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Data Samples / Digital Sidescan Samples

Below are data samples we currently have for OIC-supported analog sidescan sonars.
(Hover over each thumbprint photo to enlarge it.)

LAKE WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, USA

• The Datasonics SIS-1000 was made by Datasonics, Inc., which is now a part of Teledyne Benthos Inc., of North Falmouth, Massachusetts.
• SIS-1000 sidescan and sub-bottom imagery of a B-17 plane wreck on the bottom of Lake Washington. Data compliments of Bill Charbonneau, Teledyne Benthos.

GULFPORT HARBOR, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, USA

• The Datasonics SIS-1500 series were made by Datasonics, Inc., which is now a part of Teledyne Benthos Inc., of North Falmouth, Massachusetts.
• SIS-1501 sidescan data were collected with GeoDAS-PC during the annual NAVOCEANO training course.
• The data were processed at 30-cm resolution in GeoDAS-Desktop and overlaid on top of an air photo image in ER Mapper.

PIPELINE INSPECTOR, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, USA

• The EdgeTech 272-ACI digital sidescan systems are manufactured by EdgeTech Inc., of Massachusetts and Florida.
• EGG-272 Pipeline inspector data, taken with GeoDAS-ACI on a pipeline in Panama City, Florida.

SEAFLOOR, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA

• The Klein 3000 sidescan system is made by Klein Associates, Inc., of Nashua, New Hampshire.
• GeoDAS mosaic of Klein 3000 Sidescan Sonar Data, from the seafloor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• Sidescan data collected in Klein format were converted to OIC format in OIC_NAP and processed line-by-line at 30-cm resolution in GeoDAS-Desktop, then collaged together in ER Mapper.

GULFPORT HARBOR, GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI, USA

• The Klein 5000 series sidescan system is a multibeam sidescan, made by Klein Associates, Inc., of Nashua, New Hampshire.
• Sidescan data were collected with GeoDAS-PC during the annual NAVOCEANO training course.
• The data were processed at 30-cm resolution in GeoDAS-Desktop and overlaid on top of an air photo image in ER Mapper.

USS UTAH, PEARL HARBOR, HONOLULU, HAWAII, USA

• The MSTL Sea Scan (150, 300, 600, 900 & 1200) series digital sidescan is made by Marine Sonic Technologies Ltd. of White Marsh, Virginia.
• Sidescan data collected by Marine Sonic Technologies Ltd. were processed at 3-cm resolution in GeoDAS-Desktop and map annotations were added in ER Mapper.