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The Seafloor Main Menu is a collection of commands and project properties in a Geocap Seafloor project. The most frequently used commands are accessible through this menu, which will make it easier for new users to operate the Seafloor user interface. However, these and more commands are also available from the project interface.
The Seafloor Main Menu.
How to open the Seafloor Main Menu
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When the Seafloor package is loaded, the menu bar in Geocap will contain a Seafloor pulldown menu.
The Seafloor pull down in the Geocap menu bar
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For all actions in this menu it is required to load a project. If no project is loaded, the message "No project is currently loaded into Geocap!" will appear. Then a description on how to load a project follows.
The Content of the Seafloor Main Menu
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- The menu bar has three options: File, Edit, Help
- The Current project part contains information about which project is active, and what coordinate system the project is using.
- The Working with Survey Data part is the interface to useful commands for processing survey data through the Geocap Seafloor package.
- The Working with Charts part is the interface to useful commands for processing chart data through the Geocap Seafloor package.
Menu bar options (File, Edit, Help)
The upper part of the menu is a menu bar with the entries File, Edit and Help:
The Menu bar
The For the actions from menu bar entries:, see below.
File
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- New - Project... will open the dialog to make a new Geocap (Seafloor) project.
The dialog ends with a question about setting geodetic properties for the project. - New - Survey Data folder... will create a folder of type Survey from top level in the project.
- New - Charts Data folder... will create a folder of type Charts from top level in the project.
The last two commands are useful if the project does not have a folder of the actual type, or if a more than one folder of this type is required.
- Open - Project... will open any existing Geocap projects in the computer or network.
- Recent Projects will give a list of recently opened Geocap projects.
Edit
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- Geodetic settings will open the dialog for setting geodetic properties for the project.
- Vessel Configuration Manager will open the dialog for setting vessel properties for all open projects. This entry will have a meaning only when Multibeam Sonar data are loaded.
- Point Cloud (Multibeam) Editor will open the 3D editing tool for point cloud data (multibeam data) (Multibeam Editor). This entry will work both when Point Cloud data and Multibeam Sonar data are loaded.
Help
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- Seafloor Main Menu will show the help dialog.
- Seafloor User Guide will open the Seafloor User Guide documentation as a pdf file.
- Refresh Report Menu will open the reports dialog containing the last processing results, if it is closed or hidden.
The Current Project part
The Current Project part shows the active project in the Seafloor Main Menu. In Geocap the user can load several projects at the time.
The Current Project part
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The text No geodetic settings is defined indicates that the project doe not have any coordinate system.
The Working with Survey Data part
The Working with Survey Data part
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- The XYZ data tab
- The Multibeam Sonar tab
- The Single Beam tab
The available tabs will be dependent on the features in the license file. For Geocap Shelf users the tab menu will only have the XYZ data part.
The tabs for Shelf
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If there are several folders of the same type in the project, a dialog will appear.
The XYZ data tab
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Create XYZ data (soundings) Folder: This command will create a new folder of the type Soundings as a subfolder under a folder of type Survey.
The Multibeam Sonar tab
The commands in the Multibeam Sonar tab are shortcuts to the commands on a folder of type Multibeam. Many of the commands are Item Commands, which means that the settings in the menu is remembered for each folder.
If there are several folders of the same type in the project, a dialog will appear.
The Multibeam Sonar tab
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If there are several folders of the same type in the project, a dialog will appear.
The Single Beam tab
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Create Single Beam Folder: This command will create a new folder of the type Single Beam as a subfolder under a folder of type Survey.
The Working with Charts part
The Working with Charts part
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This part contains tabs for managing, display and work with data organized in charts (areas of interest). The two three tabs are:
- The Chart commands tab
The Utilities tab
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The Utilities (2) tab (Not enabled for Shelf)
The Chart commands tab
The commands in the Chart commands tab are shortcuts to the commands on folders of type Charts and on folders of type Chart. Many of the commands are Item Commands, which means that the settings in the menu is remembered for each folder.
If there are several folders of the same type in the project, a dialog will appear.
The Chart commands tab
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Show Chart properties: This command will show properties of the content of folders with type Chart.
Remove Chart Data: With this commands it is possible to remove specific data objects from folders of type Chart. The command can be specified to Remove entire chart folder and data, Remove specified chart folder item(s), or Remove empty chart.
The Utilities tab
This part contains buttons with commands to show properties, display and export for analysis of data in a Seafloor projecta Seafloor project. All commands work on folders on type Charts and on folders of type Chart.
All commands work on folders on type Charts and on folders of type Chart.
If there are several folders of the same type in the project, a dialog will appear.
The Utilities tab
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Merge Surfaces: This command will create a new Seafloor surface (DTM) for a chart by merging surfaces from other charts in folders of type Chart.
Remove Chart Data: With this commands it is possible to remove specific data objects from folders of type Chart. The command can be specified to Remove entire chart folder and data, Remove specified chart folder item(s), or Remove empty chart.
The Utilities (2) tab
This part contains buttons with commands for analysis of data in a Seafloor project. All commands work on folders on type Charts and on folders of type Chart. This utility is not enabled for Shelf,
If there are several folders of the same type in the project, a dialog will appear.
Make Boundary Polygon: This
The Utilities (2) tab
Make Outline and Holes: This command will create the outline (boundary (outline) and interior hole polygons for a chart. The boundary polygons can be created from the the Seafloor (DTM) dataset or from the the Soundings (points) dataset. (Not enabled for Shelf.)
Make Profile: This command will create a continuous depth profile (intersection) through the Seafloor (DTM) data set in folders of type Chart. (Not enabled for Shelf.)
Points Classification: This command will anaylyze the Seafloor (DTM) data set in folders of typeChart. The commands will create new points data sets of types Shoals, Deeps, Ridges, Saddles and Valleys.
Points Classification: This command will anaylyze the Seafloor (DTM) data set in folders of typeChart. The commands will create new points data sets of types types Shoals, Deeps, Ridges, Saddles and Valleys. (Not enabled for Shelf.) and Valleys.
Statistical Point Reduction: This command will reduce the amount of points from one or more input datasets. The selection method can for instance be priority of the Minimum orMaximum depth values. The selection area can be by looking at points inside a Rectangle or Circle. The selected points are always with the original position and not snapped into any grid structure.