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Geocap 6.0 Release Notes

Geocap 6.0 Release Notes

Jan 12, 2012

Updates

Click the link to the changelog below to view updates and bug fixes that has been made in releases that are made after the initial Geocap 6 release with Geocap 6.0.2.

Changelog

6.0.12
6.0.11
6.0.9
6.0.8
6.0.7
6.0.6
6.0.5
6.0.4
6.0.3

Documentation

  • The documentation has been completely rewritten and is now included as searchable PDF's. Access these PDF`s from Help > User Guide and Help > Reference Manual.

  • The documentation can also be found online on www.geocap.no/doc. The online version also includes tutorials and articles.

Seafloor

The version 5.0 contained some general functionality for processing XYZ data, while 6.0 has more more tools for processing both XYZ, multibeam and single beam data. See the User Guide for more details.
Seafloor Main Menu

  • The menu is redesigned from version 5.0. The layout of the buttons is changed, and more commands are available.

  • A Help button is available from the top of the menu.

Seafloor export commands

  • The contour in Export Chart data moved to a new command Export Contours.

  • The surface export can also export surfaces as hill shade, in a georeferenced GeoTiff.

  • The Export Contours command also exports contour areas, also as S-57 format.

Multibeam Sonar data
Seafloor 6.0 has implemented the processing of multibeam sonar data. The multibeam functionality support a multitude of formats like Simrad (Kongsberg Maritime), Reson, Elac, Seabeam, Atlas etc. The list of formats contains also formats like unb, gsf, MB system, xtf etc.

Functionality:

  • CUBE

  • Direct gridding

  • Depth processing

  • Navigation processing

  • 2D editor and display for navigation, gyro, pitch, roll, heave, tide and sound velocity

  • Replace navigation, gyro, pitch, roll, heave, tide and sound velocity

  • 3D editor for multibeam swath data

Single Beam data
Seafloor 6.0 has tools for processing single beam data. The import supports ASCII formats cintaining north, east, depth and date/time.

Functionality:

  • Direct gridding

  • Depth processing

  • Position filytering and smoothing

  • Tide Correction

  • 2D editor and table view of data

Other new functionality in Seafloor version 6.0

  • New Merge Surfaces command

  • New Points Classification command

  • New command to remove chart data

  • New cross section window tool

  • Level of details (LOD) display for points data

Improvements

  • Test on number of charts when creating chart series in the Create and Modify Chart command

  • New action to remove empty charts from project in the Create and Modify Chart command

  • New Miscellaneous tab in the Create and Modify Chart command

  • Set Weighted Average as default gridding method in the Seafloor Gridding commands

GIS & Databases

This release contains significant improvements for handling geospatial files and databases.

  • Oracle Spatial. You can now create Oracle connections directly in the project. Raster and vector data can be imported into Oracle Spatial. The data can be visualized and examined using spatial queries, including area calculation and coordinate system transformation.

  • Geospatial files. Vector based GIS files (shapefiles , CVS etc) are now first-class objects in the project, retaining original geometric structure and spatial reference. The data can be visualized and examined using the attribute editor. Perform geometric functions like union and intersection in addition to spatial filtering.

  • ArcSDE. Create connections to ArcSDE in the project. Examine the attribute data, visualize, and perform SQL queries.

  • A SQL wizard makes it easy to create queries against spatial files and Oracle.

  • GIS data resident in Oracle or in local file can be exported to shapefiles, CSV, KML , or SQLite.

  • Support for filled triangles in the Display Simple features command.

Shelf

  • It is now possible to visualize lines from the project in the FOS Analysis Panel. Use the browse icon above the Plot item table in the analysis panel to browse lines from the project.

  • Area calculator. The projection selection is now disabled when calculating area in datasets default projection. Use check box to apply another projection for area calculation.

  • Improved In-panel help on Generate Outer Limit.

  • (Available from 6.0.3): Possible to set the distance circle in Generate Outer Limit to values other than 60M.

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