In the upcoming SonarWiz 8.3.0 release, we've fixed some bugs and
- [New Real Time Magnetometer Interface & Capabilities](https://chesapeaketech.com/rtmagelement/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 21 | April 2025 In SonarWiz V8.3.0 we are introducing a new magnetometer interface and some new capabilities for magnetometer data collection and import. SonarWiz has had support for real time and post processing of Magnetometer data for many years. The magnetometer systems we can support are single channel and typically collect
- [Levels of Detailing in Drawing](https://chesapeaketech.com/levels-of-detailing-in-drawing/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 20 | January 2025 In the recent 8.2 version of SonarWiz, we've added the ability to export cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs, or COGs. These are tiled GeoTIFFs with downsampled overview levels, all arranged in such a way as to allow for quick retrieval of the parts of the image needed, with no more resolution
- [Troubleshooting using the Output Message Log, and theLogfile](https://chesapeaketech.com/troubleshooting/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 20 | January 2025 As I work at the support desk, I encounter service tickets where users might be able to help themselves out of a jam by using the Output Log at the bottom of the screen. Alternatively, the user might need to send a copy of the LogFile to the
- [ZEdit for SonarWiz: Seamlessly Smooth, Edit, and Interpolate](https://chesapeaketech.com/zedit-for-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 20 | January 2025 SonarWiz is a powerful software in the field of sonar mapping, and among its many tools is ZEdit, an essential utility for post-processing CSF files. ZEdit is specifically designed to allow for editing, filtering, and smoothing navigation, heading, magnetometer, water depth, and other values contained in a sonar
- [Reigning in the Units](https://chesapeaketech.com/reigning-in-the-units/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 20 | January 2025 In sonar data processing units, whether meters, feet, nautical miles, etc., define the scale and context of sensor values and spatial measurements. Without clear labeling of the displayed data values and user inputs the data may by misinterpreted leading to incorrect results and bad products produced by the
- [Bathymetry Waterfall. Features and Useful Displays](https://chesapeaketech.com/bathymetry-waterfall/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 20 | January 2025 In SonarWiz, there are many displays that are used among the different sensors. In this article, I will use the Digitizer View – but not as a sidescan view, but to display bathymetry data. Perhaps it is a bit unusual to display data in that view, but in
- [Drill Cores in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/drill-cores-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 20 | January 2025 Marine drill cores are indispensable tools across industries, providing direct samples from beneath the seafloor. These cylindrical sections of sediment or rock are vital for collecting geological and environmental data, supporting activities such as resource extraction, offshore construction, and environmental management. Core records are particularly valuable when interpreting
- [Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/atrinsonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 19 | October 2024 SonarWiz 8.1 introduces automatic target recognition (ATR) for sidescan data. The SonarWiz ATR engine uses a Convolution Neural Network (CNN) combined with computer vision algorithms to automatically detect and measure objects in sidescan images. These object detections, or “hits”, can then be converted into SonarWiz Contacts to speed
- [Bathymetric Processing](https://chesapeaketech.com/bathy-processing/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 19 | October 2024 In the latest version of SonarWiz, a few updates have been added to the Swath Editor program. The old saying is that if it’s not broken, don’t touch it. Probably worthwhile, but I went against the grain, and made changes to the program anyway. Auto Rejection of data
- [Faster Tiling Output Part 2](https://chesapeaketech.com/faster-tiling-output/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 19 | October 2024 In the last CTI Times Newsletter, my colleague Jonathan Fleetwood wrote about the Faster Tiling Output he was working on for the SonarWiz V8.01.00 release. Many CTI users use the Tiled GeoImage exports for the final deliverable product. One of the development goals this year was to
- [Automated Precision: How ATR Enhances Contact Management in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/automated-precision/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 19 | October 2024 When conducting sonar surveys, one of the key tasks for marine surveyors is to identify and catalog points of interest on the seafloor. These points, known as Contacts in SonarWiz, represent specific features detected in sonar data that may require further investigation or analysis. Here we will take
- [Meet Brian Bradley](https://chesapeaketech.com/brianbradley/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 19 | October 2024 Our Chesapeake Times Quarterly Newsletter or blog is a tradition that provides insight and news about SonarWiz and new features that have been added to the interface. Many articles are highlights about new releases and tools that have been added since the last release or to a future
- [Geodesy Updates/Improvements in the Latest SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/geodesy-updates-improvements/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 19 | October 2024 The latest version of SonarWiz, 8.1, due to be released in a handful of days, contains a lot of improvements and fixes. I'm looking at a development board with 126 improvements, and expect to see it around 130 or so around release time. ATR, faster tiled exports with
- [Sub-bottom Displayed Range Upgrade](https://chesapeaketech.com/sbp-displayed-range-upgrade/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 18 | July 2024 Sometimes an improvement in SonarWiz takes a few releases to be fully realized. One such instance is the upgrade to the displayed range for SBP (sub-bottom) data. One of the areas of SonarWiz where we like to make improvements is the ability to import the data as
- [A New Speed Limit](https://chesapeaketech.com/newspeedlimit/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 18 | July 2024 A new filter has been added in SonarWiz 8.1 to the bathymetry processing, to both the Navigation and Attitude editor and into the Merge option. It allows you to remove spikes in the data caused by erroneous GPS values, based upon the instantaneous speed computed between two fixes.
- [Towfish Navigation in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/towfish-navigation-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 18 | July 2024 With the summer field season in full swing, our support team has seen an uptick in questions about how how towfish navigation in SonarWiz works. That is, given the position and orientation of the towing platform, how exactly does SonarWiz compute the position and orientation of the towfish?
- [Charting New Waters: My First Dive into SonarWiz and Ocean Mapping](https://chesapeaketech.com/chartingnewwaters/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 18 | July 2024 Despite covering more than 70% of the Earth's surface, over 80% of our oceans remain unexplored and unmapped. This vast, uncharted territory presents both challenges and opportunities for marine research and exploration. To bridge this gap, advanced technologies are essential, and one such tool is SonarWiz by Chesapeake
- [Faster Tiling Output](https://chesapeaketech.com/fastertilingoutput/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 18 | July 2024 Geoimage exports are a standard deliverable for many surveys. One or a set of georeferenced images with varying annotation of the full survey area can provide an easy-to-understand overview of the survey findings in geographic context. The GeoTIFF format - a TIFF image with some embedded metadata to
- [Simplification Is In The Details](https://chesapeaketech.com/simplification-is-in-the-details/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 17 | April 2024 One of our main goals with SonarWiz is to simplify the UI (User Interface) and to make it more intuitive to use. This is mainly to reduce the number of operations the user needs to make in order to accomplish a given task. In addition to
- [No looking back! Backwards compatibility in SonarWiz 8](https://chesapeaketech.com/no-looking-back-backwards-compatibility-in-sonarwiz-8/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 17 | April 2024 Given the new SonarWiz 8 release you might be wondering if you can open and work with your SonarWiz 7 projects in SonarWiz 8. SonarWiz 8 is fully compatible with SonarWiz 7 projects. We know that users have their SonarWiz version preference either due to an organization
- [Removing WGS84 Assumptions & Dependencies](https://chesapeaketech.com/removing-wgs84-assumptions-dependencies/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 17 | April 2024 SonarWiz has traditionally relied, in a number of ways, on translations between coordinates in the "projet output" system (the X/Y coordinates reprented in the plan view, in the projection system chosen at the project creation) and WGS84 latitude/longitude (EPSG:4326) coordinates. We assumed a lot of incoming data -
- [Multiple Suppression Filter](https://chesapeaketech.com/multiple-suppression-filter/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 17 | April 2024 SonarWiz 8 introduces a new Reflection Filter to the Sub-Bottom Module that automatically detects secondary reflections SBP data and suppresses them. The filter works in four steps: Predict the most common multiples based on the shape and depth of the seafloor return. At each prediction, search for a
- [Let’s Count the Ways – Bathy Data Exports](https://chesapeaketech.com/bathydataexports/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 17 | April 2024 The traditional XYZ file from a bathymetry file can be done a few ways in SonarWiz once the survey data has been processed. Most of these exports can be found in the Post Processing tab > Export button, within the bathymetry section. Which export is needed is up
- [Bigger Needs Faster and Better](https://chesapeaketech.com/bigger-needs-faster-and-better/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 16 | January 2024 As we move into the future it is clear that the underwater survey industry is quickly moving towards acquiring much larger amounts of data each and every year. Earlier this year one of our clients reported on social media that they are building a 480 TB (that’s Terra
- [Performance Improvements, New Project Explorer](https://chesapeaketech.com/performance-improvements-new-project-explorer/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 16 | January 2024 SonarWiz 8, scheduled for release early in March, will come with some nice performance and functionality enhancements around the digitizer windows, contacts, and project management. For a while now, opening the bottom tracker/digitizer window has been significantly slower than it needs to be. We've sped the loading process
- [New Color Options in SonarWiz 8.0](https://chesapeaketech.com/new-color-options-in-sonarwiz-8-0/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 16 | January 2024 In the early days of SonarWiz, side scan backscatter was converted to 8-bit pixel values on import. The actual intensity values were lost and only an 8-bit color map of the data remained. As sonar systems and sonar users become more sophisticated, SonarWiz switched to importing raw intensity
- [Finding the Difference](https://chesapeaketech.com/finding-the-difference/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 16 | January 2024 A few tools in SonarWiz - both old and new, will provide the user with a simple way for analyzing change differences, both visually and in numerical form. Whether you want to monitor the difference in a pre and post dredge survey, monitor environment change over a sand
- [Resources You'd Like To See For Support in 2024?](https://chesapeaketech.com/support-resources/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 16 | January 2024 Here at CTI we pride ourselves on our top of the industry customer support, our team not only is willing and able to assist with your SonarWiz projects but we have a wide array of industry knowledge that can assist when the inevitable speed bumps appear in your
- [Sub-bottom 2 Layer Sound Velocity Model](https://chesapeaketech.com/sub-bottom-2-layer-sound-velocity-model/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 15 | October 2023 We are currently in the process of making some big changes in the sub-bottom sonar features in SonarWiz. These changes implement a 2 layer sound velocity model. Currently, the SonarWiz sub-bottom digitizer window displays data using just the sound velocity of water. The reflectors have a multi-layer sound
- [Property Grid Enhancement](https://chesapeaketech.com/property-grid-enhancement/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 15 | October 2023 The upcoming SonarWiz 7.12 release will include a nice, oft-requested change to the property grid interface to simplify its operation and speed up batches of settings changes. The property grid interface in SonarWiz has for a long time been the primary means by which settings are applied to
- [Far Field Tracking Supported in Seabed Characterization](https://chesapeaketech.com/far-field-tracking/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 15 | October 2023 The seabed characterization utility in SonarWiz is a valuable tool for studying underwater features. It is used to delineate seafloor topography and substrate composition from side-scan and multibeam backscatter data. The GIS layers produced by the utility are important for assessing fish habitat distribution and availability, monitoring erosion
- [A Better Default](https://chesapeaketech.com/a-better-default/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 15 | October 2023 A few places in the program, you will run across some value, set by default, to start the process. Overriding these values is easy, simply put in the number you wish to use. But if you are changing the value every time, perhaps the default value needs to
- [Auditing Progress in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/auditing-progress-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 15 | October 2023 Our primary goal for new development in SonarWiz continues to be to make the job of a processor more efficient. In the early 2000s the program relied on managers built into SonarWiz and simple .CSV exports to manage logging the processing steps taken in your project but as
- [New SonarWiz Splash Screen](https://chesapeaketech.com/new-sonarwiz-splash-screen/) - Ches Time Vol 5 Apr 2021 - The new SonarWiz Splash Screen adds several new features dynamically - version number, build date, copyright information, and user license information.
- [GeoAcoustics partnership for PulSAR & GeoPulse](https://chesapeaketech.com/geoacoustics-partnership-for-pulsar-geopulse/) - Ches Times Vol 5 April 2021 - Chesapeake Technology is excited to announce a partnership with GeoAcoustics Ltd to provide users a complete survey solution, combining hardware and software for a seamless operation of data collection and processing for sidescan and sub bottom sonar systems.
- [Which Way Is Up? - Plan View Rotation](https://chesapeaketech.com/which-way-is-up-plan-view-rotation/) - Ches Time Vol 5 Apr 2021 - SonarWiz includes as a new feature the ability to rotate the main plan view itself, which allows for easy orientation to a user-specified heading, current steering line, or actual vessel heading.
- [Plan View Contact Capture](https://chesapeaketech.com/plan-view-contact-capture/) - Ches Times v8 Jan 2022 - SonarWiz 7.09 has new options to manage Contacts; picked this way they will still be associated with a sidescan, bathymetry, or backscatter line, just as contacts picked from a waterfall.
- [Validation of SonarWiz Multibeam Server](https://chesapeaketech.com/validation-of-sonarwiz-multibeam-server/) - Ches Times v8 Jan 2022 - We recently validated the Multibeam Server in SonarWiz 7.9. The results computed by SonarWiz collection and processing was compared to the data collected and processed in other software. Overall, the agreement matched well, with differences less than a few centimeters. This comparison – an independent check on the data - proved the system data collection through data processing was correct, and the updated server and software passed the validation test.
- [Contacts: An Update](https://chesapeaketech.com/contacts-an-update/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 14 | July 2023 In the latest release of SonarWiz, we added a new way of real time target marking. Called the “Waypoint Contact”, it is a single check box to enable this function. The hardest part was to decide where to place this user command option, without adding more dialog boxes
- [Sidescan Gain: Updates to the Empirical Gain Normalization](https://chesapeaketech.com/egn-updates/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 14 | July 2023 Empirical Gain Normalization (EGN) The EGN algorithm is a black-box statistical approach to normalizing the backscatter intensity of mapping sonars. It is black-box, because the algorithm works with the observed amplitude values exclusively and makes limited assumptions about internal mechanics of the sonar system. It is statistical, because
- [Battling SEGY Once Again!](https://chesapeaketech.com/battling-segy-once-again/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 14 | July 2023 Over the past few years, we have spent considerable development time on addressing the needs of our sub bottom processor geos. We have made great improvements to the available tools and workflow. We have time and time again had to battle with how to make sure that all
- [The Side Scan Sonar 10% Rule](https://chesapeaketech.com/the-side-scan-sonar-10-rule/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 14 | July 2023 Recently the question came up, “What is the best height to tow my Side Scan Sonar off of the bottom?” The general answer is the altitude should be 10% to 20% of the slant range. While this is a good rule of thumb, or general rule to follow,
- [The CsfCalc Tool](https://chesapeaketech.com/csfcalc-tool/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 14 | July 2023 For a couple years now, SonarWiz has been shipping with a little command-line utility called CsfCalc.exe. It hasn't gotten a lot of attention, but it can be pretty handy for some purposes. We've mainly used it as a repair tool for files having some bad data in them;
- [Realtime and Recording Improvements](https://chesapeaketech.com/realtimeandrecording/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 13 | April 2023 In the upcoming version of SonarWiz, 7.11.0, we've made a number of additional improvements to SonarWiz's realtime and recording behavior and setup. Much of this involves moving options from not-obvious locations to a centralized location, though a few new features deserve mention as well. On the general realtime
- [Golden Soundings in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/goldensoundings/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 13 | April 2023 In the next release of SonarWiz, the addition of saving and highlighting bathymetry sounding points – as flagged and golden soundings was added. We took the concept of a Golden Sounding and enhanced it to be Golden areas, providing more flexibility and options for the user. In SonarWiz,
- [File Import Datum Transformations in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/datumtransformations/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 13 | April 2023 One of the signature features of the SonarWiz 7.10 series is the upgraded geodetic library. The new geodetic engine adds support for hundreds of datum and datum transformations that previous versions of SonarWiz could not support. However, a major limitation of the current SonarWiz design, and a vestige
- [New Partnership with Absolute Ocean: Moving Data into Cloud Platforms](https://chesapeaketech.com/ao/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 13 | April 2023 As one of the support technicians here at CTI I get the unique opportunity to engage with processors daily with training and support questions. Even in my short time in this industry it has been remarkable to see the ballooning of project sizes, where a few years ago
- [Tools, Tools, and more Tools](https://chesapeaketech.com/tools/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 13 | April 2023 Often I am reminded that SonarWiz is not just a single simple software application. It is a large collection of useful tools for manipulating sonar and other types of data. It features many common tools used for processing sonar data so it can be further analyzed and
- [Auto Processing Advancements and the Future Of SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/autoprocessing/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 12 | Jan 2023 Happy New Year! It is 2023 and here at CTI we are planning some interesting changes to SonarWiz to get more done with less mouse clicks. First, let’s go over what SonarWiz currently offers. We added automatic processing of side scan sonar data in SonarWiz V7.4. The auto
- [50 Years Later and SEGY files are still running Strong!](https://chesapeaketech.com/segy-still-running-strong/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 12 | Oct 2023 Although the SEGY file format is getting closer to celebrating its 50th birthday, originally developed in the mid-70s, our industry still considers these the standard for storing sub-bottom profiler data. We have come a long way from its original specifications for magnetic tapes and SonarWiz has required multiple
- [Spotting the Target on the Seafloor: Tools in SonarWiz to Help](https://chesapeaketech.com/spotting-the-target/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 12 | Jan 2023 Next month, I am presenting a talk entitled “Automated ways to distinguish areas of viable targets against a uniform seabed”. It is still a work in progress, but I wanted to share a few of the techniques and results. Note that all the tools used for this project
- [Magnetometer Updates](https://chesapeaketech.com/mag-updates/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 12 | Jan 2023 In SonarWiz 7.10.02, we are releasing a large update to the SonarWiz Magnetometer module. The goal of the update is to better integrate the magnetometer module with the rest of the program and to add missing utility functions that were previously only available for sonar files. The largest
- [New Realtime Capabilities](https://chesapeaketech.com/new-realtime-capabilities/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 12 | Jan 2023 In the upcoming release of version 7.10.2, we've added some additional capabilities for realtime monitoring. The sensor graph window, used to show a graph with a brief history of a sensor value, has been expanded to be able to graph more than one value of interest at a
- [2D & 3D Drawing Improvements in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/2d-3d-drawing-improvements-in-sonarwiz/) - With the release of SonarWiz 7.5, Chesapeake introduced a drawing cache mechanism designed to allow for compact storage of, and quick access to, large bathymetric point clouds for display within the 3D viewer(You can also seek the help of 3D animation studio experts to get your project animation done). This cache allows for much faster
- [Edgetech eBOSS - RealTime Collection and Post-Processing](https://chesapeaketech.com/edgetech-eboss-collection-and-processing/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 11 | Oct 2022 Chesapeake Technology offers variety of products to collect and record real-time data from sonar/mapping devices. "Servers," as we call them, act as a bridge between a running instance of SonarWiz and the hardware or software interface of the sonar device. See the SonarWiz download page (https://chesapeaketech.com/download-sonarwiz/) for a
- [Building an Artificial Reef – Tools Used in SonarWiz for Data Processing](https://chesapeaketech.com/tools-for-data-processing/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 11 | Oct 2022 Working with our clients, I have come across many uses for the software. Recently, it was used for a project offshore Florida to build an artificial fish haven. The reef was being built with discarded concrete badge pilings, dumped in an area approximately 7 miles offshore Florida east
- [Updating the Coverage Mapping Options in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/updating-coverage-maps/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 11 | Oct 2022 In older versions of SonarWiz, the Coverage Report was used to create an image file of the percentages of coverage for a sidescan survey. The tool also could include data being removed from the far range or nadir data and would result in all the coverage statistics needed.
- [SonarWiz 7.10.00 Introduces a New Geodesy Engine](https://chesapeaketech.com/new-geodesy/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 11 | Oct 2022 In SonarWiz 7.10.00, we are introducing a new geodetic engine. The new engine is based on the popular open-source PROJ library and gives SonarWiz support for modern dynamic datums, datum ensembles and derived projected coordinate reference systems (CRS) we have not been able to support in previous versions
- [Software Development At CTI](https://chesapeaketech.com/software-development/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 11 | Oct 2022 Software development has been on my mind lately. SonarWiz V7.10.00 is a big release and has been under development since June 2022. In this version of SonarWiz we made a significant change by updating our geodesy engine. This update took a significant amount of the development time. During
- [Updated Project Folder in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/updated-project-folder-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 10 | July 2022 In the next release of SonarWiz, you’ll see a few changes to the Project Explorer. The first, is the addition to a new folder, specifically for LiDAR data files. In the past, these were listed under bathymetry, and the new folder will provide the user a better way
- [Nearly Headless SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/nearly-headless-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 10 | July 2022 “Nearly headless? How can you be nearly headless?” Although I do not believe Hermione Granger ever had a need to use SonarWiz, we here at CTI have been asking the same question. As our ever-evolving industry (like most others) require increasingly more automation and headless solutions, we have
- [Adjusting Sensor Heading for Magnetic Declination](https://chesapeaketech.com/adjusting-sensor-heading-for-magnetic-declination/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 10 | July 2022 Recently, a client reported that their sidescan data did not properly overlap when projecting the sonar imagery using either the sensor or course made good (CMG) setting---the two heading options available in SonarWiz. In the end, it turned out that the sidescan compass had not been adjusted for
- [Switching SonarWiz geodesy to PROJ](https://chesapeaketech.com/switching-sonarwiz-geodesy-to-proj/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 10 | July 2022 For many years now, the geodesy system in SonarWiz and related utilities has been based on an open source library called CS-Map. Associated with the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (osgeo.org), CS-Map provides functionality that allows for coordinate transformations between combinations of geodetic and grid positions. SonarWiz depends on
- [Real Time Side Scan and Sub-bottom Navigation Improvements](https://chesapeaketech.com/real-time-side-scan-and-sub-bottom-navigation-improvements/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 10 | July 2022 Improvements in SonarWiz sometimes occur mostly under the hood. These changes alter the way SonarWiz works without changing the way SonarWiz presents itself to the user. This article details some important changes to how SonarWiz works internally regarding real time navigation data. Previously, SonarWiz would record the navigation
- [SonarWiz Sub-Bottom Data Topographic Correction](https://chesapeaketech.com/sonarwiz-sub-bottom-data-topographic-correction/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 9 | April 2022 I described our support for Tides in SBP (Sub-Bottom Profiler) data in a previous article (CTI Times #6). In this new article, I will elaborate on how SonarWiz uses this and the other vertical offset information to correct the sonar image. The Topographic Correction in SonarWiz for SBP
- [Motion Tolerance in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/motion-tolerance-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 9 | April 2022 In the latest release, SonarWiz is now more able to import and process the Motion Tolerant sidescan packet from Edgetech sidescan sonars. The data packets, stored in subsystem 70 and 71, are collected by the Edgetech 6205s and 4205 Sidescan sonars. Until this update, SonarWiz relied on the
- [Automatic Target Recognition with Terradepth Absolute Ocean Platform](https://chesapeaketech.com/automatic-target-recognition-with-terradepth-absolute-ocean-platform/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 9 | April 2022 We’re happy to announce that Terradepth and Chesapeake Technologies have entered into an agreement to collaborate on a solution for Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) in mosaiced imagery data. This integrated workflow will connect Chesapeake's SonarWiz software and Terradepth's Absolute Ocean (AO) platform, making a seamless and straightforward approach
- [Map Corrections – Let’s Clean Up These Boulders!](https://chesapeaketech.com/map-corrections-lets-clean-up-these-boulders/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 9 | April 2022 While working with a customer recently, we had to solve an issue that sidescan processors deal with on a regular basis – My sidescan data has navigation issues and I need to use smoothing to clean up the image, but I need to maintain the positional accuracy. What
- [Improvements to Digitizer in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/improvements-to-digitizer-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 9 | April 2022 In recent and upcoming releases of SonarWiz, there are a couple of digitizer improvements of note. In 7.9.2, a new feature was added to synchronize scrolling positions between multiple open waterfall windows. Presently, the control to turn this feature on and off is in the Advanced preferences page:
- [Automated Processing of Sidescan and Bathymetry in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/automated-processing-of-sidescan-and-bathymetry-in-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 9 | April 2022 What is Automated Processing? Automated processing is processing without human intervention. The purpose is to quickly and efficiently process large amounts of data with minimal human interaction. For sonar data processing, automation promises to remove or reduce the need for humans to perform routine and repetitive tasks. Automation
- [Adding Tides and Starting Elevation to Sub-Bottom Data](https://chesapeaketech.com/adding-tides-and-starting-elevation-to-sub-bottom-data/) - New for SonarWiz 7.8.0: we are adding the ability to utilize Tide data to correct Sub-Bottom sonar data. In addition to Tide data we are also adding a Starting Elevation value for each Sub-Bottom file. This will allow the user to specify the elevation for the survey. SonarWiz Sub-Bottom data has several sources of Elevation data and Depth
- [Sub-bottom and Bathymetry: Contacts aren’t just for Sidescan!](https://chesapeaketech.com/sub-bottom-and-bathymetry-contacts/) - We now offer contacts for sub-bottom and bathymetry files allowing users to recapture images after edits, signal processing, or navigational change.
- [Seafloor Multiple Reflections in Sub-bottom Profiles](https://chesapeaketech.com/seafloor-multiple-reflections-in-sub-bottom-profiles/) - ChesTech Times, Vol 2, July 2020 | There are many types of reverberation present in marine seismic traces other than seafloor reflector harmonics. Read more..
- [Enhancements of Sub Bottom Profiler Modules](https://chesapeaketech.com/enhancements-of-sub-bottom-profiler-modules/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 2 | July 2020 I'd like to talk about improvements in the Sub bottom Profiler processing window. These have been in the works read more
- [Updates to Gains in 7.07.05](https://chesapeaketech.com/updates-to-gains-in-7-07-05/) - Ches Times Vol 5 Apr 2021 - SonarWiz 7.07.0 introduced several changes to the sidescan and sub-bottom gain dialogs to make them easier to use and to support a new workflow for EGN.
- [New Advances in SonarWiz Single Beam](https://chesapeaketech.com/new-advances-in-sonarwiz-single-beam/) - Ches Times Vol 5 April 2021 - We added new tools and features to SonarWiz and enhanced our servers. We worked with manufacturers to capture and process their full stream of data starting with Teledyne Odom E20 and Kongsberg EA440
- [Expanded CSF Sample Count Options](https://chesapeaketech.com/expanded-csf-sample-count-options/) - Ches Times Vol 6 July 2021 - We increased upper limit to 32,768 samples per channel to allow for centimeter-level resolutions over wide swaths to offer high-resolution deliverables
- [Adding Tides & Starting Elevation to Sub-Bottom Data](https://chesapeaketech.com/adding-tides-starting-elevation-to-sub-bottom-data/) - Ches Times Vol 6 July 2021 SonarWiz 7.8.0 added the ability to utilize Tide data to correct Sub-Bottom sonar data. We added a Starting Elevation value for each Sub-Bottom file. This will allow the user to specify the elevation for the survey.
- [Applying Antenna Elevations SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/applying-antenna-elevations-sonarwiz/) - Ches Times Vol 6 July 2021 SonarWiz gives you the tools you need to apply antenna heights and transform the resulting bathymetry into the output datum
- [A New Tool for Bathy Editing](https://chesapeaketech.com/a-new-tool-for-bathy-editing/) - ChesTimes v6 - SonarWiz 7.8.0 has a new editing tool to work directly on the bathy data in the main display without the need to go into the swath or grid editor
- [New Far Field Tracking for Sidescan Data](https://chesapeaketech.com/new-far-field-tracking-for-sidescan-data/) - SonarWiz already contained the dialog and automatic algorithms to track data with the Bottom Tracker, we decided to add support for far field tracking here.
- [Creating a GeoTIFF From an Online Basemap](https://chesapeaketech.com/creating-a-geotiff-from-an-online-basemap/) - Ches Times v7 Oct 2021 In SonarWiz, a Basemap is a raster or vector map that is shown on the Plan View behind the sonar and other imagery. How to create GeoTIFF basemaps
- [Quick Survey Time Estimation](https://chesapeaketech.com/quick-survey-time-estimation/) - Ches Times v7 Oct 2021 SonarWiz has many tools that can help you make quick work of putting together a survey time estimate, and set of survey lines to use with realtime and Helm Display tools
- [Creating Single-Band GeoTIFFs of Sidescan Data](https://chesapeaketech.com/creating-single-band-geotiffs-of-sidescan-data/) - Ches Times v7 Oct 2021 - SonarWiz can convert any Grid into a “Vertical” GeoTIFF, that is, if you have a grid of bathymetry, you can convert it into a sing-band GeoTiff encoding the elevation data, or likewise, if you have a grid of sidescan amplitude data, you can convert that into a single-band GeoTIFF encoding the backscatter values.
- [Mind the Gap – in Sidescan](https://chesapeaketech.com/mind-the-gap-in-sidescan/) - EdgeTech 2205 has the ability to see the nadir gap from both the left and right sides as well as in 3D. SonarWiz handles the extra data in Ch 5 & 6. Advantage of adding extra data during the same survey line will make survey work go faster, minimizing the total survey lines needed for full coverage
- [Updating Support and Documentation to the 21st Century](https://chesapeaketech.com/updating-support-and-documentation-to-the-21st-century/) - Ches Time Vol 7 Oct 2021 - Chesapeake moved it's online support desk to JIRA in 2018, and we have now begun to move our Knowledge Base of documentation over to its linked system Confluence
- [Improved Single Beam Log File Imports](https://chesapeaketech.com/improved-single-beam-log-file-imports/) - Ches Times Vol 2 | July 2020 Successful processing of NMEA Single Beam sonar data depends on having time, date, position, and depth present in data log files..
- [SonarWiz Introduces Quick Start Training](https://chesapeaketech.com/sonarwiz-introduces-quick-start-training/) - Ches Times vol 8 Jan 2022 - SonarWiz offers live in person training and webinars, recorded webinars, custom onsite and remote training, and now 2 hour Getting Started Zoom sessions for new users
- [SonarWiz Support for NavLab Navigation](https://chesapeaketech.com/sonarwiz-support-for-navlab-navigation/) - Ches Times v8 Jan 2022 - The ability to adjust navigation after sonar data has been collected is useful for AUV operations which will normally require re-processing of the raw navigation after the mission is completed. For file formats with direct support in NavInjectorPro, such as the HISAS XTF formatted files, NIP can directly create updated binary files in native format.
- [SonarWiz Development: V7.09.00 and Beyond](https://chesapeaketech.com/sonarwiz-development-v7-09-00-and-beyond/) - Ches Times Vol 8 Jan 2022 |SonarWiz V7.09.0 is fully internationalized and we will translation the user interface into 12 languages to support our many global users
- [Speed and Efficient Survey Pattern](https://chesapeaketech.com/speed-and-efficient-survey-pattern/) - Ches Times Vol 4 Jan 2021 - The support team wants to help you record higher resolution data using fewer track lines, going more slowly and efficiently. Read more
- [Language Support in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/language-support-in-sonarwiz/) - Ches Times Vol 4 Jan 2021 We are internationalizing and translating the SonarWiz user interface and text files into a dozen languages for our global user base
- [Side Scan Drawing Improvement](https://chesapeaketech.com/side-scan-drawing-improvement/) - Ches Times Vol 4 | Jan 2021 Updated our Side Scan drawing routines to more accurately map samples to pixels in the display down to 10cm and sometimes smaller.
- [Updates to SonarWiz Magnetometer](https://chesapeaketech.com/updates-to-sonarwiz-magnetometer/) - Ches Times vol 4 | We improved the SonarWiz Magnetometer module. Now the user interface is more like sidescan or sub-bottom. We improved settings and tools, and also have the same options for naming magnetic anomalies as sonar contacts.
- [New Editing Capabilities in ZEdit](https://chesapeaketech.com/new-editing-capabilities-in-zedit/)
- [Reconnecting Project File Path References](https://chesapeaketech.com/reconnecting-project-file-path-references/) - Ches Times, Vol 3 Oct 2020 Customers complain about missing contacts or files especially after a project has been moved. To address this common issue, our developers created a tool to reconnect these file paths.
- [Large File Handling in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/large-file-handling-in-sonarwiz/) - Ches Times, Vol 3 | Oct 2020 New XTF tool lets users split data files of any sonar type to create a smaller file for faster data processing in SonarWiz.
- [New Sub Bottom Reflector Digitizing Tools](https://chesapeaketech.com/new-sub-bottom-reflector-digitizing-tools/) - Chesapeake Times, Vol 3 | October 2020We have some new features in SonarWiz 7.7 that will assist in digitizing reflectors. The first tool is the Smart Reflector Tracking tool. It assists the user in tracing part or all of a reflector. It turns a job that used to entail many clicks into 2 clicks. Just enable the Smart Reflector
- [Developing Specifications for SonarWiz on AWS](https://chesapeaketech.com/developing-specifications-for-sonarwiz-on-aws/) - Ches Times, Vol 3 | Oct 2020 SonarWiz 7.7 supports Amazon AWS. Best practices and recommendations for setting up an AWS environment that will run SonarWiz well.
- [Cloud Considerations for Survey Processing](https://chesapeaketech.com/cloud-considerations-for-survey-processing/) - Ches Times, Vol 3 | Oct 2020 We've seen a good deal of interest in cloud platform services and how SonarWiz would run in their AWS and Azure environments...
- [QPS and SonarWiz Streamline Sidescan Workflow](https://chesapeaketech.com/qps-and-sonarwiz-streamline-sidescan-workflow/) - Ches Time Vol 2 | July 2020 We worked together with QPS on providing a simplified workflow to process sidescan data collected in Qinsy. Raw Database files...
- [Chesapeake Adds SEG-Y R2 Support and Tools to SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/chesapeake-adds-seg-y-r2-support-and-tools-to-sonarwiz/) - Chesapeake Times Vol 2 | July 2020 Announced support for SEG-Y R2, a new and improved file format standard. Chesapeake worked with EdgeTech on this project..
- [Sidescan Webinar Q&A](https://chesapeaketech.com/sidescan-webinar-qa/) - This is a list of questions and answers that accompanied our webinar "Sidescan Mosaic Tips", held June 10, 2020. Please see Training > Webinars & Recordings.
- [A-B Change Detection for Sidescan](https://chesapeaketech.com/a-b-change-detection-for-sidescan/) - By Howard Unkeles and Harold OrlinskyCreating a sidescan mosaic for a survey is easy. And doing a second survey is also easy. You can even use the same line plans, as the area is known. But what’s difficult is to find any differences between the two. A visual inspection will find new features, or if there if something moved. But
- [Forward Looking Sonar for Sidescan](https://chesapeaketech.com/forward-looking-sonar-for-sidescan/) - By Chris Favreau, Program Manager We are adding support for Forward Looking Sonar (FLS) systems to SonarWiz 7.6. While the data for FLS systems look similar to other sonar systems such as Side Scan Sonar (SSS), FLS data is different and presents its own challenges. The FLS data is presented as a snapshot much like
- [Processing Multibeam Imagery in SonarWiz](https://chesapeaketech.com/processing-multibeam-imagery-in-sonarwiz/) - By David Finlayson, Chief ScientistMultibeam echo sounder (MBES) imagery has improved dramatically in recent years and each new version of SonarWiz has introduced improved tooling for working with these data. Most of SonarWiz’s image processing and targeting tools are now also available for MBES systems. In this article we will take a look at the
- [Beam Performance Test](https://chesapeaketech.com/beam-performance-test/) - By Harold Orlinsky, General Manager Beam Performance Test new to SonarWiz 7.6If you’ve ever been asked - how good is your multibeam system, don’t fall into the trap of just looking at the system specification for the sonar. It’s not the answer you need. You need to consider everything that goes into the system to

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- [Our Customers](https://chesapeaketech.com/our-customers/) - SonarWiz is used by thousands of clients worldwide, including NOAA, USGS, Fugro, Oceaneering, leading academic institutions, and many of the world’s navies.
- [About Us](https://chesapeaketech.com/about/) - Chesapeake Technology Inc., makers of SonarWiz software used by thousands worldwide in government, industry, universities, and many of the world’s navies.
- [Search Results](https://chesapeaketech.com/search-results/) - Results of site search for sonar software details, training, events and custom software development.
- [Distributors](https://chesapeaketech.com/distributors/) - SonarWiz sonar mapping & processing software is produced by Chesapeake Technology Inc in the United States and distributed globally by these resellers.
- [Careers](https://chesapeaketech.com/about/careers/) - Interested in working at Chesapeake Technology? See this page for current job listings, give us a call or send an email to get things started.
- [File Upload](https://chesapeaketech.com/file-upload/) - Upload your larger data files here so the Chesapeake Support team can review them and follow up with you. Please also see https://chesapeaketech.com/support/
- [Image Galleries](https://chesapeaketech.com/videos/image-galleries/) - Collection of images and mosaics made using SonarWiz software by Chesapeake Technology
- [Quarterly Highlights](https://chesapeaketech.com/support/quarterly-highlights/) - Highlights the key new features and bug fixes in the past 3 months. Improvements and patches are pushed out every 2-6 weeks.
- [Documentation](https://chesapeaketech.com/support/documentation/) - Chesapeake offers a wide range of User Guides, References, training materials, How Tos, videos, recorded webinars. Find the help you need here or contact Support
- [Utilities and More](https://chesapeaketech.com/products/utilities-more/) - NMEA Wiz message generator and stress testing tool, Image To SEGY scan to digital map tool; and custom sonar mapping engineering services.
- [Customer Quotes](https://chesapeaketech.com/customer-quotes/) - Quotes from some of the thousands of SonarWiz users worldwide, representing clients from government and private industries, leading academic institutions, and many of the world’s navies.
- [Ganner Web Design Testing Ground part 2](https://chesapeaketech.com/ganner-web-design-testing-ground-part-2/)

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