SonaSoft 3.0 Release Includes Chart Data Promotion
Coinciding with the release of SonaSoft 3.0, Jeppesen and FarSounder have announced a new joint promotion. The new software displays FarSounder’s 3-dimensional forward-looking sonar images as an overlay on top of Jeppesen’s C-Map Professional+ charts. The companies will offer FarSounder customers a complimentary three-month trial of the latest Jeppesen charts for key regions of the customers' travel areas.
FarSounder is specialised in realtime 3D sonar systems. They have been selling their flagship navigation and obstacle avoidance systems since 2004. The chart overlay is produced by correlating the sonar's data to a geo-spatial position and displaying information from the sonar data on top of Jeppesen's digital charts.
Over the years, the partnership with Jeppesen has been a great benefit for the company’s customers, said Matthew Zimmerman, vice president of engineering at FarSounder. Chart overlay of the seafloor and in-water targets detected by the sonars aids operator comprehension and enables users to more quickly see where potential navigation obstacles are located, Zimmerman added.
