Triton Perspective Bedienungsanleitung

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2 | P a g e February 2011 1.1.2 Main Window Menus File Menu New Project Create a new Perspective Project Open Project Open an existing Pro

92 | P a g e February 2011 This type of data requires a great deal of processing and the size of the XTF files can be very large. Unless th

93 | P a g e February 2011 Precise Timing Architecture: Check this option if the data you are processing was acquired with a Reson Sonar

94 | P a g e February 2011 Algorithm Parameters: Indicates what IHO survey order the data is intended to meet. Options include 'Spe

95 | P a g e February 2011 Select 'OK' when finished entering all parameters to return to the processing wizard. Transducer Sele

96 | P a g e February 2011 Suppress Using Beam Quality: The bathymetry data sent from the sonar will have some flags that have been set by

97 | P a g e February 2011 Each option must be individually enabled by checking the 'On' check box. Suppress Using Pitch Range

98 | P a g e February 2011 SVP Selection: The user has the option to select an individual SVP file, choose a folder with several SVP file

99 | P a g e February 2011 If the cast has both Up and Down components then these are displayed as dark blue ‘Down’ and lighter blue ‘Up’.

100 | P a g e February 2011 5.2.10 Tide/Squat Processing To enable the Tide Data processing, the user must check the 'On' box in

101 | P a g e February 2011 Note that tide files read by Perspective are .XML files created from the Raw ASCII data by the XML Utilities pr

3 | P a g e February 2011 A – B A – B mode Digitize Lines and Polygons Digitization mode (not yet implemented) Display Depth-Scale Display

102 | P a g e February 2011 Selecting this will launch the BatyhOne Wizard. After selecting the 'Rebuild using' option, a windo

103 | P a g e February 2011 5.4 Edit GSF Using This feature allows the user to change some of the grid processing parameters set in the bat

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105 | P a g e February 2011 5.5 Re-Merge DTM Selecting this option will apply any changes made to the processing parameters or edits to t

106 | P a g e February 2011 Selecting this will open the following window containing a list of all the files added to the project but not

107 | P a g e February 2011 If a user wished to instead have a different data assigned to the DTM such as the processing date, there is a t

108 | P a g e February 2011 Right-click on the DTM and select 'Rename' as shown below: The following window will pop up: Enter

109 | P a g e February 2011 Selecting 'Color Settings' will open the following window: Options available in the Color Settings

110 | P a g e February 2011 In this dialog the user can change the Lutz table applied and the algorithm used in the application of the col

111 | P a g e February 2011 This window shows two overlapping histograms, one is the original histogram and the other represents the modifi

4 | P a g e February 2011 1.1.3 Main Window Toolbars Main Toolbar Create a new Perspective project Open Perspective project Import raw

112 | P a g e February 2011 Adjusting the portion of the spectrum to display can enhance the vertical changes in the DTM as shown on the

113 | P a g e February 2011 Additional adjustments can be made in the Auto Contrast section to enhance the color distribution. Applying

114 | P a g e February 2011 Right-click on the DTM layer or root bathymetry file tree node and select the 'Relief Shading' option

115 | P a g e February 2011 Selecting the color patch next to the 'On' checkbox will open the 'Color' window to sele

116 | P a g e February 2011 illumination from white and will have the following results: 5.9.4 Swath Viewer The 'Swath Viewer'

117 | P a g e February 2011 Selecting either option will open the following window: Notice that the beams flagged as bad are marked red in

118 | P a g e February 2011 Here the pipper is located at the start of the navigation line for line BRDG026.xtf. 5.10 Interpretation Option

119 | P a g e February 2011 When the mouse button is released the Bathy Profile window opens and displays an along-line profile of all of t

120 | P a g e February 2011 5.10.2 Bathy A-B The difference between two layers can be calculated with the 'A-B' tool and output

121 | P a g e February 2011 To determine the difference between layers in a user-defined area, the user needs to first switch to 'A-B&

5 | P a g e February 2011 Modality Toolbar Select Mode Pan Mode Zoom Mode Measure mode Draw Mode Bathy Profile Mode Contact Mode S

122 | P a g e February 2011 The difference DTM created from this process will automatically load into the project and can be found in the I

123 | P a g e February 2011 5.10.3 Bathy Change Detection The difference between two layers can be calculated with the 'Change Detect

124 | P a g e February 2011 The options available in the 'Blink Comparator' include: Layer On: This will turn the selected laye

125 | P a g e February 2011 5.10.5 Bathy Statistics The statistics that can be calculated from a DTM layer include the following: 

126 | P a g e February 2011 6: MosaicOne 6.1 MosaicOne Module MosaicOne is an add-on to Perspective Map which allows users to create digit

127 | P a g e February 2011 Waterfall TVG: Applies a user defined TVG function to the waterfall display. Details of the TVG options are d

128 | P a g e February 2011 6.2 Create Mosaic 6.2.1 Sidescan Processing Wizard Sidescan data can be processed in Perspective Map using the

129 | P a g e February 2011 6.2.2 MosaicOne Wizard Overview There are several steps the MosaicOne Wizard guides the user through. Brief des

130 | P a g e February 2011 generate a new mosaic layer, the following window will appear to name the layer and to select the output direct

131 | P a g e February 2011 General Settings: Resolution: Enter the resolution of the mosaic in meters per pixel. Use any of the predefin

6 | P a g e February 2011 1.2 Information Displays Perspective Map has four tab-controlled information displays in the upper left corner of

132 | P a g e February 2011 Load: This will load an existing saved mosaic settings file. Clicking this button opens a file browser to loc

133 | P a g e February 2011 When finished selecting and ordering the sidescan lines for processing, click the 'Next' button to ad

134 | P a g e February 2011  Maximum - The pixel with the highest value (maximum) is used.  Minimum - The pixel with the

135 | P a g e February 2011 6.3 Re-Merge Mosaic Selecting this option will apply any changes made to the processing parameters since the mo

136 | P a g e February 2011 Choose which lines to include by checking the box to the left of each line (they are all checked by default), o

137 | P a g e February 2011 6.6 Move Line To accommodate for layback errors in data from towed sidescan sonars, Perspective has a tool whi

138 | P a g e February 2011 This image shows the line relocated to the northeast by 245.24 meters. The display also shows the horizontal

139 | P a g e February 2011 Selecting Yes' will re-merge the mosaic without the selected line included. 6.8 Visualization Options 6.

140 | P a g e February 2011  Transparent Color: Checking this box will make the imagery transparent  Opacity: Allows th

141 | P a g e February 2011 This window shows two overlapping histograms, one is the original histogram and the other represents the modif

7 | P a g e February 2011 display to the 'Measure' tab to show the results of measurements made in the map view. When using the

142 | P a g e February 2011 6.9 Waterfall Viewer 6.9.1 Waterfall Module The waterfall module is part of MosaicOne and allows users to view

143 | P a g e February 2011 Waterfall Options The waterfall layout is described in Section 6.9.2. Menu and Toolbar options are presented in

144 | P a g e February 2011 6.9.2 Waterfall Layout Waterfall Window Layout Image View Displays the raw sidescan data as a waterfall.

145 | P a g e February 2011 6.9.3 Waterfall Menu Options File Menu At End of File: Options for how to proceed with the file playback once

146 | P a g e February 2011 Time - Moves waterfall view to a selected time as shown below, the window indicates time range to select withi

147 | P a g e February 2011 6.9.4 Waterfall Toolbars Main Toolbar Single sidescan waterfall window Double sidescan waterfall windows

148 | P a g e February 2011 The 'Cursor' information shows the cursor position wherever the mouse button is clicked on the screen

149 | P a g e February 2011 The four buttons on the left go backwards through the data file, the four on the right go forward through the

150 | P a g e February 2011 Loop Back: This option loops the file and restarts playback from the beginning of the data file. Play Next Fil

151 | P a g e February 2011 Conversely, it is also useful to correlate features seen in the map view with the waterfall view of the raw da

8 | P a g e February 2011 the Map View. Contact Number is the number to be assigned to the next target selected. Also shown is the '

152 | P a g e February 2011 displayed in the 'Sensor Data' information. Shown below is a 0.0 value for 'Altitude', ind

153 | P a g e February 2011 Method: Before making adjustments to the bottom tracking options, a method must be selected from the drop down

154 | P a g e February 2011 Gamma: Gamma is a way of logarithmically compensating for low intensity pixels that may be present in some im

155 | P a g e February 2011 Clear: Removes bottom tracking results. Apply: Applies the bottom tracking results to the data file and write

156 | P a g e February 2011 To apply the slant range corrections, select the toolbar button This will correct the waterfall image by rem

157 | P a g e February 2011 To open the histogram window for the waterfall viewer, select the toolbar button This window shows two over

158 | P a g e February 2011 Reset: Allows the user to return the histogram to the original spread that was set during creation of the imag

159 | P a g e February 2011 6.10.6 Waterfall TVG A time-varying gain (TVG) function can be applied to the waterfall data by selecting the

160 | P a g e February 2011 The default TVG curve is set to be flat, as shown in the image above. To change the TVG curve there are two

161 | P a g e February 2011 This TVG settings file can be loaded for use on subsequent data files by selecting the 'Load TVG Settings

9 | P a g e February 2011 Selection Color: Allows the user to identify the color which the selected line will change to, in order to ident

162 | P a g e February 2011 6.10.7 Waterfall Targets Targets can be acquired from the waterfall viewer by selecting the 'Contact

163 | P a g e February 2011 6.11 Interpretation Options 6.11.1 Sidescan Blink Comparator To quickly compare two overlapping sidescan mosaic

164 | P a g e February 2011 6.11.2 Sidescan Statistics The statistics that can be calculated from a sidescan mosaic layer include the fo

165 | P a g e February 2011  Allocated Coverage: This is the number of square nautical miles which the tiles used to store the data in t

166 | P a g e February 2011 6.11.4 Sidescan Classification Bottom types can be classified in MosaicOne using the built-in classification mo

167 | P a g e February 2011 Waterfall Targets: From the waterfall window in Perspective, targets can be selected for classification and sa

168 | P a g e February 2011 To acquire a target, double-click on the mosaic on the feature of interest. This will capture an image of the

169 | P a g e February 2011 Thumbnail View Displays a thumbnail for each image saved in TargetOne, with a scroll bar to access thumbnails

170 | P a g e February 2011 Quit: Quit Perspective. File Menu Open... Open an existing contact file (*.con, *.tgt, *.tif, *.pcm). Find

171 | P a g e February 2011 image tag (Tag 270). Classify... Opens a window for classifying the active target. Geocorrect... Corrects activ

10 | P a g e February 2011 name the selected region. A dashed outline will appear in the Map View delineating the area as being selected.

172 | P a g e February 2011 Window Menu Cascade Overlaps all contact image windows. Tile Tiles all open contact images in main image displ

173 | P a g e February 2011 Zoom to "Fit to Window" Zoom in one level Zoom out on level Zoom to area Zoom to &quo

174 | P a g e February 2011 Measurement Toolbar Measure Distance Measure Object Echo-Shadow (tied) Measure Object Echo

175 | P a g e February 2011 8: SeaClass 8.1 SeaClass Module SeaClass is an add-on to MosaicOne which allows users to classify sediment typ

176 | P a g e February 2011 To create the training set, click on the toolbar button or right-click on the Manual Training node in the S

177 | P a g e February 2011 Options available on this page include:  Add Class - Selecting this will open a dialog for entering the name

178 | P a g e February 2011  Recording Options - The three buttons shown below are provided for linking the selected class to the mosaic

179 | P a g e February 2011 Sample points will appear in the map view in the colors chosen as shown in the example below: The training se

180 | P a g e February 2011 Click 'Next' to open a dialog to for naming the training set XML file as shown here: or click '

181 | P a g e February 2011 Options in this window include:  The drop down list contains all of the available neural nets.  Select the

11 | P a g e February 2011 Remove: The region can be removed by selecting “Remove…” Info: Allows the user to view the datum/projection a

182 | P a g e February 2011 When the process is complete the results are overlain on the image in the map view as shown: 8.4 Neural Net T

183 | P a g e February 2011 This will open the 'Train Neural Net' window: To create a new neural net, click the 'Create&ap

184 | P a g e February 2011 Enter a file name and select 'Save'. This will return you to the 'Train Neural Net' window

185 | P a g e February 2011 Click Add Class to add a new class name and color, then click as before to define the new class: The same .C

186 | P a g e February 2011 8.6 Quick Classification As mentioned earlier, the creation of the Classification image can take some time.

187 | P a g e February 2011 When the 'Quick Classify' button is activated the mouse cursor becomes a Query pointer; double click

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12 | P a g e February 2011 the ‘User’ heading. Move Up: Moves the corresponding annotation above the previous annotation within the ‘User’

13 | P a g e February 2011 Color: Available at the class file tree level. Opens color dialog for changing the color of the sample point i

14 | P a g e February 2011 Remove: Removes the selected layer from the project. Remove All: Removes all sub-layers from the current tre

15 | P a g e February 2011 Move Up: Moves the selected layer above the previous file within the “Classification” heading. Move Down: Move

16 | P a g e February 2011 1.3.5 Vectors Tree Vector files can be imported in DXF format (Autocad R12 DXF only). Right-clicking on ‘Vector

17 | P a g e February 2011 options: Rename: Allows the user to rename the vector file in the Tree View. This does not change the name of

18 | P a g e February 2011 There are no right-click options on the Navigation tree node but sub-layers have the following options: Reset Na

19 | P a g e February 2011 Options include:  Color - click on colored box and select new color from 'Color' window  Opacity -

20 | P a g e February 2011 1.3.6.3 Navigation Viewer This option is available at all tree levels in the Navigation. When the raw data from

21 | P a g e February 2011 Export to GeoTiff: Allows the user to export the imagery to a geotiff imagery file. Batch Export to GeoTiff: A

ii | P a g e February 2011 Welcome to Triton Perspective! Triton Perspective™ is a new product line from Triton Imaging that takes advantag

22 | P a g e February 2011 Re-merge Mosaic: Applies user corrections and line changes to the mosaic. Export GeoTiff: Exports a GeoTiff of

23 | P a g e February 2011 Force Regeneration: Rebuilds the mosaic using the current settings. View Waterfall: This option is available o

24 | P a g e February 2011 Export to GeoTiff: Allows the user to export the imagery to a geotiff imagery file. Batch Export to GeoTiff:

25 | P a g e February 2011 Re-merge DTM: Applies user corrections and line changes to the DTM. For more information about the Re-Merge DTM

26 | P a g e February 2011 Remove: Allows the user to remove the imagery from the Map View. Perspective will prompt the user to confirm b

27 | P a g e February 2011 or the window menu option: File > Import > GeoTIFF File. Both options will open a file browser to locate a

28 | P a g e February 2011 extent of selected GeoTiff. GeoTiff Options: Right-click on the imported GeoTiff, for the following options: Co

29 | P a g e February 2011 Once selected, the ENC will be imported into Perspective. It will then be displayed in the Map View and added

30 | P a g e February 2011 Info: Access XML settings file for viewing information about the ENCs in the node. ENC Options: Right-click on

31 | P a g e February 2011 In this example we set the ‘Custom Cursor’ to a Transverse Mercator projection. To enter a custom projection,

iii | P a g e February 2011 MosaicOne™ makes the production of high quality geo-registered sidescan mosaics a simple process. Mosaic image

32 | P a g e February 2011 Select the datum here or the 'Custom' button to setup a custom datum. For Custom Datum details go to

33 | P a g e February 2011  Zoom to Region  Zoom to Extents Pan - This mode allows the user to move around the screen by dragging the m

34 | P a g e February 2011  ToolBar Icon  View menu option  Keyboard 'End' key 1.5.1.5 Zoom Home This will zoom to Home w

35 | P a g e February 2011 1.5.1.7 Zoom to Extents This option is available by right-clicking on select nodes within the File Tree. Select

36 | P a g e February 2011 10. Depth Scale Mode The cursor modes are described in detail in the following sections. 1.5.2.1 Select Mode Th

37 | P a g e February 2011 1.5.2.3 Pan Mode This mode allows the user to center the screen over a particular object for using the ‘Zoom-In’

38 | P a g e February 2011 1.5.2.5 User Annotation Mode Drawing tools are available under the Modality > Annotation menu or by selectin

39 | P a g e February 2011 The color, opacity, thickness and character of the annotation line are defined by clicking on the paint palette

40 | P a g e February 2011 Select a starting point on the map by left clicking on the spot and holding the button down while the area to be

41 | P a g e February 2011 This button will import all compatible data file in a selected folder. (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED) This button will u

iv | P a g e February 2011 SeaClass™ is an advanced seabed segmentation/classification module that automatically characterizes bottom types

42 | P a g e February 2011  Imagery layers  Background layers The Import option found in the File menu allows the ability to import all

43 | P a g e February 2011 This window allows the user to set the name, category, size and transparent color of the symbol. To load a sym

44 | P a g e February 2011  Line: If there was a header, the box next to ‘Line’ is for entering the number of lines to skip for the head

45 | P a g e February 2011 The database refresh tool gives the user the option to import files into the project, based on either time or l

46 | P a g e February 2011  KML file  XYZ file Layers visible in the Map View can be exported as a GeoTiff by using the Composite GeoTi

47 | P a g e February 2011  Tiles/Export: The slider bar below the Dimensions is for indicating the number of tiles to break up the expo

48 | P a g e February 2011 Options available in this window include:  Resolution: Sets the output file resolution in meters/pixel. The

49 | P a g e February 2011 There are no settings to change in this window and default export options are automatically applied. To comple

50 | P a g e February 2011 All options launch the same export wizard. For bathymetry exports, only bathymetry data is available for inclus

51 | P a g e February 2011 2.3.5 XYZ File Export Bathymetry data can be exported from an existing project from the File Tree to a text .xyz

v | P a g e February 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS PERSPECTIVE ...

52 | P a g e February 2011 2.3.6 SeaClass Export Results from the classification process can be exported through the following methods: 1.

53 | P a g e February 2011 3. Classification Export: This exports the classification grid to an AutoCAD DXF file which is launched by rig

54 | P a g e February 2011 2.3.7 Printing In order to print the Map View to a PDF file (you will need Adobe Acrobat for this) or to a print

55 | P a g e February 2011 2.4.2 Open Project To open an existing project, select the ‘Open Project’ option from the File menu as shown bel

56 | P a g e February 2011 2.4.3 Save Project To save an existing project, select the ‘Save Project’ option from the File menu as shown bel

57 | P a g e February 2011 2.4.4 Projected Cursor The Project Cursor option is available from the View menu as shown below: - Selecting thi

58 | P a g e February 2011 2.4.6 Page Setup Page Setup options are available from the File menu as shown below: Selecting this will open t

59 | P a g e February 2011 2.4.7 Quit Project When finished working on a project, the project can be closed by selecting ‘Quit’ from the Fi

60 | P a g e February 2011 3: Program Settings 3.1 Settings Overview Application settings can be accessed through the toolbar button

61 | P a g e February 2011 Options: Ask before removing layers: This allows the user to turn on or off the message, "Are you sure you

vi | P a g e February 2011 2.4.6 Page Setup ...

62 | P a g e February 2011 3.3 Pen Settings Intersection: Allows the user to change the color Perspective assigns to sub bottom intersecti

63 | P a g e February 2011 Advanced ENC Settings window. From this window, the attributes that are included in the display of the ENC can b

64 | P a g e February 2011 There are also two check boxes in the Projections tab, related to import and export projections. Auto set Export

65 | P a g e February 2011 ‘Custom’ button. For Custom Projection details, see Section: 3.5.3. Press the ‘Next’ button to select additiona

66 | P a g e February 2011 3.5.2 Export Projection The export projection wizard is basically identical to the import projection wizard exce

67 | P a g e February 2011 Select the datum to use. If a custom datum is needed, select the ‘Custom’ button. Select ‘Finish’ when done.

68 | P a g e February 2011 3.5.3 Custom Projection To define a custom projection, select 'Custom' from the Select Projection page

69 | P a g e February 2011 Enter the appropriate information for the projection to be defined. Below is an example with random test data

70 | P a g e February 2011 Enter a name to save the projection to and select ‘OK’. This returns the user to the Select Projection window.

71 | P a g e February 2011 3.5.4 Custom Datum To define a custom datum, select 'Custom' from the Choose Datum page of the import

vii | P a g e February 2011 6.2.1 Sidescan Processing Wizard ...

72 | P a g e February 2011 Select an existing ellipsoid or choose custom from the list as shown below: Enter the appropriate information f

73 | P a g e February 2011 Select the new datum just created from the projection list and select ‘Finish’ or ‘Finish and Save’ to keep the

74 | P a g e February 2011 3.6 Contact Settings Size (meters): This is where the user selects the size of the contact to be saved, in mete

75 | P a g e February 2011 Current Contact Number: Indicates the contact number that will be given to the next contact generated. 3.7 Data

76 | P a g e February 2011 4: Navigation 4.1 Navigation Types Navigation embedded in raw data files is extracted upon import of the data

77 | P a g e February 2011 4.2 Import Navigation Data Navigation data that Perspective works with comes embedded in raw survey data files a

78 | P a g e February 2011 The image above shows two multibeam navigation lines, the thicker blue line is currently selected in the naviga

79 | P a g e February 2011 4.3 Navigation Processing Workflows For surveys with hull-mounted equipment and good position control, very litt

80 | P a g e February 2011 4.4 Navigation Boxcar Settings Selecting the Filter Setup button in the Process Navigation window opens the foll

81 | P a g e February 2011 Heading: - Compute CMG - Check the box to compute a heading from the Course Made Good (navigation) - Bias - Appl

1 | P a g e February 2011 1: Software Interface 1.1 Main Window Overview 1.1.1 Main Window Layout Main Window Layout Map View The map

82 | P a g e February 2011 4.5 Process Navigation For processing navigation from the File Tree, select the ‘Process Navigation’ option avai

83 | P a g e February 2011 5: BathyOne 5.1 BathyOne Module BathyOne is an add-on to Perspective Map which allows users to create digital t

84 | P a g e February 2011 Interpretation Options Bathy Profile: Selecting the 'Bathy Profile' option from the toolbar button or

85 | P a g e February 2011 2. The processing wizard also can be launch by selecting the 'Create DTM' toolbar button: Wh

86 | P a g e February 2011 5.2.3 Choose/Create Bathy Layer The first step of the BathyOne wizard is to create a new bathy layer or select a

87 | P a g e February 2011 Note that the '.tmap_dtm' file extension will automatically be appended to the entered file name. W

88 | P a g e February 2011 The user can select individual lines by clicking on the check box to the right of the line name, or the user may

89 | P a g e February 2011 Encoding: Choose from the following options using the drop-down list: Last: The last value to fall in the bin b

90 | P a g e February 2011 Vessel Geometry: There are two options for vessel geometry. Generally vessel geometry is stored in the raw

91 | P a g e February 2011 Note that there is a drop-down list for 'Heave Ref.' with the following options depending on the sour