Chesapeake Times, Vol 3 | October 2020 In the next version of SonarWiz, we added a few options to help folks with large files. We have seen the ever-increasing file sizes, as folks collect higher resolution data or just more data. Days of 8-bit sidescan and single beam echosounder have been replaced with 24-bit sidescan data and multibeam sonar. With each update, file sizes are larger, and sometimes, unmanageable to move from one machine to another, or take much, much longer to process. We have added in a few new features in the latest update to address this issue. Tool …
QPS and SonarWiz Streamline Sidescan Workflow
Chesapeake Times, Vol 2 | July 2020 Late last year, Chesapeake and QPS worked together on providing a simplified workflow to process sidescan data that had been collected in the Qinsy software. Raw Database (.db) files recorded in Qinsy can now be imported directly into SonarWiz, without the need for any conversion to XTF. The Qinsy Database file is a proprietary format and, in the past, required users to have the sonar files converted to XTF before processing. This approach reduces the data processing time and can remove potential errors that might occur during the conversion to XTF. Using the …