Triton BathyPro - Manual (Page 16)

What BathyPro Does
The purpose of BathyPro is to process, either interactively or in batch mode,
single beam and multibeam data, resulting in output of DDS_VIF or DXF files that
can be imported into DelphMap®.
In the course of using BathyPro to produce your DDS_VIF files or DXF files you
can:
• process and smooth navigation
• remove “spikes” or “glitches” from the motion sensor data
• process and edit the bathymetry data from multibeam, interferometric or
single beam sensors
• build a digital terrain model (DTM)
• extract depth contours
• extract XYZ data to go into an ASCII file
Your Data Type Determines Your Processing Path
The type of BathyPro data you intend to process — single-beam or multibeam —
determines which of four programs (bathypro.exe, bathedit.exe, attedit.exe, or
sbeamedit.exe) you use to get your DDS_VIF or DXF output files. Among these
programs, only bathypro.exe can be used for both data types.
The Paths for Processing Multibeam Data
Multibeam data can be processed in automatic (batch) mode or in
interactive mode.
In the automatic (batch) mode, or path, of processing multibeam data,
BathyPro uses a suite of modules within the larger BathyPro application.
Each module within the BathyPro application performs processing specific
to multibeam data. Chapter 2 through Chapter 4 explain how to use
BathyPro in automatic mode to process multibeam data this way.
In the interactive mode, or path, of processing multibeam data, you use two
programs (instead of the BathyPro executable) in this order:
• Bathy Edit --- editing of individual bathymetry pings using BATHEDIT.EXE.
• Attitude Edit --- editing of motion sensor data using ATTEDIT.EXE
Chapter 2 through Chapter 4 explain how to use BathyPro in interactive
mode to process multibeam data this way.
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