Page 22: of Marine Technology Magazine (January 2018)

Visualization Tech

Echoscope4G Surface

Coda Octopus Products Launches the New Echoscope4G Surface; the future of Visualization and Mapping Sonars

By Richard Adams, Sales Director, Coda Octopus

The uncertainty that lies below the time 3D decision making of both static wide variety of complex subsea projects surface of the sea provides a number and dynamic operations. and operations across the globe includ- of industries with incredible challenges Coda Octopus Products Ltd. has recog- ing in oil and gas applications, break- when conducting their daily business. nized this market requirement and has water construction, asset placements

From offshore structure installation and been at the forefront of marine survey and landings, port and harbor security, inspection, to the defense of our ports, operations for nearly 25 years. The com- defense, mining and diving applications and construction of national power gen- pany started as the ? rst pioneer of digi- Our real-time 3D and geophysical prod- eration assets, all subsea industries are tal acquisition and processing for geo- uct ranges are complemented by GNSS plagued with a dynamic set of prob- physical survey, and this innovation and aided inertial navigation systems. The lems they must address. The industry emphasis on research and development F180 series has a proven track record standard technology that is utilized for (R&D) has characterized the company in the marine survey industry for ac- underwater inspection is the multibeam ever since. Coda Octopus has continued curacy and reliability and is a preferred sonar which was introduced in the mar- to lead the geophysical acquisition and asset found on survey vessels across the ket around 20 years ago. The multi- processing market with its GeoSurvey, world.

beam at the point of its introduction to DA and Survey Engine product ranges. Our existing third generation of real- the market was revolutionary because In addition it has developed a unique time 3D sonar products includes the ® ® it could generate clearer images of the range of patented real-time 3D volumet- standard Echoscope , the Echoscope ® underwater environment than the pre- ric sonar systems marketed under the and Echoscope C500. All these vari- ® cursor technology, the single beam. The brand name of Echoscope and are lead- ants have a standard depth rating of 600 multibeam however has limitations as ers in real-time 3D visualization subsea. meters and can be supplied with 3,000 its outputs require post processing to This world ? rst technology allows the meter ratings; we also have the capabil- render useful 3D images of the area be- user to generate a real-time 3D image of ity to take these down to 6,000 meters ing inspected and cannot image moving the underwater environment regardless on request. We continue to innovate and objects. Many subsea applications re- if low or zero visibility conditions pre- develop new application products with- quire technology that can facilitate real- vail and has been successfully used on a in the real-time 3D sonar arena. Led by

All images Coda Octopus

Fig 1 – Echoscope® XD, Echoscope® and Echoscope®C500 Sonars

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