EdgeTech has launched a new solution to provide nadir gap coverage on the EdgeTech 2205 sonar platforms. The 2205 system with gap-fill technology was designed specifically for hosted platforms operating in shallow water or within close proximity to the bottom.
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SonarWiz mapping software is being utilized for archeological surveys in the North Sea.
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Chesapeake Technology will release SonarWiz 7.4 in April 2019, with updates to many of the software modules. Side scan updates include automatic processing and real-time directory monitoring to enable unattended workflows, along with two new bottom-tracking algorithms designed to work better in noisy environments. New file compression reduces project size by as much as four times and vastly improves export
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Chesapeake Technology Inc. has appointed Harold Orlinsky as general manager and opened a new office on the East Coast of the U.S., in Cheshire, Connecticut. Orlinsky brings 25 years of experience in the hydrographic field to lead Chesapeake, as the company continues to build out SonarWiz, its world class software for sidescan, sub bottom and multibeam applications. Under Orlinsky’s direction,
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Chesapeake Technology, the company that makes SonarWiz data collection and post-processing software, has renewed its multi-year partnership with the BentProp Project, which has used SonarWiz software since Dec. 2010 to create and review sonar images to identify high-likelihood search targets such as planes on the seafloor. Hundreds of images are scanned each day during a typical one-month project. Since 2014,
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Chesapeake Technology Inc. announced the immediate availability of SonarWiz licenses that do not require a dongle. In what may be an industry first, users now have the option to buy secure SonarWiz post-processing licenses with an electronic code instantly. Dongle-free licensing is available with SonarWiz 7.1 and later. Electronic-only licenses effectively give users a faster and more convenient way to
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