| Brand |
BioSonics, Inc |
| Product |
BioSonics VBT (Visual Bottom Typer) |
| Year of initial development |
1994 |
| Latest version (year) |
2.0 beta (2009) |
| Platform (Win, MAC, Unix, other); minimum computer requirements |
MS Windows; Current version of MS Windows |
| Is the software stand alone or part of another package |
Stand-alone |
| Does it process proprietairy data? |
Yes |
| Included in hardware |
No |
| Amount of supported systems? |
> 60 |
| Open to other data formats? |
Limited |
| Where is the software suited for? |
No -> please fill in where is it suited for (SBES, MBES, LIDAR etcetera)? |
| Requirement of independent samples? |
No |
| Possibility of ground truthing? |
Yes |
| Amount of derived classes |
2-6 standard, more possible |
| What seafloor/riverfloor parameters are extracted by the method: |
Acoustic class for unsupervised with post-verification, vegated and unvegitated habtitats, sediment class, bathymetry, Hardness, roughness |
| Penetration depth |
Surface sediments only. |
| Is the analysis carried out offline or is it real time applicable? |
Offline |
| Does the software allow for pre-processing data and quality control? |
Yes, for supervised classification. |
| * Full-wave form |
Yes |
| * Derived depths |
Yes |
| * Backscatter measurements |
Yes |
| * Modeling of the signal employed |
No |
| * Feature extraction (e.g. time spreads) |
Yes |
| * Segmentation |
Yes |
| Is the system based on finding features? |
Yes |
| How does the system find features? |
spectral analyses, fractal analyses, power spectra |
| Create contouring charts |
? |
| Create profile sheets |
Yes, ASCII output data |
| Create Reporting charts |
Yes, ASCII format for easy import to any other software. |
| S57 ENC support |
? |
| Digital export data formats supported |
XY-class ascii, KML |
| What is the typical application for your package? (max 30 words) |
Acoustic substrate classification using either supervised or unsupervised analysis methods in large rivers, lakes, and nearshore coastal environments. |
