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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 29 and spectral information. The more information gathered over a longer period, the more detailed an identification can result. Integration of this data will result in lower false detection rates. Unlike 1D and 2D sonar systems,

FarSounder's unique 90 degree forward-looking sonar dis- plays a new 3D underwater map every two seconds, and provides mariners with a major advancement in obstacle avoidance and navigation technology.

FarSounder's products have the potential to avert bil- lions of dollars in damages attributable to marine ground- ings. It also can serve as an enormously positive environ- mental force by detecting and thus protecting the endan- gered Right Whale from fatal collisions with large vessels.

Although forward-looking sonars exist in various forms, other technologies have very limited range in shallow water. This is precisely when the vessel's captain is in the greatest need of an accurate, real-time picture of the obstacles and water depths ahead of the vessel.

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