Starting bathymetric survey

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For a bathymetric survey a GNSS receiver profile or a TPS profile and an echosounder profile must be available.


  • Click Survey.

  • Click Bathymetric survey.

  • Before starting acquisition of points, set the functioning parameters and rules.

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    • Mode: mode to use for automatic survey of points.

      • Time: position is acquired at preset intervals of time.

      • Distance 2D: position is acquired at preset intervals of horizontal distance.

      • Depth: the position is acquired at fixed intervals of difference in depth.

      • Single positions: the position is acquired manually pressing the Store point.

    • Route tolerance: the acceptable distance from the route. A navigation arrow shows the distance from the route. If the value is exceeded, the software shows the direction to come back to the route.

    • Measure every (sec): available for Time mode. Set the interval of time between every automatic acquisition of position.

    • Measure every (sec): available for Distance 2D mode. Set the interval of horizontal distance that must be between position to acquire and previously acquired position.

    • Measure every (sec): available for Depth mode. Set the depth interval that must between the depth to be acquired and the depth acquired previously.

  • Click Next to continue to define the settings.

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    • Store points and measurements: enables the saving of points and measurements in addition to the bathymetric sessions.

    • Adjust measured depth: the measured depth is adjusted depending on the speed of sound in water.

    • Water temperature (°C): the water temperature used to calculate the speed.

    • Water salinity (‰): the water salinity used to calculate the speed.

    • Water depth: the average water depth.

    • Speed of sound (m/s): the speed of sound.

  • Click Next to start the survey.

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  • The left bar shows the elevation information:

    • image-20251015-145536.png : depth received from echosounder.

    • image-20251015-145556.png : altitude of the land below sea level calculated as GNSS elevation - echosounder depth.

  • The bottom bar shows the profile measurement.

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  • Click Start session to start the session of the bathymetric survey.

  • Click Stop session to stop the session of the bathymetric survey.

If echosounder is a dual beam echosounder, the information are reported for the two received elevations.