Recently the Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) took delivery of 12 SonarWiz.MAP licenses. The decision was announced following a site visit and demonstration by Chesapeake Technology (CTI) of its SonarWiz.MAP software.
The multi-license order was negotiated by Mr. Aki Inose of Viziotex, Chesapeake's sales representative in Tokyo. JCG plans to use SonarWiz.MAP for a variety of sidescan post-processing functions in multiple government offices.
SonarWiz.MAP is the flagship product of CTI, an up and coming leader in underwater survey industry software development. SonarWiz.MAP provides real-time sidescan sonar acquisition and mosaicking in one single application.
Members of the US Geological Survey were filmed while out on the Missouri River at Williston, North Dakota, USA, performing a hydrographic survey to monitor the state of riverbed erosion. They were using a multibeam echo sounder which transmits sound energy and analyses the return signal (echo) that has bounced off the riverbed or other objects. Multibeam sonars emit sound waves from directly beneath a ship's hull to produce fan-shaped coverage of the riverbed.
