| Brand |
Quester Tangent |
| Product |
QTC LIDAR |
| Year of initial development |
2005 |
| Latest version (year) |
2.1 (2008) |
| Platform (Win, MAC, Unix, other); minimum computer requirements |
Win XP; 1 GHz, 1GB RAM |
| Is the software stand alone or part of another package |
Stand-alone |
| Does it process proprietairy data? |
Yes, Tenix LADS |
| Included in hardware |
No |
| Amount of supported systems? |
One, Tenix LADS |
| Open to other data formats? |
No |
| Where is the software suited for? |
LIDAR |
| Requirement of independent samples? |
Yes |
| Possibility of ground truthing? |
Yes |
| Amount of derived classes |
variable - user-derived |
| What seafloor/riverfloor parameters are extracted by the method: |
Acoustic classes, other parameters indirectly |
| Penetration depth |
Surface only |
| Is the analysis carried out offline or is it real time applicable? |
Post-processing |
| Does the software allow for pre-processing data and quality control? |
Using Tenix quality flags |
| * Full-wave form |
- |
| * Derived depths |
Optionally |
| * Backscatter measurements |
- |
| * Other |
Seabed reflectivity |
| * 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, grey level occurence matrices, mean, standard deviation, histogram, quantile. |
| Create contouring charts |
N/A |
| Create profile sheets |
N/A |
| Create Reporting charts |
N/A |
| S57 ENC support |
N/A |
| Digital export data formats supported |
GeoTiff, XY-class ascii, JPEG, PNG, Surfer grid |
| What is the typical application for your package? (max 30 words) |
Coastal zone management, hydrographic and route survey, dredging and port construction, fisheries management, habitat assessment and environmental monitoring; military (MCM, ASW). |
