| Brand |
ODIM Brooke Ocean |
| Product |
ODIM FFCPTview |
| Year of initial development |
2005 |
| Latest version (year) |
FFCPTview 4.3 (2008) |
| Platform (Win, MAC, Unix, other); minimum computer requirements |
Windows 2000
|
| Is the software stand alone or part of another package |
Standalone |
| Does it process proprietairy data? |
No |
| Included in hardware |
Yes |
| Amount of supported systems? |
One, ODIM FFCPT (Free Fall Cone Penetrometer) |
| Open to other data formats? |
No |
| Where is the software suited for? |
ODIM FFCPT (Free Fall Cone Penetrometer) |
| Requirement of independent samples? |
No |
| Possibility of ground truthing? |
Yes |
| Amount of derived classes |
7 |
| What seafloor/riverfloor parameters are extracted by the method: |
Mean grain size, undrained shear strength, dynamic pore pressure, dynamic penetration resistance, sediment behaviour type |
| Penetration depth |
Ranging from 2m to 3m |
| Is the analysis carried out offline or is it real time applicable? |
real-time applicable |
| Does the software allow for pre-processing data and quality control? |
n/a |
| * Full-wave form |
n/a |
| * Derived depths |
n/a |
| * Backscatter measurements |
n/a |
| * Other |
measurements are "in-situ" |
| * Modeling of the signal employed |
Yes |
| * Feature extraction (e.g. time spreads) |
n/a |
| * Segmentation |
n/a |
| Is the system based on finding features? |
n/a |
| How does the system find features? |
sediment layering via in-situ measurements |
| Create contouring charts |
Yes {Creates Robertson Diagrams for sediment properties} |
| Create profile sheets |
Yes, depth profiling diagrams |
| Create Reporting charts |
Yes, plots sediment classification on a behaviour type chart |
| S57 ENC support |
Yes, S-57 object attribution supported via look-up table |
| Digital export data formats supported |
XY-class ascii, TXT, XML, Bitmap |
| What is the typical application for your package? (max 30 words) |
FFCPT is used to obtain "in-situ" ground truth seabed classfication while the survey vessel is underway and collecting multibeam and/or sidescan data of the seafloor for various applications. |
