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Chesapeake Technology, Inc. 1605 W El Camino Real, Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 967-2045 www.chesapeaketech.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chesapeake Technology, Inc. Announces Broad Set of Enhancements to Industry-Leading SonarWiz Software Latest Version Makes Powerful New Seafloor Mapping Tools Available to Analysts and Surveyors. Southampton, UK (April 14, 2015) – In its most significant product announcement in the past five years, Chesapeake Technology has launched a new version of its SonarWiz that delivers a new level of data acquisition, processing, and 3D visualization capabilities to the marine technology industry. Live, on-vessel demonstrations of the software are available through EdgeTech and Klein in conjunction with the Ocean Business 2015 show in Southampton Wednesday and Thursday, April 15 and 16 th . Conference attendees can also visit booth S5 to view the software in person. “We wanted to make sure we continued to provide the industry’s premier ‘all-in-one’ solution for seafloor mapping,” said John Gann, VP, Software Development for Chesapeake. “Now surveyors have better acquisition, processing, and visualization tools. Analysts can more easily visualize their bathymetry, sidescan, and sub-bottom data together in 3D. And interferometric sonar users can get more from their systems.” The latest version of SonarWiz features backscatter post-processing for bathymetric data including beam averaged and time-series (snippets) amplitude records. The software allows users to create crisp amplitude mosaics through automatic, whole-survey gain optimization. “Our customers wanted functionality to create great-looking backscatter mosaics without reviewing each survey line individually and that’s just what we built” said Gann. “Now the processing and normalization is an automatic process that requires little to no user involvement. It’s a huge time-saver.” The new SonarWiz allows users to rescue or fine-tune data with automatic and semiautomatic grid creation and editing tools. And the software includes flexible gridding options that may be used concurrently to ensure survey coverage and quality. “With the addition of dual channel independent sidescan bottom tracking and the expansion of the Vessel Editor, users can process all data types with more precision and sidescan data from a broader range of platforms, including the larger ROVs and AUVs with port and starboard channels distant from each other,“ said Gann. “We’re pleased to be able to provide the most advanced bathymetric data processing, rendering, and reporting in the industry.”
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Chesapeake Technology, Inc. 1605 W El Camino Real, Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 967-2045 www.chesapeaketech.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chesapeake Technology, Inc. Announces Broad Set of Enhancements to Industry-Leading SonarWiz Software
Latest Version Makes Powerful New Seafloor Mapping Tools Available to
Analysts and Surveyors. Southampton, UK (April 14, 2015) – In its most significant product announcement in the past five years, Chesapeake Technology has launched a new version of its SonarWiz that delivers a new level of data acquisition, processing, and 3D visualization capabilities to the marine technology industry. Live, on-vessel demonstrations of the software are available through EdgeTech and Klein in conjunction with the Ocean Business 2015 show in Southampton Wednesday and Thursday, April 15 and 16th. Conference attendees can also visit booth S5 to view the software in person. “We wanted to make sure we continued to provide the industry’s premier ‘all-in-one’ solution for seafloor mapping,” said John Gann, VP, Software Development for Chesapeake. “Now surveyors have better acquisition, processing, and visualization tools. Analysts can more easily visualize their bathymetry, sidescan, and sub-bottom data together in 3D. And interferometric sonar users can get more from their systems.” The latest version of SonarWiz features backscatter post-processing for bathymetric data including beam averaged and time-series (snippets) amplitude records. The software allows users to create crisp amplitude mosaics through automatic, whole-survey gain optimization.
“Our customers wanted functionality to create great-looking backscatter mosaics without reviewing each survey line individually and that’s just what we built” said Gann. “Now the processing and normalization is an automatic process that requires little to no user involvement. It’s a huge time-saver.” The new SonarWiz allows users to rescue or fine-tune data with automatic and semiautomatic grid creation and editing tools. And the software includes flexible gridding options that may be used concurrently to ensure survey coverage and quality.
“With the addition of dual channel independent sidescan bottom tracking and the expansion of the Vessel Editor, users can process all data types with more precision and sidescan data from a broader range of platforms, including the larger ROVs and AUVs with port and starboard channels distant from each other,“ said Gann. “We’re pleased to be able to provide the most advanced bathymetric data processing, rendering, and reporting in the industry.”
Chesapeake Technology, Inc. 1605 W El Camino Real, Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 967-2045 www.chesapeaketech.com The latest version of SonarWiz features new icons, a bright color scheme, and a streamlined interface. It also provides faster processing speeds. About Chesapeake Technology, Inc. Chesapeake Technology, Inc. (CTI) has been offering sonar mapping software, custom solutions, and thought-leading consulting services to the marine geophysical and geological survey industries for over 20 years. CTI’s SonarWiz software provides real-time sonar data acquisition and processing for sidescan, sub-bottom, bathymetry, and magnetometer sonar data used by hundreds of clients worldwide, including many of the world’s navies, NOAA, USGS, Fugro, C&C Technologies and leading academic institutions. CTI is privately owned and located in Mountain View, CA
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