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1. 5 52 System Setup aaauuannnnnnnnnannnnnnnnenen 35 H Heave Height calculatton 69 Height FL 22 Height Unreliable aranuununanunuruansnsnsrnensnenee 19 Height Setting height mode 51 Hohe Nicht Zuverl ssig cc cece cece ee eeeeees 19 VO TET arne 37 K KP Interpolating Extrapolating 45 L Latency 138 INDEX Offline correction ccc eeceeee scene eens 97 System Detunp 29 Line Planning during Survey rrrnnnnnrnnnnnr 72 Line Database Creating EE 39 Creating new obiects cece ees 43 Importing as PRO nie 42 Importing aS AGT 40 M Motion Sensor Angular measurement 0ccceeeeeeeees 36 Calibration ade 55 Centre Of Gravity 36 OS sara peg eege dee ce teen 57 Rotation Convention 36 Selecting in Computation 52 SY SCCM OCUP EE ee 36 Multibeam Blocking ie 61 Calibration ade 59 Mounting angles cceeeeee eee eeeeees 66 number Of beams 34 2 KO GCSE EE 61 Sound Velocty cece cee eeeeeeeeeeeee es 34 System setup WEE 34 O Object une 45 Changing color 45 Deleting Line Data Object 45 Editing Line Data 45 How to define a new object 23 Selecting computation c cece eee es 50 Observation VIEWING raw data 95 MN WEE 21 P Position Piel IG EE 51 Setting approsximate 50 Positioning Checking aidS ccc cece cece eeeeeeeeeeees 53 PPS pulse System Setup
2. Figure 97 Session setup Storage settings Control STEP 11 When collecting much data e g multibeam the resulting database can grow to a respectable size when sailing longer lines Split the databases to a size that can be handled by the processing software using a number of splitting options STEP 12 QINSy can select lines automatically choose from e Disabled select manually e Planning the next line is the one down the list in the planning group e Dynamic the line closest to the vessel is automatically selected STEP 13 Line bearing selection method has the following options e Planning the bearing selected in the Planning Group IS used e Heading based line is directed in the forward heading of the vessel When vessel turns the line is reversed e Closest distance to SOL or EOL line is directed such that more than half the line is ahead When vessel is halfway the line it reverses when not logging STEP 14 QINSy has the option to automatically start and stop recording e Disabled user needs to activate start and stop logging manually e Fix based loggings starts and stops based on fixing generated e Distance based logging starts and stops a certain distance before and after the line coordinates When negative numbers are used logging is started into the line and stopped before EOL coordinates e MP based logging is started and stopped as specified Meter Point e Time based enter local t
3. anuuuuunnnnnnnnnennnnnnnuer 29 Project CreatiNG EE 13 FONN 11 bDroiecton aa 22 Q QXF Creating from DAF 46 QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands R Recording Automatic startietop 78 OMME vvs see 82 Reference point Object Defntton eee e eens 24 Reference point System Setup EE 30 Relational database cc cece cece eens 12 Route Add SECON Geer eu KENKER NNN DE we 45 Delete section 45 Generating crossline rrnnnnnnnnnenrr 45 KbPnumberng cece ee eeeeeeeeees 45 S Settings Changing databaee 98 COMING RE EEE 98 Setup Coma EE 49 Shape Object Definition cc cece cece eee ees 26 Sound velocity CA OVINE EE 32 SCO ME 32 Using a profile ccc ceeee eee eee ees 71 Sounding grid FIMO ONING aasairsesircisaser anea 77 Squat Height calculatton 69 Survey J WEN 21 SN 19 System Defining a new system ssrerssrern 27 System location System Setup D 29 System selecton cece cece cece eeeeeeeees 28 T Template Ee 00 EE 14 Age LE Le WE 15 gt 1 0 0 DEE 16 Tide Gauge Setup runavannnnnnnnvvnnnnnnnnneen 37 Height calculatton 69 Inputting manual tide data 70 Manual Gauge 37 Tide file in replay ccc ccc ceeeee eee e ees 70 U Update rate System Setup EE 29 LL E E E E E E E E 22 139 V Variable node System Setup EE 29 Vertical datum 22 Vertical Datum 22 QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands W WGS8
4. STEP 2 Click on t or menu Tools Tide Data Processor The Tide Processor screen IS opened STEP 3 Click on Start STEP 4 The following information should appear Initializing Processing QPD file filename list of system names Finished processing Succesfully applied tide to lt number gt data file s If this does not appear something in the definition setup or tidal values times dates is incorrect Repair and try again QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 119 5 Processing lt ars STEP 5 Click on Close In the processing manager in the index list under column Tide today s date appears STEP 1 Load the QPD into the validator STEP 2 Inthe Profile View click right and activate Show raw data The raw data Is displayed and the height difference should be the tidal correction Move the cursor across the DTM and view the tidal value in the Point Info index note that Applied Tide may say No it is however applied Activate Object data to see this STEP 3 To compare raw value versus tidal filtered values right click in Profile View Select Apply Tide to Raw data to overlay the filtered with the raw STEP 4 Tidal correction can be removed Use Settings Viewed Validated Go to Edit Reset Tide select All Data STEP 5 Close the Validator 3 When using linear method for multiple stations along a river only use the two nearest stations required This method assumes a
5. After installation of the GPS receiver and setting the geodetic parameters the system needs to be checked QINSy provides a number of options to check the output of the GPS system and the geodetic settings 3 Set up and calibration or Se Positioning system display The position display will display the data that has been received from the GPS receiver raw data Create a new display from the display manager Positioning System Display Quickstart oO x Quality Measures o 0 000 b 0 000 fects 0 000 RMS 0 000 Differential Age 0 000 SD s Latitude 0 000 laid 0 000 Height 0 000 o ti e Latitude Bee ro 5524 Longitude 434 46 6046 Height 51 13 GPS Time 9 11 14 930 System Time 93 11 01 990 Definitions Height Datum FElipscid Solution Mode P Figure 59 Positioning System display Select the positioning system to be viewed Depending on the selected system and the output message from that system a number of fields will begin to show data Scatter plot display The scatter plot display is used to show the difference between a fixed and a variable node This display can be used for a position check on a benchmark STEP 1 Create a new display in the display manager A wizard will be started to create the scatter plot display Select Nodes X Reference Node Computation NONE Fixed Nodes Node Benchmark Secondary Mode Comp
6. Rolferidam appra ch Hawicalion Display Ele Ver Layers Chet Object ie CASE DA D Geotiff image RW SCKS ES Line database file Status bar with scale position and grid details GARE went BRON KPIR mmm Le Figure 106 Navigation display STEP 5 Click on or Layers Layer overview The Layers become visible QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 88 4 Online lt GPs KR View Properties Op Sounding Grid GeoTiff Image Under Radar e g depth areas coverage etc Gao Tif mane Default Move Up Move Down OK Apply Cancel Figure 107 Navigation display layer overview STEP 6 Enable all layers if they are disabled STEP 7 Click on ENC activate the desired settings for displaying ENC charts Recommended presentation mode is traditional STEP 8 Click on DXF QXF Add a QXF file for background reference Use the DXF2QXF converter to set DXF data compatible with the Navigation Display Place the data in folder DxfToQxf STEP 9 Click on Line Planning Activate the options and set values as desired This dialog sets the display of lines selected in the Controller Session Setup STEP 10 Click on Line Database Add additional line databases for viewing only These are not selected in the Controller and cannot be used as survey line Allow user to see the lines without taking load on Controller CPU 4 Online lt ars STEP 11 Click on Sounding Grid Select the correct layer an
7. SD pitch offset DOG SD heave offset 0 05 m SD roll and pitch SO heave fined 0 05 m SD heave vanable dd Figure 33 MRU SD settings STEP 1 SD s from the measurements STEP 2 SD s from the mounting offsets 2 Project preparation lt a aps 2 4 4 Tide If a tide gauge or a manual tide setting is used during the online survey a tide gauge must be defined in the database setup STEP 1 Define a new system tide gauge STEP 2 At the parameter screen select Add Tide and then Add to add a new Fixed Node This node is the place where the tide gauge Is Situated STEP 3 Select the fixed node and finish the setup STEP 4 Highlight the created tidal observation Edit the slot if multiple tidal observations exist STEP 5 Inthe observation parameters screen enter values for A priori SD Fixed C O Variable C O Scale Factor Press Apply properties to Observation to activate the changes STEP 6 Click on Finish to finalize the setup BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E If a manual tide gauge is added as a system to the database there IS no need sk to enter the coordinates and height of the node During the online session a window will be available where the tidal height can be entered 2 5 I O Tester Eg After setting up all the systems the user can test the PC communication with the systems using the I O tester STEP 1 From the
8. f Same SD s for all transducers Standard Deviations Stabilizations Si fall stans uiaj Standard Deviation Sound Velocity SU pitch stab DI SO sound velocity 0 05 mie SP MESTE GEIER 0 05 m Transducer Beam Opening Angle 2 Beam width along 150 Beam steering flat transducer Beam width across 150 ir steering angle 1800 Figure 29 Multibeam parameters tere nt Site pe tansducer Transducer Beam Steenng Angle STEP 1 The SD of the sounder data for each transducer different SD can be defined The type of sounder must be defined with its characteristics Pulse Sampling pulse and sampling length or Angle Range SD beam angle and SD beam range or Pulse Frequency pulse length and sampling frequency STEP 2 For the correct TPE calculation it is necessary to enter the A priori SD for the roll pitch and heading offset STEP 3 Enter the SD of the sound velocity STEP 4 Beam opening STEP 5 Beam Steering Angle 2 Project preparation ap S Sound Velocity GINSY can corect errors in beam angles that are introduced by the multibeam system in case that the actual sound velocity at the transducer head surface does not match the selected sound velocity used by the multibeam system Sound velocity for beam angle comection Dynamic Alignment GIN Sy can dynamically add angle observations to the multibeamer attitude QGINSy can also corect for dynamic ch
9. E Generate ENC with SGU E processing pipeline survey E Process 555 data E filter out swell artifacts E to Online E Eventing E Survey Geodetic Datum Shifts ei Pipe and cable laying E Triggering an airgun ei Trigger Fis Calibrations E Client Controller E Moving Sound Velocity Profiler E DGPS QC ei Calibrate Dual Head Multibearn ei MuliBeamEchosounder Checklist 5 Anchor Handling E AIS and ARP amp E Centre Source position E Dead reckoning E Manual layback E Meteo report E Geoid Model Utility E SeaDiffSeaTrack GPS E PTS format E GMS E Rigmoves E Side Scan Sonar sl Total propegated error E VSP sl Corrosion Protection Surveys The QINSy knowledge base describes more specific survey and processing issues which can not be found in the standard Quickstart manual Figure 3 QINSy Knowledge Base Click on an item to see the full description The use of secondary applications will be discussed in the next chapters Besides QINSy applications the console can also show a number of other programs that may be used during a survey on a regular basis This can for instance be the Windows Explorer or a compression tool to compress the database files generated by QINSy These applications are added in the same manner as adding a QINSy application only now select Add Program instead of Add Remove QPS program The QINSy dongle is a license for the software There are several
10. IE If there are blocks in the DXF explode them first A block will not be converted to the QXF format Binary DXF is not supported Sounding Grid Utility A grid is a rectangular raster that is composed of a number of cells Each cell has a coordinate and will store a number of parameters like e Mean depth This depth is based upon all the sounding that lie within that cell e Deepest point This is the deepest sounding lying within that cell e Shallowest point This is the least depth sounding lying within that cell e Standard deviation The spreading of the soundings used to generate the mean depth e Hit count The number of soundings used to generate the mean depth and standard deviation The grid format does not have a boundary and is created on the fly A grid could contain out of multiple layers These layers could be used for different types of data eg Multibeam data Side Scan Sonar data etc 2 8 1 Creating a sounding grid Use the Sounding Grid Utility to create a sounding grid The program is started from the Start menu or the Console QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 48 2 Project preparation lt aP 5 STEP 1 Create a new sounding by selecting File and then New Sounding Grid R Create new sounding grid File NEWGRID grd Unit type survey Units Base cell size 1 00 BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E ill REFERENCE Origin Generate automatically Grid Easting At Origins
11. Positive heeling to starboard e Unit Degrees S Pitch convention SC Sec a SCH Positive bow up M Heave Measurements r Alignment Comections C 0 s Sign Positive upwards e Roll offset 0 0000 Unit Meters Pitch offset 0 0000 e E 1 Heave offset 0 0000 m Heave Settings Heave filter length 20 s Heave delay 0 000 s Figure 32 Attitude sensor parameters STEP 1 Under Rotation Convention enter the agreed positive and negative directions for pitch and roll This can be found in the manual of the system See Appendix C for the conventions used within QINSy STEP 2 Under Rotation Measurements enter the angle parameters for pitch and roll These can be found in the manual of the system STEP 3 Sign and units from the heave sensor STEP 4 C O offsets from the MRU sensor STEP 5 Heave settings enter filter length and delay ml The C O s for the attitude sensor are determined during the motion sensor calibration and should be entered either here or in the motion sensor itself It is very important to mount the attitude sensor pitch roll and heave in the 3 correct location QPS advises the use of a location as close as possible to the Centre Of Gravity COG If the sensor is installed away from the COG then the offset between the COG and the sensor should be inputted in either the software or the sensor sa 1 Offsets Is Standard Deviations Motion Data SD roll offset O 05
12. 13 Selected Europa Port 500 Sea goingentry Rotterdam 100 Sea goingentry Rotterdam 300 Wreck no 2 Europa Port 100 a goingentry Rotterdam 400 line 1 ongentry Rotterdam 100 Europa Port 300 Shore goingentry Rotterdam 300 Pileline 2 Shore goingentry Rotterdam 400 Shore goingentry Rotterdam 500 Ge Europa Port Seet Europa Port 100 ES Europa Port 200 OD OO a On OI P w ho A KS Europa Part 500 Noname F Sea goingent Rott E Sea goingent Rott SARA ZA OA Er t est ei GA CH Es Shore goingentry Ao 2 Wreck no 3 Wreck no 1 Figure 89 Session set up Line planning STEP 2 Select the Line database for the survey using the Line database button QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 74 4 Online lt GPs STEP 3 Inthe right windowpane all the available objects are visible By default all objects in the line database are selected It is possible to de select objects by moving them between the panes using the arrow buttons Use the Selection menu or right click on a line for more selection options STEP 4 The object on top of the list is selected as the first line to be sailed With the Up and Dn button the objects can be moved in the list Check the option Lock order to keep the same order in the list Use the button First to put a line on top of the list During the survey the next previous line from the line planning can be selected
13. 36500 BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E knots 20 00 oe zl ms Figure 19 Squat definition For a second order polynomial measurements need to be made to generate a list with Squat and velocity Using the formula in the figure the coefficient X1 and X2 can be calculated The numbers above are an example If an existing template was opened and the squat option is checked then un 3 checking this option will reset the squat parameters already defined back to Zero Vessel Parameters Vessel Parameters Standard Deviations Height SD Draft 0 05 m SD Squat 005 m SD Load 0 05 m Timing Eror between navigation systems 010 s Multibeam Sercel NRI03 Time comection in hours to vessel s time to convert to GMT UTC Time comection to vessel s time to convert to Master vessel s time 2 Project preparation w APS Figure 20 Vessel Parameters TO STEP 1 Enter a priori standard deviations for draft default 0 05 m AJ STEP 2 Enter a priori standard deviations for squat default 0 05 m me STEP 3 Enter a priori standard deviations for load default 0 05 m o STEP 4 Enter a priori standard deviations for tide including spatial temporal a prediction to the vessel position as well as tide file errors default vc bz 0 10 m gt STEP 5 Enter a priori standard deviations for timing error between navigation systems These SD s are only used in case a position system height
14. Support All general files for example the shape file Temp All temporary files Tide Tidal data files created by the Processing Manager QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 129 Appendices lt ars Appendix C Sign convention Figure 125 Offsets in the ship Geometry This mark signifies the Centre Of Gravity or the Central Reference Point of the vessel This point has the coordinates X 0 Y 0 and Z 0 in the ship geometry QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 130 Appendices H Hve P Figure 126 Attitude conventions The following abbreviations are used in the picture H Heading The heading rotation is used to define the Multibeam and gyro offsets R Roll Drawn ts the Positive Heeling to Starboard convention P Pitch Drawn is the Positive Bow Up convention Hve Heave Drawn is the Positive Heave Up convention QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 131 Appendices lt ars Appendix D Height settings When it comes to calculating the height of the transducer above the local vertical datum two situations can be distinguished 3D Positioning A system with a reliable height output is used e g RTK DGPS or Total station and the height must be corrected to the local vertical datum RTK 2D Position plus Tide A positioning system with an unreliable height output is used e g DPGS and the height is found using the height aiding of QINSy Survey In the graphics the border of the boxes are used to identify the
15. 2 Ola Jeaao er AIP eo A AA SAA NAA AT ALS LRA IM ANE MU AM VE FVN ee ARH VEIT ZA SIAN ox MERE nines Vn aa a WWII 03 07 10 9 03 03 40 9 B value Pitch TS5 DMS 05 1 00 lt gt 1 00 ll 0 45 0 04 0 17 B aLe Roll T55 OMS 05 2 00 lt gt 2 00 A 1 66 0 73 0 56 Value Heave T55 DMS 05 0 50 lt gt 0 50 0 I 0 25 0 00 0 05 For Help press F1 pr Figure 68 Time plot display QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 60 3 Set up and calibration wi La ES T Use the View settings and Observation Settings option from the View menu to change the layout and scales of the display The time plot scale changes depending on the selected system in the lower half of the window 3 4 3 Single beam echosounder During a single calibration bar check the value from the system can be read from the alphanumeric display or from the echosounder display STEP 1 Create a new echosounder display using the display manager STEP 2 An empty echosounder display will show Quickstart Echosounder Display Z x File wiew Select Help eet al i lt ie DESO z5 For Help press F1 Figure 69 echosounder display STEP 3 Right click in the display area of the window and select System Properties STEP 4 Select the system s to be displayed For multibeam echosounders also select the beam number to display ae The displayed depth is the raw depth from the echosounder i e It is not corr
16. 30 Figure 23 System location aaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsvennnnnnnnnnnnnnnssnnsssnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsner 32 Figure 24 GPS receiver NN 32 Figure 25 Echosounder ransducere 33 Foure 20 ena ei Le E eg e EE 34 Figure 27 Echosounder Accuracy Parameter Settings ccccceeeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenenes 35 Figure 28 Multibeam parameters Settings cc cece cece cece cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneenegs 35 Figure 29 Multibeam parameters cece ccce cece eee e eens eee e ee eee nesses eee e ee eee e esses seeeeeeeeennenenenngs 36 Figure 30 Multibeam parameters ccc cece cccceee cece eee e eee e eens eeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeggegeeenennngs 37 Figure 31 Gyro parameters cece eect eee eee e eee e eee eee eee SHEE SESS D Redd d dE EERE ESSE ESSE SEES ESSE SEER EERE ES 37 Figure 32 Attitude sensor parameters ccccccc cece eee e cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeegegngaanennegs 38 Figure 33 MRU SD settings EE 38 FOUE 3410 T e y EE 39 Figure 35 Line Database Manager 41 Figure 36 Line Database Manager import options eens eee e eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneennnees 42 Figure 37 Import ASCII nie 42 Foure EE ASCI WC EE 43 Figure 39 ASCII import column Settings ccc ccc cece cece cece eee eee eeeee eee e esses eeeeeeeeeeeeneeeneeennegs 43 Figure 40 ASCII IMPORT ele ld Lei KEE 44 Figure AL IMPORT PG OU EEN 44 Foure 42 Edit NE e EE e e BEEN 45 Figure 43 Add Ol Essen
17. Add On s available The permission of the dongle allows certain programs to run Use Add Remove QPS programs select HASP Click once and the HASP loader window appears Verify if the Add On s listed confirm with your QINSy purchase QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 12 1 General Information s CNDS 1 6 The Project Folder QINSy Survey allows the user to store data by per project basis AS soon as a new project folder in QINSy is started a number of sub folders will be created Each sub folder contains data of a specific type QINSy will automatically search for data in that specific sub folder once a project has been selected See Appendix B for more information Click on the xw button to open the project folder window in which all projects are listed Use the Manage button to add or remove project folders from the list Use the New button to create a new project and select the folder that is created A project that has been copied onto the hard disk can be selected using the Manage button and selecting the Add Existing Project option Projects 3 wl Select an existing project from the list below or create a new project Project Example MB CADatalExample ME Example ME calibration C DatalExample MB calibration i Manage Y Cancel Figure 4 Project window Information files that are relevant for a number of projects e g chart data or vessel Shape files can be stored in a general support f
18. Category select the items to be exported Normally the options is DTM points Under export options activate the appropriate settings It is possible to select to another survey datum When survey line was selected page 2 shows the survey line parameter export selection Activate required items enter the legth of the field the number of digits precision and the starting column Click on Next If DTM points were selected on page 3 shows the Parameter Export Selection Activate required items enter the legth of the field the number of digits precision and the starting column Click on Next If transducer positions were selected page 4 shows the TD position parameter export selection Activate required items enter the legth of the field the number of digits precision and the starting column Click on Next If objects were selected page 5 shows the Object parameter export selection Activate required items enter the legth of the field the number of digits precision and the starting column Click on Next If export to other datum was selected page 6 shows the databases required for conversion Click on browse and select the template used during online survey For the second database browse to the project containing the alternative geodetic settings Click on Finish Export to Pisys profiles QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands STEP 1 Select Pisys from the drop down menu The window Export to Pisys opens Browse
19. For more information on these filters see the Online Help STEP 13 When more than one gyro or motion sensor IS available select which system is to be used as primary system Currently QINSy will not switch between the computation methods automatically this has to be done manually di Computation Setup Computation s Shortcuts So yerien Swalinge Robertson Gyro Move Down Course over ground Computed heading zE Position gt Rotation amp Attitude Steered Node Move 1 T55 535 hi D ag rene Hove Dawn 3 Computed attitude sw Se Da Output Node Figure 57 Attitude setup T There are a number of settings in the computation setup that will be discussed in the next chapter Online These are the parameters that will change from Survey to survey 3 3 Creating displays QINSy Survey has the option to create any number of pre defined displays There are a number of display types that can be selected Each display can be customized and given a location STEP 1 Open the Controller From the tool bar select Icon QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 54 3 Set up and calibration wi La ES Display Manager E X Eeer Status Display Alert Display z Alpha Numerical Display Close 4 Analog Display 2 H Bulls Eye Display Help se Echosounder Display Helmsman Display z Horizon Display Navigation Display beeen Qc Node GC Display ZS Obs
20. HOF old pro folder that re defined in the Project Settings eg ep Figure 12 Selection of the Mean Water Level Model reduction model In this screen the datum parameters are set that will be used throughout the project A number of steps are involved in this selection STEP 1 Select under Predefined Coordinate Systems either State Plane when working in the United States or predefined for other predefined systems If the system to be used is not in either of the lists use the Not Defined option and set the parameters of the geodetic system in the following pages of the wizard 2 Project preparation or STEP 2 Survey Unit needs to be set to the correct units used in the project Click on Edit Unit and select the required unit All coordinates and distances will be measured in this unit throughout the project STEP 3 Add or Edit the two datum s that will be used throughout the project For most surveys the first datum will be WGS84 and the second datum will be the survey datum All the results online will be expressed in the survey datum STEP 4 The selected model will be used to calculate the COG height on that model When the height of the GPS receiver is Online set as accurate the selected model is not used the GPS height is used When the height is set to un accurate the selected model is used In the Height Aiding driver to calculate the actual height of the CoG on that geoid On the selected model
21. Roll if not selected Press Auto Automatic Calibration window appears Select Step Course Click on Start Repeat this with the Steps until Very Fine Click Apply Play the dataset which is now corrected for roll mounting error Draw the scroll box along line on a slope or over an object In the calibrate transducer alignment select Pitch Repeat steps 7 10 for Pitch 14 Activate the adjacent line for heading calibration de activate the line sailed in same direction 15 Draw a scroll box in sailing directionon a slope or object where the two adjacent lines have both their outer beams covered 16 In calibrate transducer alignment select Heading 17 Repeat as in steps 7 10 18 Click on Apply Click on report to generate a calibration report The values found need to be entered in DbSetup in the MBE system See Figure 84 Mounting angles multibeam on page 69 Merging data Merging system data fills gaps resulting from the primary system and filled by the secondary system STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 Open menu Edit Merge System Data Under Settings select primary system and secondary system Enter the timespan limit If primary system fails across this timespan secondary data IS used Click OK to execute Merging of hydrographical and land survey data QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 Import the land survey data
22. S ell PR ce Rlrgne S ef EK le Rirgue fei og vd Siu Ondine Not Aeconding ir i n Deeg i Replay REPLAYING fn sv rt Lv 10 102 Evan nd 1 i Pi hiid de iradat Beare Pro DL sech WA eske her sk re TU cali ch Sagrka get be Aire Ha EE For belg Geess Fi See f See For belg Geess F No action Recording data Paused Replay data Figure 102 Controller modes The dataflow is controlled by the Tape deck controls in the tool bar or using the function keys on the keyboard ww F3 Start logging data during an online session or continue logging after pausing F3 Stop logging replay of data at the end of a survey line d JS Pause data during recording or replay p Ea Start replay during an offline session or continue replaying after pausing Select previous line from the line database 4 Online af 3 4 6 4 6 1 Select next line from the line database Reverse the direction of the line This option does not work when the heading of the line is based upon the vessel heading or distance to SOL EOL Whenever recording is stopped and started again and the sequence numbering IS active a new database will be created with the next sequence number Online displays In the previous chapter a number of displays for calibration and control of our systems were used In this chapter the focus will be on the use of displays for line keeping and visualization of the position and depths Helm
23. STEP 6 In the Controller click on 3 or menu Settings Session Setup Click on the Group Storage and then on Bi Under Filename Format use the drop down menu and select type grd Sounding Grid Under Filename use and browse for the grid just created or an older one if required Note that the Sounding Grid Utility cannot have access to the same file at the same time Close the SGU or select a different file in the SGU Under Systems Layers use the drop down menu The list is taken from the layers in the grid just created Repeat this for each system Click OK to close the session setup In Controller you see Sounding grid file MySoundingGrid grd Activating the grid in the navigation display QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 In Controller click on or menu Options Displays Open an existing Navigation display or create a new one In the Navigation Display click on H or menu Layers Layer Overview Enable the layer Sounding Grid if not already enabled Click on SS The Sounding Grid view properties tabs appear Under Tab Colors select the active layer to be shown Select the attribute to be shown 122 5 Processing dane STEP 7 Under combination layer select a reference layer this can be used to compare online acquisition data with previous surveys loaded into the grid STEP 8 Select a reference attribute STEP 9 Selec
24. STEP 7 Data reduction parameters single swath reducer e A swath of a multibeam is reduced such that adjacent datapoints with a relative height difference less than the minimum object height are set passive To avoid that too few data points remain in the swath the link distance will set a point active if the horizontal distance exceeds this value 4 Online lt ars ji Min Object Height Figure 101 Swath reducer top original profile bottom reduced STEP 8 Refraction select whether to use the sound velocity profile as defined in the template echosounder settings or the single sound velocity as defined by the echosounder system setup in the template E The echosounder filters only affect the data that is stored in the Sounding grid E or the DTM file All depths will be stored in the database as raw depths 4 5 Controlling Data The Controller is used during the Online and replay sessions to coordinate the flow of data During the online session the recording of data and the line selection is done using the Controller There are 4 operational modes for the Controller of which 2 relate to both the online and the offline session dea katt db Cootroller E lol SI RS Controller PRETEN ENE Controller z mi 20 EEE TETTE wll Bile Se Sitte Seen Dir Beet Hinks Bile Ven gelti Sesion Gier feet iehi File Ven Settings Seen Gier feet kjekt Eke Wen Seltings Session Greng Bug Holo e Rirsgne eil ER a Be we
25. cece cece eee e eee e ee eee nesses eeeeeeeeeeeeee eee eeeseteeeaseegggaeeenennngs 71 Figure 86 Manual INDUC CHV EE 72 Figure 87 Sound velocity profile 73 Figure 88 export sound velocity profiles cc cece cece cece ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeggegeaanennees 74 Figure 89 Session set up Uneplannmg cesses eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenengs 74 Figure 90 Session set up Uneplannmg cece cece cece eee eeeeeeeene eee eeeeeeeeeegageeeeeeeneneeeegs 75 Figure 91 Session Setup Line PIANNING ccc cece cece cece cece ee eeeeeeee eee eeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeennennnengs 76 Figure 92 Alpha Numerical DENS EE 17 Figure 93 using an alternative line as reference cece cece seen eee e eee e nese eeeeeeeeeeeneneeennnenes 17 Figure 94 Session setup Storage settings Databases cece cece cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 78 Figure 95 Session setup Storage settings Sounding Gd 78 Figure 96 Session setup Storage settings D iMFle esse eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 79 Figure 97 Session setup Storage settings Control 80 Foure 98 SSS SON EN NTN 81 Figure 99 Computation setup EChosounder ccc cece cece cece ee eeeeeeeee sents eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeenegs 82 Figure 100 De spike data left single spike right seabed slope filter 83 Figure 101 Swath reducer top original profile bottom reduced essen eee ees 84 Figure LO CONTOHGr TE EE 84 Figure 103 select node for helmsman display 85 Figure 104 View Properties Helm
26. done STEP 1 Specify whether the control point is given in projection or geographical coordinates For most projects this will be in geographical coordinates STEP 2 Enter the source datum STEP 3 Type in the source position as given on the source datum STEP 4 Select the projection grid The projection grid will be used for both the source and the target position STEP 5 Select the horizontal datum for the target position STEP 6 Select the vertical datum for the target position This datum should preferably be the same as the output datum STEP 7 Click on the calculate button The results will show on the right side of the window The resulting target position will shows both the geographical coordinates and the grid coordinates for that point The MSL Height is the local height offset between the Mean Sea Level and the vertical datum chosen for that specific position The convergence shows the heading convergence on the selected projection grid for that specific position For more geodetic conversions please use the Utility Geodetic 2 4 2 Object definition In the QINSy Survey software objects are used on which equipment or measuring systems are installed An object can be a survey vessel ROV SSS fish drilling rig or barge QINSy Survey operates in such a way that it is possible to use multiple objects at the same time me nn me gt E C Ss 2 Project preparation T ER Een To define t
27. down to zoom out Alternatively the scroll roller can be used The bottom view can also display a swath view of the data This is a slice perpendicular to the survey line or user alternative line It shows swaths displayed perpendicular to the sailing direction of the vessel Figure 119 swath view This data has a box of 1m deep If the selection box is extended more inline slope effects will become visible To create a selection box STEP 1 Click on fal or menu Scroll Pick Scroll Box STEP 2 Click and hold left mouse button in the Plan View Draw a rectangle from top left to bottom right for a small part of the data in the Plan View STEP 3 The data then becomes visible in the Swath View Alternatively select a predefined box to view the data STEP 1 Click on 8 or menu Scroll Properties STEP 2 The scroll box properties window opens Scroll reference line can be selected Under dimensions set the required values Offline 0 means the centre of the window is on the survey line STEP 3 Play time interval set this in part of seconds The scroll box will move along the selected scroll reference line at this interval to Show data in the swath view Default 0 001 is fast adjust to required inspection speed STEP 4 Click OK to close the window The scroll box is initialized at the linestart To scroll along the datamodel QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 108 5 Processing lt GPs STEP 1 Click on 2
28. group to make the velocity profile dialog visible Big EIN LIE HIVE f hl EIE ant i n E ran T pa 7i boyd EN EH Le ER MTT Cod Figure 87 Sound velocity profile STEP 3 There can be several profiles defined in the database each gets its own profile Id The profile location and time are administrative and are not used for the correction STEP 4 The profile can be entered manually by adding observations depth velocity STEP 5 Or the profile can be imported as a text file generated by a sound velocity probe When importing a file make sure that the depth interval is entered correctly since only one value per interval is used STEP 6 The loaded profile can be exported in three different formats See Figure 88 4 Online lt ars Export Soundvelocity Profiles CARIS SVP VERS ION Py NATO NODEF 1 STANAG 1317 All available profiles to one file All available profiles to separate files date and time will be included in the filename Figure 88 export sound velocity profiles 4 3 Session setup Before starting the survey a number of settings need to be made in the Session Setup These settings include line planning and storage and fixing options STEP 1 In the controller click on the i button A new dialog will open showing a number of groups Line Planning STEP 1 Select the Planning group to enter the line planning session Setup Plannin
29. into the Processing Manager using Use the same line from a Line Database File as reference as the QPD Load the QPDs into the validator De select the footprints that are not to be merged Go to menu Edit Merge The Merge Control screen appears In the Overlap method use drop down menu to select Options are All data Oldest date Newest date and Weighted Mean Under Browse select a filename or create a new one Click Merge 116 5 Processing dane 5 4 3 Tide Data Manager When data is surveyed in non RTK mode tidal correction is required to level the data to the correct sounding datum User has a choice of Tide interpolation methods Tidal data is built of two parts in QINSy software First is the definition file This contains tidal method station location and identification and survey lines to be used Next is the tidal data This is a tidal value with corresponding data and time This means that first a tidal definition file needs to be created and at any later stage tidal data can be added to this definition file STEP 1 Inthe Processing Manager click on or menu Tools Tide Data Manager The tide data manager screen appears The output file will be located at lt project File gt Tide TideDefinition folder or a Support folder as set in Console STEP 2 Click on or menu File New Tide Definition File The Tide Definition Setup Wizard starts STEP 3 First enter a file name in the field Tide d
30. loaded QPD s into the validator Each opd can have various systems creating a dtm In this example a combination of Multibeam data for two heads singlebeam data for two channels and pressure reading is listed 2 Point info When moving the cursor across the views profile plan or swath the point nearest to the cursor is grabbed Details of this point are then listed 3 General info shows the depth count of the activated systems Default all loaded qpd files are counted for These may not be visible as only the first line is selected If a qpd file is de activated this is different from de activating a line the count is reduced 4 Profile View displays a side view of the DTM data On the y axis are heights 10 10m deep on the horizontal axis are the MP meter points along the Survey line 5 Plan view displays a top down view of the DTM data User can select the coordinate system use right mouse submenu and select between Survey Line Alternative Line World North Up or World Best Fit Default Survey Line system appears On vertical axis are across offsets from the loaded survey line in the Controller online and horizontal axis are MP values Same as in profile view QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 107 5 Processing lt ars 6 3D view shows the DTM in a rotational 3D view Use left mouse button to click and hold Rotate the model whilst keeping the button pressed Use right click to hold Move up to zoom in or move
31. moved accordingly as it is connected to the transducer e Footprint Data Seabed model e Selected Data one of the three above but only on specific selection criteria by mouse Creating a new filter STEP 1 Clickon or menu Settings Filter The Filter window opens STEP 2 Browse to a previously saved filter scheme of click on Add to create a new filter STEP 3 Use to drop down menu to select a filter The possibilities are Adaptive Clip Z Butterworth Smooting MP X filter high noise in across line direction Clip on Flag XYZ remove data flagged by online controller echosounder settings Clip Outside Quality remove data with certain Quality figures in the MBE data string XYZ QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 112 5 Processing Shift Z move data in a fixed vertical direction Shift Z by file move data in vertical direction based on date and Spline Surface Despiker area based spline approximation filter Table 1 list of filter methods in validator Set up a list of filters to apply to the dataset Save the filter for later usage The filter definition file is saved under the Support time folder of your current project If the filter should be available across projects go to Console and under Settings Folders activate a Support Folder and then activate Support Files Isf shp Now filters have been set they can be ran on the data STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 ST
32. of the actual data Choices are bathymetric data side scan data magnetometer data and other data types STEP 5 In the field below select the properties of this layer Options are value last added value per cell mean and count mean and count and SD standard deviation of the cell value hit count SD minimum and maximum value STEP 6 value hit count SD minimum and maximum value date quality flag or user defined and select the fields required Advise to use All properties Note that grid size will increase with added properties to a grid STEP 7 Repeat this for each system in DbSetup used for data acquisition Figure 122 shows an example a creating a new grid with multiple layers for multiple systems QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 121 5 Processing Create new sounding grid Ei MySoundingGrid grd md SURVEYDATA a REFERENCE EM3000 port bathy ale EM S000 port side scan en EM3000 stbd AE EM3000 stbd side scan ZZ Single beam 12 kHz ZZ Single Beam 33 kHz ZZ Single beam 210 kHz Figure 122 create new sounding grid Depth pressure Other data types Complete Grid All Properties Value Hit Count Standard Deviation Minimum and Maximum Values Date Quality Flag klagnetometer SS Depth pressure Cancel Online sounding grid For online data acquisition the sounding grid is activated in the Controller and shown in the Navigation Display STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5
33. or menu Scroll Play and Scroll Play Back Click once again to stop playing STEP 2 The scroll box is shown in the Profile View Plan View These are directly underneath each other when Survey Line is set as reference In the Swath View the data is shown from the scroll box STEP 3 If 3D view is used the scroll box remains stationary and the datamodel is moved STEP 4 Use 84 A FPL ro move one frame at a time or to beginning or end of the survey line Arrange the views There are four available views Only three can be shown simultaneously STEP 1 Open menu View Options The Options window Is started STEP 2 Click on Group Layout In the Layout box use the drop down menu to select a view for three different panes STEP 3 Click on Apply STEP 4 Goto group Views STEP 5 Click on 3D view Set the vertical exaggeration to your requirements to illustrate the height differences more profound STEP 6 Click on Mask Outside Scroll Box to have only data inside the scroll box visisble The other data is displayed in shaded terms STEP 7 Click on Swath View If required enable the option to draw a pipe in the swath view STEP 8 Click on Profile View STEP 9 Draw big dots data points are drawn using more pixels STEP 10 Draw Lines consecutive data points are connected by a line STEP 11 Draw highlights STEP 12 Show transducer data displays transducer data in the view default off STEP 13 Show footprint dat
34. possible to select a correction model on the chosen output model STEP 3 Depending on the project specification select an absolute DTM which will give heights referenced to the vertical datum selected in the previous step or select relative heights which will be measured to the reference point on the object For most projects the model chosen will be an absolute model me nn me gt E C Ss Projection parameters The projections parameters describe the method used to project a coordinate on the Survey datum to a projection grid coordinate Projection Grid Parameters F x Projection Grid Latitude of grid origin Be 0922 7 ON Longitude of grid origin 072975 500 E Grid Easting at grid origin 155000 000 Grid Northing at grid origin 463000 000 Scale factor at longitude of origin 0 3999307390000 h Polar version Latitude of standard parallel 0 00 00 000 N lt Back Cancel Help Figure 16 Projection parameters Select the projection that will be used and enter the necessary parameters If UTM is chosen as the survey projection the UTM zone number needs to be selected or the longitude of grid origin all other options are greyed out IE It is the responsibility for the user to check the parameters of the predefined geodetic systems The test geodetic parameters is very useful for this see next paragraph Test geodetic parameters After completion of the geod
35. the single line s color can be changed click OK to confirm e To Change the layer where the single line is stored on click the single line s layer field and click Modify Change Layer This will open the Select Layer dialog where the user select the layer on which the single line is stored e Sections can be removed from a route by selecting the section to be removed and clicking the Delete button e To insert a section in an existing route click the section above the position where to insert a section into and click Insert This will add a new line to the route Double click its fields to change the data Easting Northing Height KP Radius Extrapolate Interpolate KP numbers Interpolating extrapolating KP numbers is necessary when the KP numbering on the route differs from the true distance along the route QINSy will initially number the KP according to metric values Simply adjust the KP of the end of the line and interpolate extrapolate the KP values in between Open the Edit Route dialog from the menu bar and select the appropriate option from the Tools menu A new dialog will appear Interpolate KF To Extrapolate KP To Ge Last control point Ge Last control point From cg i Start with KF fo C Tocp de a End with KF 0 874 Cancel C From ep m Start with EP 0 C Tocp 2 Cancel Figure 46 Interpolate extrapolate KP numbers Simply define t
36. tidal data can be added and corrected for in the processing manager 5 4 1 The Processing Manager To start the processing manager click on the appropriate icon 9 in the Console A window like the Replay manager will show on the screen Now the columns will provide information about the start and end point of the file as well as whether tides were applied and whether the data was validated or exported overview Index of QPDs Figure 117 Processing manager On the left pane is a 2D overview of the sounding data In the right pane is an index of the loaded QPD files of this project STEP 1 Activate the chart view via menu View Chart View STEP 2 Activate support files click on or menu File Open Support Files STEP 3 Inthe Open Support Files window activate Sounding Grid Click on to open a select window Select a Grid file from the window Note that multilayer grids are not supported at this time STEP 4 Do the same for the Line Database file Select the file that was used during the survey STEP 5 If required a mapping file can be loaded as background reference for coastal reference STEP 6 Open Chart Options window click on or menu View Chart Options STEP 7 Click on Group Chart select a background color Printing options can be set here for hardcopy STEP 8 Click on Group Layers and then QPD Select a color for the various items STEP 9 Select the required items under Show the following i
37. under Scroll Reference Line use the drop down menu and select Line name lt exported line of detected pipe gt Click OK Go to menu Edit Shift Go to menu Edit Select use the rectangle option to select all data in the Plan View In the Swath Tools screen under Method select Shift to Zero offset X Y Click Execute Alternative Line Alternative line source Line database C Transducer Line database CA ALineDataDetected Fipe route pro Route v Browse cel Transducer ms Figure 120 Setting alternative line in validator Multibeam calibration When starting a survey with a multibeam system it is calibrated for mounting angle offsets QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands See the Console knowledge base chapter Calibration of a dual head Multibeam Echosounder STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 Load the appropriate QPDs into the Validator Activate the lines for roll and pitch Deactivate the line for heading Start roll calibration draw a scroll box perpendicular to the sailing track in a flat area Set scroll properties Range to 1m This allows greater detail in the Views 115 5 Processing STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP 1 1 0 1 2 3 A kd STEP STEP STEP STEP Click on G or menu Calibrate Transducer Alignment The transducer alignment window appears Select the correct transducer and select
38. window starts STEP 4 Set the values in the screen according to the correct depth and across distance or STEP 5 Click on i and select from the drop down menu one of the detection types Draw a rectangle in the swath view The properties are automatically updated STEP 6 A window for each type is drawn in the Swath View STEP 7 Click on 5 to play the scroll box along the dataset STEP 8 At the end click on Exit in the pipe detection menu STEP 9 A new system detected pipe is added in the QPD STEP 10 Smooth the data as required STEP 11 Click on view STEP 12 See the Knowledge Base module to export this to a different format to manually interpolate pipe data in planview or profile Do not set the values to undefined This way the detection will not produce a detected pipe Once the pipe is detected it can be used as reference line The DTM data can afterwards be shifted to this line QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 114 5 Processing STEP STEP STEP 3 STEP STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP STEP STEP 275 Export the detected pipe to a QINSy Mapping file see Knowledge Base Select the option route as type Place this file in the Linedata folder Load the QPD into the Validator Go to menu Settings Alternative Line and select the new created Line Database File Go to menu Settings Viewed Data Validated Go to menu Scroll Properties In the Scroll Box properties screen
39. 0 00 Grid Northing At Origin 0 00 Add laper Remove layer Figure 47 Create new Sounding Grid STEP 2 Specify file name unit type and base cell size Also select if the grid Origin is automatically generated or that it must be specified STEP 3 Add or remove layers by selecting Add Layer or Remove Layer STEP 4 Different kinds of data can be stored in the layers Select a layer and select the type of data and which attributes they must include STEP 5 Finish by selecting OK The sounding grid is created exit the Sounding Grid Utility KR Edit Sounding Grid Quick Start grd Survey Units Base cell size 1 00 Grid Easting At Origin 0 00 Grid Northing At Origin 0 00 J REFERENCE mm EM3000 Bathymetry Hl EM3000 Backscatter i Single Beam 33 kHz i TT Singlebeam 210 kHz Remove layer Figure 48 Sounding Grid layers Figure 48 shows an example of a sounding grid with a singlebeam echosounder with two channels and a multibeam echosounder for bathymetry and backscatter R Determine the cell size based upon the type of project and survey A small cell size will give a high definition grid that will be relatively large For a large survey with a small cell size be sure to have enough disk space 3 Set up and calibration lt ars J SET UP AND CALI BRATION In the previous chapter the interface settings of the sensors in the database with their offset positions relative to the object reference point we
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41. 123 QINSy DATA FLOW QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands lee Dare nil befmed AAL LI K Sensor Data OINSs Raw Data Manager Senir Date Validation Semar Data Cleaning Filtering e H pilay ef Kenn Daa byport User Defined ASCH emia SENCE stip 7 gen geg 2000 128 Appendices ap Appendix B Project structure A Example SB C Database DtmData i DeeF ToC Figure 124 Project structure of QINSy The contents of the most used subfolders Database empty databases with the project settings and configuration as well as the databases with logged data db When a database has been analysed a copy of the database is made and stored as filt db DtmData Points files pts or ASCII data files containing XYZ information DxfToQxf Chart data in the DXF format e g AutoCAD or the QXF format Export Data that is exported from a processing session to another format like ASCII ae Graphics Folder to store screen captures GridData The Sounding Grid files created with the Sounding Grid Utility Import Import data can be stored here LineData The line databases created with the Line Database Manager pro Logfiles Logfiles created while running the Alert Display or when using the Man Over Board option txt Mapping The project files of QINSy Mapping Terramodel pro Results The results of positioning calculation position and node parameters res
42. 2 Click on to open Chart features layer STEP 23 Click on to open Anchors layer STEP 24 Click on to open View Properties Objects STEP 25 Click on to open S 57 objects screen Edits to the undelaying ENC chart can be made from here 5 Processing De PROCESSING Gro After recording data with the Online module a check on the data needs to be made Raw recorded observations can be analyzed The terrain model created by the Online module can be validated This chapter will discuss the processing options that are part of the QINSy Survey suite The final processing stage Charting Mapping etc can be done with QINSy Mapping Terramodel The following options are available for processing the data 9 The Replay manager formerly the Project Manager shows all recorded database and allows for replaying the data with different settings and is similar in operation to the Online module This module also includes a tool for investigating the raw data that was recorded per sensor H The Processing manager is used to validate the data apply tidal corrections and export the data to other applications JE The Sounding Grid Utility provides the user with a coloured depth image of the survey Within this utility the result of the processing can be investigated and volume calculations can be performed 5 1 Replay manager The first step in processing the data is checking the settings and the raw data from the
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45. Colour Settings Colour Map Color Map General Colors Figure 74 Part of the Colour map window STEP 6 In the Colour Map windows select Unique colour per QPD Roll calibration Select the two lines on the same track in opposite direction E kl Calibration Line E d 5 101 Calibration Up Normal Speed opd ha M Seabat 8101 i 3 KP 5 102 Calibration Down Normal Speed opd ho M Seabat 8101 o E 1 5 103 Calibration Up High Speed opd S IF 5 104 Calibration Offset opd Figure 75 Line selection 3 Set up and calibration Figure 76 Areas used for the roll calibration STEP 7 Set the survey line as reference click right mouse button in the plan view and select CoordinateSystem Surveyline If the surveydata is not aligned properly with the surveyline an alternative line can be drawn STEP 8 Press the 2 button click in the plan view on the left side in the middle of the survey area then a left click on the right side if necessary more clicks to extent the line close save the line with a right click STEP 9 To draw across block press the D button Click on point left of the Survey line and one line on the right If the box is too wide use Kl to give the box the right size STEP 10 Enable the editing calibration in the validator press View Validate STEP 11 Activate the calibration press the Gel button The calibrate transducer alignment window appears Calibrate transducer ali
46. Converter Utility Scroll bar Status bar Add Remove OPS Programs Resize corner Add Program For Help press F1 Customize Options Explore Project Folder Explore Support Folder Figure 1 QINSy Console Most settings and options can be started in a number of ways Le through the right click menu the menu bar the tool bar or from an icon in the window area Throughout this manual only one method will be shown in an example but other ways of accessing the command may exist 1 General Information lt aps 1 4 Help Since this manual is written as a quick start only the most frequently used options are described For more detailed help a number of options are available both on paper and electronically e Driver s manual This manual will provide information on cable layout and interface settings for various types of equipment e Quick start This manual e How to The How To documents are located on the installation CD ROM and explain specific QINSy actions in detail If there are questions about a specific topic like for example Pipeline detection have a look through these documents e Online Help The Online Help can be accessed from any location within the software The Online Help is always installed and does not require the installation CD ROM There are a number of ways to access the Online help Press function key F1 on the keyboard Help Left click o
47. EP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 Click on ad or menu Edit Filter Select from the list Objects All or Active Transducers All or Active Footprints All or Active or Selected data If selected data is chosen the toolbar for selected data is activated Click on As to select per system Click on the Plan View or Profile View to select one system zoom in if required Click on sf to select per swath Click on the Plan View to select one Swath Click on SC to select per beam Click on the Plan View to select one beam SE Click on to select inside window Draw a rectangle in Profile Plan or Swath View Click on _ to deselect all previous selected data using this toolbar Click on Execute to run the filter STEP 10 Click on Close to close the selection window STEP 11 If other options are chosen to filter and the selected filters are good click OK to run the filter STEP 12 The Filtering window ts started showing the progress Once at 100 click Close STEP 13 Check in Validator under General Info the amount of points that have been filtered Manipulating data Other than removing data or filtering user can draw an interpolation of data STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 Click on or menu Edit Interpolate Select Snap to Data Move the cursor shaped as a square across the data A small green indicator is shown at the nearest data to the cursor Click and h
48. QINSy Program group in the Start menu or the Console select the I O tester Fo ep press FI Figure 34 I O Tests Utility STEP 2 From the File menu select Import QINSy Database The I O tester opens all the communication ports defined in the template that is selected along with the appropriate communication settings and names 2 Project preparation Barts STEP 3 Check the output of the devices Most systems will output their data as an ASCII string so the data in the windows should be legible Some systems use a binary output so the characters are illegible STEP 4 If the data is not legible in a window where it should be the port settings can be changed by using the button A dialogue window appears allowing the user to change the communication settings STEP 5 Change the settings until the data looks like it should be Now go back to the database setup and enter the correct parameters me nn me gt E C Ss Every port can be logged i e if there is a problem a file can be logged with the I O tester and the data can be checked STEP 6 From the Transfer menu select Start recording Enter the path and name for the log file More information about the I O tester utility can be found in the online help 2 6 Line Database Manager Most surveys are performed using pre planned survey lines The Line Database Manager provides the user with a tool for creating storing and editing li
49. Quick Start Quality Positioning Services w Huis ter Heideweg 16 N TV 37052 Zeist be b The Netherlands A W d mf Tel General 31 0 30 6941200 Ki AA Tel Support 31 0 30 6941220 a _ Fax 31 0 30 6923663 Website http www qps nl Femail cunnart Annc n gt COLOFON o KEE User Manual Revision lt lt EE 3 2006 Written by QPS support department Email Support agps nl Internet www Qqps ni Telephone 31 0 30 69 41 200 Fax 31 0 30 69 23 663 REVISION HISTORY Changes made no EEE WEE 15 4 2005 Updated manual for changes in made Sounding grid utility 29 3 2006 Layout of document Updated all components described with new figures and text QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 2 Table of contents Ls TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Gavene tl Mons GINS EEN 1 2 Introduction to this manual L3 Graphical User NEBE p ser LE Tr ta TEMMET ONS NN 1 6 The Project Folder tt FUNN PROJECT dra e E a EK 8 NEE 15 2 1 Creating a new Droe 15 22 PET TN lee En gl e EE 15 2 3 Template Database arnnaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnnnene 16 2 3 1 Creating a new empty template database nnnnnnarnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrrrnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnr 16 2 3 2 Creating a template database based on an existing template 17 224 DaDa e EEN 18 2 4 1 Geodetic Parameters Wzard 19 SE Gs e E e ee EEN 25 2 4 3 System definition
50. TEP 1 Place the mouse in the planview activate the submenu with right click and select Show Footprint Data to toggle this off Only the transducers are now visible STEP 2 Draw a scroll box over the area of interest See Figure 80 as example STEP 3 Activate the DTM again The DTMof interest now appears in the calibration window STEP 4 Repeat the procedure as from step 12 Onwards pease ree l l l l Li RE He EE NE ed EE SoG ETG eer sa hae ck ae n ii 15 00 ph A och Wm i 1 1 1 1 T os Poesia pues eames lt toe inne aca EE besteg Seet EEE Vander dam derfir ASN pine d SS Sa n ae es GE EE soe Er EE Hart SC i Ret E as h A E Ce KN pak ei SESCH E kA E E ES Le a Sa GG ei Ae E i ais SC e Sg i SE ET ee ag ote T L FG d a Ke DN de DST KM D GE um mm mm o mm e0unm Figure 81 DTM data for pitch calibration Heading calibration STEP 1 Select the two lines with an offset STEP 2 Draw a scroll box over the overlapping part of the slope or object in the same way as for the pitch calibration STEP 3 Repeat the procedure with the auto option 3 Set up and calibration ER EN 70 00 75 00 80 00 85 00 90 00 ite bat a eee Ee ve GE Stee SE ie H DEE rr S SE 5 t Sg af S dp AE AE Kg ai amt et ee GE Sete ie nr tn nere Peas ee teed ight tata ta en SH Ze et RRE E KEE n et dh EA SE al eat db i Klek Si 50 00 100 00 150 00 250 00 Figure 82 He
51. a displays the DTM model in the view default on STEP 14 Show raw data displays data before editing STEP 15 Click on group Program enable Maximize window on startup if required STEP 16 Click OK to finish the view settings Using colors Data can be shown in various colors These settings assist in identifying data on specific criteria STEP 1 Click on SS or menu View Colors STEP 2 Select Tab Color Map Data can be shown color coded to depth STEP 3 Select color map Under properties browse for the color scheme If Enable Project Settings is activated the color scheme and depth QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 109 5 Processing lt ars values are taken from the Global Settings in the Console De activate this if required STEP 4 Activate enable automatic scaling The range will be adjusted to the Shallowest and deepest data points STEP 5 Select overflow above shallowest and underflow below deepest colors Data can be shown in one unique color STEP 6 Select unique color STEP 7 Click on Apply Data is now shown in one solid color Data can be shown per QPD This is useful when viewing multiple QPDs Simultaneously STEP 8 Select Unique color per QPD STEP 9 Click Apply Each gpd has its own unique color These colors are loaded automatically Data can be shown per bathymetrical system This allows quick identification between for example two channels of a
52. a correction reduction model can be selected to get local heights Appendix D With the offset setting all heights can be shifted with a fixed height The offset value will be added to the calculated height The selected height model will also be used in the Height Aiding driver for the tide reduction BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E 2 Project preparation lt e En zs Datum shift parameters The second window of the wizard is to select the datum shift parameters These parameters are needed to transform positions between the two datum s that were selected in the previous window QINSy uses the so called 7 parameter datum shift that requires 3 translations 3 rotations and a scale factor Datum Shift Parameters t xX Datum Shift Parameters A Shift dA 565 040 f Shit dr 49 910 Shift d 465 840 a Rotation Ax 0 40540 me nn me gt E C Ss Not Used v Rotation Mode Ce Position Vector Rotation Bursa all Y Rotation Ay 0 35970 Rotation Az 1 56850 Scale Correction 4 077200 Coordinate Frame Rotation Rotation Units Ce arcsec 107 6 rad lt Back Cancel Help Figure 13 Datum Shift parameters If the Datum shift parameters are available for the reverse datum shift then use the datum shift box to select the reverse For more information about datum shift parameters please use the onlin
53. ading calibration Latency Using a PPS and synchronising the QINSy and multibeam pc there should be no latency in the system To check that sail the same line with different speed over a slope Draw a Scroll box over the ER Profile View 140 00 150 00 Figure 83 Latency calibration If there is latency then it will be visible in the profile view From the distance between the profiles and the difference in sailing speed the latency can be calculated This calibration procedure assumes that PPS is used during the survey to avoid latency or the latency between the positioning system and the echosounder is determined correct and is corrected for during recording When the correct parameters have been determined the found mounting angles Should be entered in the template 3 Set up and calibration a ps Sound Velocity Beams Per Ping Number of beams in one ping Maximum number 141 C Use sound velocity from unit fe Use sound velocity 1435 00 Meters Second Tranzducer Mounting Angles Stabilization Heading offset Unit is roll stabilized Rall offset Unit is pitch stabilized Pitch offset Unitis heave compensated Figure 84 Mounting angles multibeam 3 Set up and calibration az ars This page left intentionally blank 4 Online lt GPs 4 ONLINE Before going online make sure that the correct template has been set active using the template manager Select the a option fro
54. and type a filename Enter an interval for exporting Under Category select the items to be exported If required activate use the local time zone Under format select either Transverse Profile Format 1 or Transverse format profile 3 105 5 Processing STEP 7 STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 Pipe name and diameter are fixed values Click on Finish Export to Preduct Select Preduct from the drop down menu The Export QTR file to Preduct window starts Under file options activate export to single ascii file if required and browse Enter a filename If required active interval mode Under Category select the items required Under Export options select Export validated data only if required Click Next On page 2 select the template database used for surveying Click Finish Export to CODA corrected Navigation File Select Coda corrected from the drop down menu The Export to CODA corrected Navigation window starts Under file options activate export to single ascii file if required and browse Enter a filename If required active interval mode Under Echosounder on Fish select only one system Click Next On page 2 select the heading mode Select use fish E S depth as attitude if required This will use the de
55. anges of the transducer pole length when the displacement is measured by range sensor I Use Heading Alignment 2 Not Available E _ gt Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E Use Roll Alignment Not Available I Use Pitch Alignment Not Available Use Dynamic Offsets Not Available e Figure 30 Multibeam parameters STEP 1 If sound velocity is measured at transducer head enter the system Beam angle correction is done in QINSy rather than the HW component STEP 2 If an angular system is availble for MBE alignment corrections enter the system here System parameters Gyrocompass Observation Parameters Type Bearing True Unit Degrees A prior SD 1 00000 Fixed CD O 0000000 Slot Identifiers di arnable CU 0 00000 Sori em aaa Scale factor 1 000000000 ii Figure 31 Gyro parameters For a normal gyrocompass installation all values as shown here are already correct The only value that will change during the start up phase of the project is the fixed system C O This C O is determined during the gyro calibration me nn me gt E C Ss 2 Project preparation System parameters Pitch roll and heave sensor Location Object E Node Lever Am Rotation Measurements r Rotation Conventions Roll convention Type Pitch Roll angle
56. around the views Whilst processing the data zooming and recenter options are available STEP 1 Click on to set mouse mode to draw a rectangle to zoom into STEP 2 Click on to zoom in or zoom out G E Ers STEP 3 Click on to show all data in view scaling automatic By STEP 4 Click on to return to the previous view For each view there are options available Place the mouse in the view and use right click to open a submenu Using the View menu from menu bar gives access to the following STEP 1 Tree View toggle mode select matching items or single item When selecting a system for one gpd this system is automatically selected for all qpds STEP 2 Tree View show beams shows the individual beams of a multibeam in a qpd Option to deselect separate beams STEP 3 Swath View Uniform Scale ratio between horizontal and vertical scale remains constant when activated STEP 4 3D View Scroll Box camera when activated the scroll box is Stationary and seabed model moves When deactivated the scroll box moves and seabed is stationary Line selection When multiple QPDs are loaded default only the first line is shown The plan view reference is the first survey line STEP 1 Click on to go to the next line STEP 2 Clickon to go to the previous line STEP 3 Click on I to go the last line in the queue STEP 4 Click on Wi to go to the first line in the queue STEP 5 Click on HH to
57. atabase the user need to define either a new template database from scratch or use an existing template database as a basis an modify it Creating anew empty template database Q Start the Setup module from the Console by double clicking on the icon in the upper half of the window The following window will appear C Data Quick Start Database Template Manager WG584 db No line name Figure 7 Template manager To create a new empty template database click on the button The program will ask for a database name Enter a descriptive name for the template e g SeaEagle After this the template Setup program will automatically start 2 Project preparation lt GPs 2 3 2 Creating a template database based on an existing template Another option to create a new template is to modify an existing template This should always be done very carefully since all settings from the existing template are copied to the new one STEP 1 Open the Setup application from the Console STEP 2 Select the template from which to extract the settings This template must be in the project directory STEP 3 From the menu bar select the option Tools Extract STEP 4 A new window will open showing the following options BC L Ca E e Leg Ca P Te E HH R a E Extract Template Settings r Source database db WGS84 db m Target template database tz db Quick Start db Include settings from onl
58. atabases where the settings need to be cloned to STEP 7 Click on Finish QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 100 5 Processing dane 1 3 Make sure the databases have identical settings before cloning If in the list of databases to be cloned to settings are different this database will be excluded from the list EIE nen cloning the Height settings be sure to also clone the computation settings To be sure select all settings for both DB Setup and Controller 5 3 Replaying the data If all the settings are correct replay of the data can be started It is possible to either replay a single survey line database or a batch of lines The last option will be the most common and is used to reprocess a survey after the system setup was changed or the data was analysed Replaying a single line will give the user full control over the settings stored with the data replaying a batch of lines gives a limited number of settings During replay the entire line is sailed again only this time not in real time While replaying the user has full control over the display settings and can show any display on screen to investigate the data Replay several databases at the time Most surveys will consist of more than one Survey line In this case doing a replay with a number of survey lines at a time speeds up the processing process This type of replay is called a batch replay When using a batch it is possible to replay one database after anoth
59. cceeee 9 Controller STN 49 EON TI eee 23 Crosslines Generating Lure gege 44 D Data Analyzing raw data 94 ed de E 99 De spiking raw data 97 Filtering raw data 96 PROCESSING RE 100 KE 01 gege NEE en AE EE EN 99 KE nt E 104 Database Selecting Storage ccccccceeeeeeeeeee es 76 Datum Gpberogd eee e ees 18 Datum SIN EEN 20 Display Alpha NUMETIC ccc cece cece seen ee ee eeeeees 55 eg ge e EE ERE 52 me ae 01 g 0 EEN 59 HEINSMA EE 83 NNN ren 86 Positioning system aaaannrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnr 54 Raw Multibeam cccceeeee cece eeeeees 59 Se NAT essre inr es ENA 54 Swath System Display 60 MUNGO Ol E 58 Draft Object Definition rrrnaaaavnnnnrrrnnnnr 24 Draft Height calculation cccee cece eee ees 69 DTM Creating aD TM WEE 22 DXF Convert to QXF E 46 QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands E Echosounder Applying sound velocity ccceeeees 82 Calibration aide 59 De spiking data online 81 RI EE E EE R 32 heave Sensor cc ceccececcececeecaueusaeeuvaes 32 Online filters cc cece cece cece cece eeeeeeaes 80 Water Depth Reterence 32 F Fix EAN 79 G Geodetic Parameters Test geodetical poarametere 22 GPS Receiver System Setup Egger gees 30 GPS Receiver Receiver number 31 GPS Receiver Horizontal Datum 31 GPS Receiver Vertical Datum 31 Graphical User lntertace 6 Gyro Calibration aide 55 E EE 57 Fixed CO 35 Selecting in computation
60. city Beams Per Ping f Use sound velocity from unit Humber of beams m one ping Use sound velocity 1405 00 Maximum number 101 Transducer Mounting Angles Echosounder Stabilization Roll offset T Unit is roll stabilized Pitch offset Unit is pitch stabilized Unit is heave compensated Heading offset Figure 28 Multibeam parameters settings 2 Project preparation w APS STEP 1 Select the source of the sound velocity If the unit has it s own sound velocity probe mounted near the transducer head or if the sound velocity is in the output message then the sound velocity from the unit should be selected Otherwise enter the sound velocity here Online it is possible to create and select a Sound velocity profile to correct for refraction STEP 2 Enter the number of beams per ping Sweep The number of beams depends on the system used It can be calculated by dividing the swath sector by the beam angle STEP 3 Check the appropriate boxes if the unit and the output message is Stabilized for roll pitch or heave me nn me gt E C Ss E The transducer mounting angles are determined during the Multibeam a calibration and will be discussed in the chapter Set up and calibration Standard Deviations Sounder BD Deviations Offsets C 0 s Tope ouse Sampling di 5D roll offset OG Pulze length 015 ME SD pitch offset 005 Sampling length 005 mi SO heading offset 050 S
61. cked meaning that other users cannot change it as long as it is opened during our session 2 6 1 Importing files into the Line Database Manager A fast way of creating new targets lines routes is by importing them from an ASCII file or a Terramodel pro file by using the options File and Import from the menu bar A new window will become visible with a number of options 2 Project preparation Laks Import Wizard Choose Import Format Choose what kind of file you want to import ASCII AY File ASCII Lat Lon File ASCII Line Offsets DON File DWG File I DXF Binary File OXF Text File Linedatabase File me nn me gt E C Ss AutoCAD DWG File Notice that two dimensional defined lines will be imported as pline objects Use after importing Edit Other Objects to convert them to Routes Cancel Help Figure 36 Line Database Manager import options Select the format of the original file Select the file to be imported to the line database Depending on the selected file format the remainder of the wizard will have a number of different screens The following will show the ASCII X Y Z and the Line Database format pro Instead of importing files it is also possible to use the Cut and Paste option from e g Excel Simply cut the column s with data from a spreadsheet and paste them into the Li
62. culated left and right from the vertical i e straight down 0 roll 4 Online SPs This option is useful when the vessel experiences large roll errors e Quality outside reject data with a quality number inside the given range The quality number Is read direct from the hardware data string e Heave above Ignores all data when the heave is above a certain limit e TPE exceeds reject data that does not meet horizontal vertical or both depth and position TPE criteria Note that SD values in the template database need to be realistic e Exclude beams This option should be used if a number of beams give unreliable information Enter beam number separated by comma if a range is required STEP 6 De spike data A number of filters for de spiking the data are available e Single Spike this filter will ignore all data that deviates more than a certain threshold from the surrounding two data points e Seabed slope this filter will reject all data that have an angle between them that is shallower than the defined threshold The angle is calculated between two adjacent beams e Cross validation this is a statistical filter that determines the average bottom and filters all values that fall outside the limit based upon the filter settings Depending on the setting spikes that are upward downward or in both directions will be filtered a ky Figure 100 De spike data left single spike right seabed slope filter
63. d be checked to prevent double heave corrections Select the unit of depth measurement Options are Survey Units Meters and International Feet 34 2 Project preparation Echosounder Accuracy Parameters Ea Standard Deviations Sounder Data Standard Deviations Offsets IC Us Type EET SD roll offset DOG Pulse length 1 00 ms SD pitch offset DOS Sampling length 010 m SO heading offset 050 C Same SD s for all transducers BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E Standard Deviations Stabilizations SD roll stab DOG SD pitch stab DOG SP Weave conp 108 m Ce Different SD s per transducer Standard Deviation Sound Veloc SD sound velocity 0 05 Td 210k B Echosounder data Td 33 GE A SD s are different depending on the ranging frequency lt Back Herts Frish Cancel Help Figure 27 Echosounder Accuracy Parameter settings STEP 1 The SD of the sounder data for each transducer different SD can be defined The type of sounder must be defined with its characteristics Pulse Sampling pulse and sampling length or Angle Range SD beam angle and SD beam range or Pulse Frequency pulse length and sampling frequency STEP 2 For the correct TPE calculation it is necessary to enter the A priori SD for the roll pitch and heading offset STEP 3 Enter the SD of the sound velocity System parameters Multibeam Echosounder Sound Velo
64. d color map Under Tab Render Options select render type for displaying details and Shading contrast Improve coverage will show the grid when zooming out STEP 12 Click GeoTiff Image Add a file to be displayed STEP 13 Click on chart features Select types and color Select color scale to display for reference using the sounding grid After settings the layers correct and the data required various other options for object tracking and preplot shape can be set STEP 1 Open the View Properties View Properties STEP 2 Select the Group View on the left pane STEP 3 Click on icon Object tracking STEP 4 Activate Tracking enabled and select the track point mode This will set the vessel in a certain position on screen STEP 5 Enable the tracked objects STEP 6 Adjust the tolerance levels to your liking The window will recenter when the tolerance to the window edge Is reached STEP 7 Activate Relative motion if the vessel should remain steady and the background moving E View Properties LI D Tracking Enabled Track point mode Fixed TopLett Fred Center Fred TopLett Fired TopRight Fined Bottoml eft Fred BottomAight Forward Looking Course over ground Forward Looking Heading Backward Looking Course over ground Backward Looking Heading Relative Motion Tracked Objects Mme Figure 108 Object tracking The preplot shape will draw a vessel shape at th
65. d in 1995 The first version was released two years later This manual describes the latest release of the software It incorporates a completely new User Interface and allows the user to define settings in a central application that are then used throughout the other applications in the QINSy suite while maintaining the flexibility of the software QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 6 1 General Information GP 1 2 Introduction to this manual This manual is as a guideline for setting up executing and pre processing a survey It is not intended to provide full coverage of the QINSy Survey suite but will provide both the new and the experienced user with a quick overview of the software The topic presentation order in this manual duplicates the order of steps the hydrographic surveyor takes when performing a hydrographic survey Hence the general layout of this document is as follows e Project preparation Defining the geodetic parameters Defining the system layout Creating a line plan Converting DXF information Creating a Sounding Grid e Settings and Calibration Setting up the positioning system s QINSy as a calibration aid for gyro motion sensor and echosounder Multibeam Echosounder calibration using the processing manager e Online Line planning Sound velocity Online settings echosounder tidal information etc Recording data Navigation and helmsman display e Processing Analysing the raw data Replaying databases Cleani
66. e Kalal e Rotterdam approach Pipeline 1 NI 445990 N2 449608 Bearing 353 6 every fix For Help press F1 Figure 93 using an alternative line as reference QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands VA 4 Online lt ars Storage STEP 1 Select the Storage group in the Session Setup to make the storage settings visible Session Setup Storage Database Figure 94 Session setup Storage settings Databases STEP 2 Select whether to use a manually entered filename or use the line name The last option is recommended when using the processing manager to validate the data STEP 3 Ifa prefix is used then each database will get a sequence number Whenever a new recording session is started the sequence number will be increased with one STEP 4 Select Sounding Grid to enter the storage properties for the Sounding Grid Utility the following window will appear Session Setup Storage Sounding grid Filename Format grd Sounding Grid Filename Rotterdam approach grd Database Systems DZ ahal ins Sounding grid S EM3000 Bathymetry EM3000 Backscatter Cancel Figure 95 Session setup Storage settings Sounding Grid QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 78 4 Online lt GPs STEP 5 To enable storage to a sounding grid select sounding grid from the Format pull down menu and select the sounding grid file that will be used t
67. e accuracy of a position is the accuracy of the position of a feature e g sounding navigation aid to be located within a geodetic reference frame Depth accuracy is to be understood as the accuracy of the reduced depths Typically sounding accuracy criteria are 10 times as strict as georeference criteria In QINSy as in IHO S 44 accuracy values are always presented as 95 confidence level values However a priori standard deviations for error sources are always to be entered as 1 0 values 68 confidence level Figure 10 Total Propagated Error 2 4 1 Geodetic Parameters Wizard The geodetic parameters wizard allows the user to define all parameters such as the Survey datum the projection type and the projection parameters 2 Project preparation Zak es There are four different setup pages that need to be completed Datum parameters Datum Parameters Predefined Coordinate System me nn me gt E C Ss Survey Unit Meter Edit Unit Datums Remove d Wh Sod Edit Mean Water Level Model Geoid Height EGGS Europe De Min Geode WAP Nederland North Sea Level GEON9 Noordzee Browse Mean Sea Level EGMSE Earth Geoid Height EGG 9 Europe Geoid Height EGGS North Sea Figure 11 Datum Parameters Height Model Line Database Height Model Line Database 5TR HOF pro GeodM odel pro STR HOF 1 pro SH S5TR HOF alt pro vas TRH HOF old org pro STA
68. e filtered e g Position Lat Lon and click on the Properties button This will start the filter settings dialog Group Properties E k Filters Numerical Fe Timeplot Advanced Group POSITION LAT LON Rename Init width El 4 Add Edit Remove Mowe Up Move Dr Cancel Apply Help Figure 115 Group Filter properties QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 98 5 Processing lt GPs STEP 3 Remove all the filters that are not needed Leave the Raw data filter in place since this will ensure that all data is filtered using the raw data as a base STEP 4 Add a new filter by clicking on the Add button A new dialog will appear OF Filter Apply Latency Cancel Seconds to Subtract au Figure 116 Add filter window STEP 5 Select the appropriate filter from the pull down menu and fill in the settings These settings depend on the type of filter that was selected STEP 6 Complete the filter setup and click on the Start button in the filter selection dialog 3 More information on filter settings can be found in the Online Help If a position latency filter is used be sure that the same filter is also applied BE to the height data from the same system IE It is not possible to change the latency in the database and replay the data The latency in the database is only used during an online session T 3 When data is edited or filtered with the analyse tool the ed
69. e help QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 22 2 Project preparation ap S Output datum The third window is to select the output datum this is the datum used to create an ASCII point file for example Output Datum Parameters BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E Survey Datum Potsdam 1870 for position results Vertical Datum Geoid Height EGGS Europe for height results Height Level STR HOF pro Browse Digital Terrain Models e Absolute OTM s with OTM heights on the selected vertical datum C Relative OTM s with OTM heights relative to object reference point Vertical datum must be computed for each beam separately lt Back Cancel Help Figure 14 Output datum Height Model Line Database Height Model Line Database STR HOF pro GeodModel pro STR HOF 1 pra S45 7A HOF alt pro 4STA HOF old org pro STA HOF old ST A HOF pro Im the eo folder that 12 defined in the Project Settings caret Hep Figure 15 Height Model Selection The following steps need to be taken STEP 1 Select the survey datum for the positioning results from the available datum list 2 Project preparation ER Een STEP 2 Select the vertical datum The output values of the measured depths will be calculated on this model For most projects the used vertical output datum is the same as the mean sea level model that was chosen in the first screen datum parameters Here it is also
70. e scroll buttons Jul adel Bld de in the tool bar to toggle between the selected observations The number of observations per view can be changed using the Settings General option from the menu bar Use the Observation Graphs tab and set the number of observations to be displayed in the view Ta Se With the en PJ buttons in the tool bar the mouse mode can be selected The middle button is a function whereby a line can be drawn between observations noting the time difference and the value difference between the two sensors This is a useful tool when investigating delays between sensor readings 5 Processing lt ars Filtering data It is possible to define the filter groups by clicking on the Lei button from the tool bar Filter groups are used for automatic editing of data This can be de spiking raw data smoothing it or adding a latency The last option can be very important Is a latency in e g the positioning system was found after the survey was performed STEP 1 To apply this latency a specific filter first using the Ka option needs to be setup A new dialog will show Select Groups to Filter Available Groups with Members D BE M ECHOSOUNDERS M MOTION SENSORS Cancel FU POSITION HEIGHTS rt MI STATISTICS MI ROC Properties Members Filter only between current time scale from 9 10 41 to 9 11 30 Figure 114 Filter groups STEP 2 Select the group to b
71. e start of line or at a user specified location This is to vizualize the intended starting point for survey 4 Online lt GPs Figure 109 Object shape with predicted and trailed shape Fix numbers and time is displayed to the right of the object STEP 1 Click on or select View Properties Group Objects QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 91 4 Online I View Properties Priority from Computation Setup Aquarius positie T NR103 position Drawing Options Nodes Fix Marks MBE Coverage E im gt M Show object Z Track object Allow overscale symbol EE Eight Green Jh Draw COG arrow f Use object blowup factor Trail history ep sec Iw Draw predicted object predict 180 sec VK Draw trail of objects every 120 sed Iw Draw trail of speed vectors every update i Apply Cancel Figure 110 Object display properties STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 On Tab Drawing options the vessel shape will be automatically shown for the primairy computation Activate the drawing for other computations to see the difference Activate Allow overscale symbol when zooming out The vessel wiil be drawn in a simple shape of constant size regardless of screen scale Use blowup factor to show the vessel enlarged with its real shape Draw predicted object will display the vessel in a calculated position at the number of seconds Type the
72. e time difference from UTC to local time STEP 5 Under tide factor enter a scale factor if the height is not in survey units STEP 6 Under Tide offset enter a fixed C O value if applicable STEP 7 Click on Import The data is imported and in the right pane of the Tide Data manager is the file available STEP 8 Highlight the file In the bottom pane is the tidal curve displayed STEP 9 Double click the filename the edit tide data screen opens STEP 10 Enter the station ID The station name and coordinates E N are automatically updated STEP 11 To import a second tide data file go to menu File Import Tide Data STEP 12 Repeat steps 1 to 9 Now two tide files are imported Before applying the tidal correction the tidal data itself can be edited STEP 1 Move the cursor to the graphical pane STEP 2 Use right click to open submenu Select Edit Tide data status STEP 3 Use the inside window to de activate a tidal reading STEP 4 Use the outside window to activate a tidal reading STEP 5 Alternatively double click the filename or menu Edit Tide Data File STEP 6 In the field status click right to open submenu Select OK Invalid or Predicted from the list STEP 7 Click OK once edits are finished Answer Yes to overwrite Close the Tide Data manager Tidal data has been setup Now it is applied to the seabed data model STEP 1 In the processing manager select the QPDs tide will be applied to
73. eated Select remove last click to remove the last section of the route Select Save to save the new created object enter a name and select a layer on which the new created object will be stored Reset the New Object button It is also possible to reset the screen to cover the entire area zoom extents using rfs the button BC L Ca E e Leg Ca P Te E HH R a E Typing in new objects Select the type of object to be added from the Edit menu A new dialog will open which will look a little different depending on the type of object to be added to the Line Database Below a Route object is used as an example E E a a CH E E E Ta Figure 42 Edit object dialog STEP 1 To add a new line to the database click on the modify button and select the option Add A new dialog window will open x How many il Color A E Lauer SURVEYLI MES e Cancel Figure 43 Add object STEP 2 Select the number of new objects their color and on which layer to Store the line STEP 3 Anew empty object is created Edit the name and enter the start and end positions to define the object When creating a route instead of entering the end point it is also possible to enter a bearing and distance or a radius The end coordinate of each section is the starting coordinate of the next section Generate Crossline and Winglines Winglines are lines that run parallel t
74. ece eee cence eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteteseegneegs Table 2 list of interpolation methode cece eee e cece cesses eeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeegeggeeenennngs Table 3 import tide data format List of figures Figure I QINSY Console cece cece cece eee eee ence eee e eee e eee e ee eeeeeegaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaggaganenggs 8 UNN 10 Figure 3 QINSy Knowledge Base nnnnannnanasnnnnnnnnnrrrnnnnnnnsssnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnsnnner 12 ge Reie nee EE 13 POURS ee e eh Le EE 14 Foure 6 GOD al SOU EE 16 Figure 7 Template manager 16 Figure ETTE SNP 17 Figure 9 Database Gerunp ccc cece cece cece eee eee e eee e eee e seen nese eeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeggggaeenennngs 18 Figure 10 Total NN WEE 19 Figure 11 Datum ten CN 20 Figure 12 Selection of the Mean Water Level Model reduction model 20 Figure 13 Datum Shift ParaMeters ccc cece cece cece eee e eee cece eee e esses eeeee eee eeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeenneeennes 22 PUSS TON NN 23 Figure 15 Height Model Gelecton 23 Figure 16 Projection PA Le EE 24 Figure 17 Test geodetic parameters cece cece cece cece cece cece ee nn rrnnnnnnnnnnsssnnnnnnrrrnnnnnsnnnnnnnneer 25 Foure 18 Op FA PET TIN EE 26 Figure 19 Squat definition aaaarannnnnnnnnnnnvannnnnnrrnnnnnnnsnnnnssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnuner 27 Figure 20 VeESSel Ren CN 28 Figure 21 Shape defntton ccc ccc ceeeeee eee e eee e eee e esse eeeeeeeeea eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegggaeeenennngs 29 Figure 22 SENSE navn
75. ected for draft sound velocity or tide from the software 3 4 4 Multibeam Echosounder A multibeam calibration or patch test is performed through sailing a number of pre defined lines followed by the calculation of the mounting offsets Sailing lines and logging data is described in the next chapter this paragraph will describe the available displays for logging Multibeam data and the computation of the mounting offsets Raw Multibeam Display The raw multibeam display shows the raw data as It is being received from the multibeam echosounder i e without attitude and sound velocity correction This display can be useful if the multibeam control screen IS not visible remote location STEP 5 Create a raw Multibeam display using the display manager 3 Set up and calibration Leak File View Select Help THA ARAL ie 55 10 Z 28 50 For Help press F1 Figure 70 Raw multibeam display STEP 6 Select the multibeam system to be viewed using the Select Multibeam System from the menu bar STEP 7 Select View Auto Scale to Swath to adjust the display in Such a way that all data will be displayed Use the View menu to change the view options These include a waterfall 3 option and the exclusion of zero data Swath System Display To view the corrected data use the Swath System Display The advantage of this display over the Raw Multibeam Display is that it will show the data as it is
76. efinition file Use normal keyboard characters and numbers conform to Windows filenaming conventions STEP 4 Under Tide Interpolation method use drop down menu to select a interpolation method for the vessel with reference to the tidal station s Options are Interpolation method One tidal station 100 value used regardless of position Linear Multiple stations with distance weighted interpolation of all Stations in list Linear Co Tidal Data is shifted based on HW level of two stations RWS RWSLOD Interpolation of four tidal stations Developed for Dutch Public Works One tidal station tidal data is based on vessel position Table 2 list of interpolation methods STEP 1 If Linear Co Tidal is selected at Number of tide stations set the required number of stations to be used STEP 2 Under Tide Stations enter the station name station ID and data type Select from Manual data Tide Data file Simplified ATT STEP 3 Repeat this if multiple stations exist STEP 4 Click on Next STEP 5 On page 2 enter the coordinates of the tidal stations in Lat Lon WGS84 or Easting Northing on survey datum The E N coordinates are automatically used in Tide Data files STEP 6 Enter time offset from Greenwich Use the timezone as it is without DST Check PC regional time settings STEP 7 Click Next STEP 8 Page 3 the survey lines are selected The linename must correspond to the linename defined in the QPD fi
77. ening Angle a Hrs Beam width 10 00 Apply to roll and pitch angles Figure 25 Echosounder transducers STEP 1 Add each transducer to the transducer list using the add button and then selecting the node STEP 2 Select the transducer in the list and set the slot number and the label STEP 3 Set the mounting angles of the transducer STEP 4 Enter the beam width STEP 5 Tick the box when the mounting angles must apply 2 Project preparation r Stabilization Unit is roll stabilized Ges Sea Level Unit is pitch stabilized D h Unit is heave compensated Em i pg Sound Velocity 2 mm Used velocity 1500 00 Meters Second Calibrated velocity 1485 00 Meters Second ee Depth Measurements 4 Unit Figure 26 Echosounder settings STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands Water Depth Reference select Sea level if the offset from the mean water level to the transducer draft is entered in the echosounder itself If this is not the case then select Transducer Propagation Velocity input the velocity as used in the echosounder Under calibrated velocity enter the true sound velocity If both are the same than the correct sound velocity should only be entered on the echosounder If the motion sensor is connected directly to the echosounder the output soundings are already corrected for motion then these boxes Shoul
78. enter fix interval in meters or seconds STEP 3 Set the fix number increment and the first fix number The program if applicable will calculate the last fix number STEP 4 Use the check boxes to set additional parameters For settings the Anchors see the online knowledge base subject Anchor Handling For the settings for Bargetrack see subject Pipe and cable laying 4 Online lt ars 4 4 Echosounder settings Under certain circumstances data from an echosounder can contain a lot of noise Although noise should preferably be removed using filters on the echosounder itself this is not always possible In order to clean the data QINSy offers a number of online filters that can reject most of the larger spikes in the data The stored reduced QPD contains all data but data this fails these filters are set passive Open the echosounder settings window EI from the Controller or menu Settings Echosounder settings eher saunder I Mubttwam eh lA Cema pH bal 54 Order 1 Figure 99 Computation setup echosounder Select the echosounder single and multibeam have different options STEP 5 Data exclusion has the following options e Depth outside All depths relative to the transducer head that fall outside this range will be ignored e Range outside All ranges relative to the transducer head that fall outside this range will be ignored e Sector outside Ignores all depths outside a sector cal
79. er All the databases need to have identical settings though If this is not the case clone the settings from one database to the others or replay the data in different batches STEP 1 Inthe Replay manager select one of the databases that need to be replayed STEP 2 Start Replay Action Replay or select from right mouse menu or Ctr R or icon Fi STEP 3 The Controller will appear as usual Open the Session Setup and select the appropriate output formats STEP 4 Open the Group Replay and set the relay speed to full speed if a lot of data needs to be replayed STEP 5 Close the session setup STEP 6 Open Computation setup Make the required changes STEP 7 Exit Controller STEP 8 Clone the settings from this database to the other databases STEP 9 Select all databases to be replayed STEP 10 The Controller will appear STEP 11 In the Controller press the F3 function key All databases will be replayed IE pause a replay session use the pause button To speed up the process do not use any online displays QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 101 5 Processing lt ars 5 4 Processing manager The processing manager is used for validation of the data No information about the raw data is available in this module only the X Y and Z of the depth data are available i e a raw depth with a position Every setting that was applied during the Online or Replay session is included in the data If applicable
80. er a name for the computation The computational parameters that are entered as a default are correct for most surveys More information can be found in the Online Help STEP 3 Enter an approximate position When using DGPS this position ts correct for working in Europe Outside Europe change it to local coordinates STEP 4 If there is more than one computation set the computation priority 0 being the highest If the primary system is not working correctly QINSy will automatically switch to the secondary system STEP 5 By default the new computation is set off All objects are unchecked Switch the computation on by checking it STEP 6 A warning may appear that no height was defined for this calculation Select the positioning system that is the base for this computation and set it to be used The right pane of the dialog will change Lee Abin Slip O mamme nn a a aaao gg A pie 6 Fa pole F amiar Fr Sa D MR posen Eg Simrad DGPS Lpe Po priem to trigger the somputaton t D wi abng APER d ET Aaen poter Hegri 1325 retain 1 HAI piisi ft EE a D O 0 80 wf Hol nmilzau ai TSS IS ites Denn L Dla Syin Figure 54 Select positioning system QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 52 3 Set up and calibration ps STEP 7 Select the Height mode of the positioning system For all systems with the exception of RTK DGPS systems the height status should normally be set to Unreliable This means that tidal level
81. er for printing the profiles Multibeam calibration QINSy features a built in utility for multibeam calibration a so called patch test In order to use this tool a calibration pattern needs to be sailed and the data needs to be in the qpd format STEP 1 Start the processing manager STEP 2 Select all lines used for the calibrations STEP 3 Start validator e For a multibeam calibration it is advised to collect the following lines e Roll two lines over a flat area in opposite direction with same speed e Pitch two lines over an area with slopes in opposite direction with same speed e Heading two lines over an area with slopes the lines need to overlap half a swath width in same direction and with same speed e Latency two lines over an area with slopes in same direction with different speed BE For more information on logging the processing manager and the validator see following chapters BE Load all calibration lines roll pitch latency heading simultaneously in the validator BE See the online knowledge base for a complete description for multibeam calibrations 3 Set up and calibration Leak Figure 73 Area to use for the calibration The different calibrations are carried out separate from each other STEP 4 Activate only the lines for that specific calibration that you want to carry out STEP 5 To identify the lines from each other give them a unique colour by selecting View Colours
82. erflow level below maximum Select a color from the Color window that appears 11 Click on Tab Render Options 12 Under Render type select from the drop down menu Gradient colors simple 2D color shading Sun illuminated shading perspective in black and white Gradient and sun combination of colors and Shading giving a 3D effect Set shade layer to same as active layer Under azimuth and evaluation set values for the angle and height of sun shading effect Note that when azimuth is perpendicular to line heading or parallel to line heading the terrain model is accentuated in different ways 14 Under adjustment select values for shade exaggerations shade contrast transparency 15 Improve coverage will show grids of a higher level This will give better coverage when zooming out 16 Draw cell borders option to show the cell borders Color is default light grey 13 w 124 5 Processing dante STEP 17 Draw overflow cells with values exceeding minimum levels are drawn in color STEP 18 Click OK when all settings are done Importing data into the current sounding grid STEP 1 First create a layer on which the data should be imported Click on Er or menu File Edit Sounding Grid Layers STEP 2 Enter a name for the layer and set its properties correct STEP 3 Click on or menu File Import The import window starts STEP 4 Under file type select the format of the file t
83. ervation Physics Display oe Observation QC Display Le Positioning System Display Profile Display 7 Scatterplot Display Jl Timeplot Display 7 Sc 30 Error Elipse Display F d 3D Grid Display ee Gly Virtual Environment Display Remove Remove Al th Avalable displays depend on database setup and actyated addons Figure 58 Display manager STEP 2 Select a display and click on Add Give a name to the display Two displays of the same kind cannot have the same name STEP 3 Arrange the displays on the screen by making them smaller or bigger STEP 4 Inthe Controller select Save Displays Now from the Options menu The displays can be saved each time the Controller is closed and retrieve them every time the controller is started set the following options STEP 5 From the Options menu in the Controller select Save Displays on Exit or Retrieve Displays on Start E Many displays have the option to turn off the status bar tool bar and menu E and title Turning these off will create more space for additional windows as well as creating a less cluttered display Select View from the menu bar and deselect the appropriate options Double clicking on the window will bring back the menu bar and title 3 Use the option Always on top from the View menu to make sure that a window stays visible at all times 3 4 Calibration and check 3 4 1 Position system
84. etic wizard it is good practice to test the parameters using a known point in both coordinate systems A test option is included in the Database Setup Program Simply start the testing tool by clicking on the a button in the tool bar A new window opens with the following options QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 24 2 Project preparation zaps Test Geodetical Parameters Source Coordinates Coordinate Units Geographical Units Geographical Coordinates e Meters MM dddrmm ss sss H Source Datum Ellipzoid Vertical Target Datum 4 Vertical Datum MSL Mod WGS8d Potsdam 187 EGGS Europe Ellpsoid WOS 1984 Me Level Correction Ellipsoid Bessel 1841 Height Level STR HOF p Option None Height Offset 0 000 Option None Height Offset 0 110 Source Projection Target Projection PREPARATION Hot Defined Transverse Mercator North Oriented Source Position Target Position Latitude 51 18 37 601 H Easting Latitude 51 18 42 363 N E asting 3884863 916 Longitude 3TO 07 569E Northing Longitude 31008 464 E Northing D 22220 274 Height 44 340 Height Height 1 601 Height 1 601 MSL Height N R Convergence N R MSL Height N R Convergence 6 833101 ECEF Miz 7 220847 271 4955241 47 ECEF Wi z 3900419 18 220823 873 4954792 29 Close Save to File Print Help Figure 17 Test geodetic parameters Testing the parameters is done in the same way as setting up the project was
85. f of the window E Deselecting a program does not mean that it cannot be used anymore it just a does not appear in the Console There are four programs that are normally used on a regular basis These are Line Database Manager Use this tool to create and edit lines targets and S routes This tool is compatible with the QINSy Mapping Terramodel file format Sounding Grid Utility With this utility a rectangular grid is created for storage of sounding data online or for example to perform volume calculations I O tester The I O tester displays the raw data that is received on the PC communication ports DXF 2 QXF This tool converts files from the Drawing Exchange Format DXF to the WGS84 based QINSy Exchange Format Charts made with AutoCAD for example can be converted for online use A shortcut to Windows Explorer exists in the Toolbar of the Console Click on EN to open Windows Explorer and access the main directory of the current project Click on 24 to access the selected support folder An online Knowledge Base is available This database contains documentation on various survey practices and how to use these in QINSy Click on 2 and the interface will appear as shown below 1 General Information E Knowledge Base QINSy 7 x File Edit View Go Help Contents Index Search Favorites Introduction ie Ni Knowledge base WINSy sl Introduction E ta Processing Digipol theoretical details
86. f system descriptions can be found in the online help 2 Project preparation dane STEP 3 Select the corresponding driver software program that decodes the data string for the system to be installed The different output formats are specified in the QINSy Driver s Manual that can be found on the installation CD ROM STEP 4 Enter the correct values for the interfacing of the sensor with the computer the correct COM port with the correct parameters More information about this can be found in the manual of the system or on the system itself STEP 5 If the system outputs at a higher frequency than is needed for the Survey e g for a gyrocompass a Maximum update rate can be entered This means that data from the system is decoded only every x seconds A value of 0 means that all data will be decoded 0 2 means 5 samples per second STEP 6 If the data that is outputted to the computer has latency then a constant latency for that system can be entered here BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E gf When a Digiboard is used with default installation the ports are number from 1 to xx depending on the maximum number of ports In Windows the number of the first port depends on the installation settings in Windows Latency for the GPS system should preferably be measured using a PPS output from the GPS receiver If a PPS output is used than the latency of the GPS receiver should be entered as zero in this fie
87. generate new results and Export raw data in different formats Processing Manager used to post process soundings results data generated from the Online and or Replay programs Validator launched from within the Processing Manager and used to edit and validate soundings ready for export Tide Processing used to apply tide to soundings if not done online in real time QINSy Mapping used to generate contours volumes DTMs and charts from final soundings data imported from the Processing Manager QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 127 Appendices QINSy 7 Data Flow DXI d FH Ti i i F j hi bin iL H Ki A ht K Lang LL Sarei Litawing bar hanse g TT TZ Grid KI Aen OGperii Chan VA Primer g Piima ps QINSy 7 Survey Lite Office GRD Gridded Ligi PROY OPD LYE Point Data Kr Lue ete Artribhgtgs OTN Sy Processing Date Vabdai tian Tata Cleaning and Filtering OPS Sounding Grid Uiibity Cel Size and Origin Definition Viewing and Editing e liitma OINSy Mapping Survey Charts inek INTA format Volume Calculations Profiles RK Import e Maulab am Cabbratinm kxp rt i Tide Manager amp Precescar Lenerate High Denaty EMC Deven amil Manning hile San Sonar Viewed ImperEaport ASCII Gea THE Vire obt aiti ser Defined ASC rs s Maten ON 47 Feler sl 15 Luar Leann ung e Di Sg CRD i a oe i Iie I Asch reins Figure
88. gnment Transducer Seabat 8101 Transducer 1 Rall 0 Pitch ke ff Heading no Settings Report Auto Figure 77 Calibrate Transducer Alignments In the swath view the data from both lines in the scroll box is visible each line in its one colour 3 Set up and calibration Leak Figure 78 Swath view STEP 12 STEP 13 STEP 14 STEP 15 STEP 16 STEP 17 Click on Auto Select Step Course Click on Start An estimated angle is calculated Select Step Fine Repeat the procedure Select Step Very Fine Repeat the procedure Move forward backward through the DTM to verify this for alternative am ol iad 4a RI A kd E TT a areas Use STEP 18 Repeat from step 13 onwards STEP 19 Once several numbers have come up for the estimated angle take an average of the applicable values STEP 20 Run through the entire DTM to verify if the swaths match to move around Automatic Calibration Roll Calculation Setup Estimated angle 3 86 Step Very Fine ll Number of steps 1 OD 4 57 to 3 5 step 0 01 E 3 n ER oF LULE prp 4 584 484 584 284 164 085 985 0835 783 603 560 Angle TELLE TT Close Finished Figure 79 automatic calibration module 3 Set up and calibration ry Pitch calibration Pitch is calibrated for DTM points under the transducer The comparison is made on a Slope or an underwater object S
89. hat are within the project are shown In the columns the dates are displayed at which a certain action took place The most important actions are DB Setup Analyse and Replay 5 1 1 Analyzing data The Analyze module is for analyzing raw data which means that not the processed input from the sensors is shown but the data as it was recorded Echosounder data is Shown with the depth reading that was received during the survey Multibeam data will show the slant range per beam etc The Analyze module is not intended for validating data but to search for erroneous sensor readings check sign conventions e g RTK Height vs Heave etc To start the analyze module simply highlight the database to be analysed and click on Ch LS the button The module is started and a new window is opened l 2420 NwoO0000_500 db Raw Observation Inspect Tool File View Settings Help see ffm del zl Si epe GYRO S Robertson Gyro Robertson Gyro 268 26 39 11 29 529 11 5 2001 Fix 7 2 Diff T Mean Mean 10 90 Crt 434 Min 265 10 dau 275070 Dit 10 60 Mean 269 05 For Help press E Figure 112 Analyze module All raw data is displayed as a time series EI with the exception of the position el information Latitude Longitude that can also be displayed as a position plot An alohanumeric option is also available EN The alphanumeric option can be useful to check the update rate of a system E The alphanumeric option wil
90. he Shape definition can be found in the online 8 help 2 4 3 System definition Having defined the geodetic parameters and the object the next step is to define the systems that are going to be used during the survey Systems include measurement devices like GPS echosounder and gyrocompass To define a new system click on the C s ICON OC 2 Project preparation or System selection System Definition Name Deso 20 echosounder PFS System Position Navigation System I O Parameters Gyros and Compasses Pitch Roll and Heave Sensor USBL System Singlebeam Echosounder Multibeam Echosounder Multi Transducer Echosounder Underwater Sensor Sound Velocity Protile System Speed Log Manual Layback System Tide Gauge Surface Navigation System Satellite Navigation System Differential Comections System Sidescan Sonar Sidescan Sonar old Magnetometer Output System Closure Output System AIS System i Gun Controller Eventing System Dredging Sensor Dredging System Deso 25 Echolood Singlebeam Echosounder Por number ET Baud rate 9600 Y VO Parameters are only used when online and have no effect in replay mode Finish Cancel Help Figure 22 System selection To enter a new system the following steps need to be taken STEP 1 Enter a descriptive name for the system STEP 2 Select the type of system E g a DGPS system is a position navigation system A complete list o
91. he heave method that will be used to correct the height data STEP 3 Set the tide method and the tide gauge s files that have to be used for the depth correction STEP 4 Enter the draft of the vessel This is the draft relative to the draft reference as entered in the template setup STEP 5 Ifa squat model was defined in the template setup enter the squat method and the related parameters AT If tide is applied during an online session than the resulting dtm data that is outputted to e g the Processing Manager is also corrected for tide If tide is to be applied in processing then do not correct for tide online 4 Online lt ars 4 1 1 Tide During an online session there are three options for inputting tidal information into the raw database The first is inputting data from a tide gauge that transmits data to the vessel The other option is to use one or two manual gauges If a manual tide gauge was defined in the template setup than an input driver is started when the Controller is started during an online session FE 0 40 F Generic Manual Input Driver 0 Survey Gauge 1 E dit Survey auge 1 Value 04 International meters Update Enter the required value for this observation and press ra Update to set t e for this current observation JW Update every 900 seconds Change Help Figure 86 Manual input driver STEP 1 Select the observation that to be changed STEP 2 Ente
92. he objects needed for the project the Object Wizard can be used Clicking on the appropriate icon ux window will appear with the mouse can start the Object Wizard The following Object Definition General Object Definition Height above draft reference 3 700 m Object Squat Model j Squat Method Not Defined Not Defined Froude Dutch AWS Method Baras Dutch Navy Method Figure 18 Object Definitions Define an object using the following steps STEP 1 Select the type of object in most cases this will be a vessel STEP 2 Enter a name for this object e g the name of the vessel STEP 3 Enter the reference point of the vessel This point will have the coordinates 0 0 0 in the vessel coordinate frame It is recommended to choose this point as close as possible to the centre of gravity from the vessel to ensure optimum performance STEP 4 Enter the distance between the object reference point and the draft reference of the vessel The draft reference is the point on the vessel where the draught is zero This would normally be the keel If the object reference point is above the draft reference level then this value is positive IS the object reference point below the draft reference level then this value is negative STEP 5 Select the type of squat model to be used 2 Project preparation lt GPs squat Definition Vessel Squat Parameters Width op water line BO Length on water line LO
93. he point where to start the KP calculation from and the point where the KP calculation should end me nn me gt E C Ss 2 Project preparation Laks 2 1 DXF to QXF Conversion The DXF to QXF conversion utility should be used to convert a DXF Digital eXchange Format file to a QPS format file with similar properties to DXF The primary reason for the conversion is to ensure that point co ordinates are in the WGS 84 geodetic system as the QINSy Navigation Display uses WGS 84 as the geodetic base the second reason is to obtain a binary version that improves Navigation Display update rate The converted DXF data can be used within the Navigation Display on top of the electronic chart IS P From the Start menu or the Console select the DXF to QXF Conversion 2 8 utility a Use the button to select a DXF file The user has to know the datum and projection parameters were used to build this DXF Click the ds button and select the QINSy database with the right geodetic parameters With the other taps in this window the user can check them It is not possible to edit them in this window if they are not correct chose another database or edit them in the database setup Click on the SC button to start the conversion check and or select the right settings and click OK to start the process The DXF file is now converted to a QXF format It is now possible to show the QXF in the Navigation Display
94. ic display 59 Figure 66 Entering C O s in the template left gyrocompass right motion sensor 59 Figure 67 Time plot Select observation ccc cece eee e cece cece eee eeeeeeeeee seen eeeeeseeeeeeeeeegeaeeeenngs 60 FOUE CS TMC 1D Ol CNS DII EEE EM NE 60 Figure 69 echosounder display 61 Figure 70 Raw multibeam display 62 Figure 71 Swath System Display 62 Figure 72 SVIN System POE EE Hj 63 Figure 73 Area to use for the CaliDration c cece cece cece cece ee eeeeeee sees ee eeeeeseeeeeeegeeenenneennnngs 64 Figure 74 Part of the Colour map Window cece cece cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeenegs 64 Figure 75 Line SELES CUO EE 64 Figure 76 Areas used for the roll caibration ccc cece cceeeee eee eeee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeennneeeegs 65 Figure 77 Calibrate Transducer Alignments ccccccce cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegeeeeanenenegs 65 PS NN 66 Figure 79 automatic calibration module ccc cece cece cece e ee eee eeeeeeeeeeee eee eeeeeseeeeeeeeeennenenengs 66 Figure 80 Selection of area underneath the transducertelt cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeseeneeeeeeeees 67 Figure 81 DTM data for pitch calbratton ccc cece cece cece eee eeeeeeeeeeee eee eeeeseeeeeeeeeeeennnneengs 67 Foure 92 HE NNN 68 Figure 83 Latency Galibration 68 Figure 84 Mounting angles muitibeam cece cece cece cece cece eee ee ee eee eeeeeee eee e eee eeeseeeeeeeeeeennnnenngs 69 Figure 85 Height settings cc cece
95. imes to start and stop logging 4 Online lt GPs e Wait before next line amount of seconds before the next available line is set as active line in the controller STEP 15 Recorded data can automatically be copied or transferred to another location on the computer or network after finishing a survey line Select to copy or to move the DB files Select the folder can be across a network View logfile displays the logging of events of transferring data There are two types of QINSy processing format Condensed and normal The HE difference lies in the fact that the condensed format sets data passive that did not pass the online filters while the normal format stores all data points as active Fixing Fixes are used e g for displaying depths in the navigation display but are also stored in the database Before fixing can be used a number of parameters need to be set STEP 1 Select the Fixing group in the Session Setup to make the storage settings Session Setup Fixing Eventing Event Mode Distance Along Event Interval 10 00 m Fixnumber Increment 1 First Fixnumber 100 Last Fixnumber 508 Options 4 Beep on fix event IT Generate fixes only when recording When recording starts begin with the first fix number Iw Generate always unique fix numbers W Reset unique fix number to first fix at the next event Cancel Figure 98 Session setup Fixing STEP 2 Select the fix event mode and
96. ine replay to extract if Computation settings if Position Filter settings iM Echosounder settings i Height settings Select l vw Anchor settings Unselect All Cancel Help Figure 8 Extract database settings STEP 5 Enter the name of the new template and select the options to be copied to the new database All the settings from the Database Setup Program are copied by default 2 Project preparation 2 4 Database Setup the following picture me nn me gt E C Ss Bes Geodetic ER Datum CH UTC to GPS Correction Ee Sound Velocity Profile Ets Object SL Arca SR System EG Deso 25 Echolood Pag Gyro i JI Sercel203 Ee Variable Node wi CoG amp Deso25 210kc amp Deso25 33kc 2 DMS 05 DS Auxiliary Systems i PPS Sercel 203 For Help press F1 Figure 9 Database Setup Quick Start db Database Setup Program File Edit Options View Help To edit the settings in an exiting template database or to define a new template database run the Database Setup Program Select the vd icon in the taskbar of the Template Manager to enter the Database Setup Program A new window appears like LI Information General Line name Line sequence number Line description Project identifier Project name Start date of survey End date of survey Survey type location Client Geophysical contractor Positioning contractor Processing c
97. is set to unreliable in a computation setup otherwise the SD of the position system height observation is used See Height Aiding Driver Window The vessel parameter page is only available when object type is vessel or survey vessel The other fields on this page only serve administrative purposes and are not applicable to the computation of TPE values Shape definition The next screen in the Object Wizard depends on whether the squat box was checked or not Since the squat parameters are unknown for most vessels this will not be further discussed Next the shape definition screen will show The object shape is used online in the navigation display to give the user an idea of the shape of the vessel and the heading It is possible to define the shape manually or import a vessel shape from a previous project 2 Project preparation Ga aps Solid Down Of Solid Down Of Solid Down Of Solid Down Of Solid Down Of Solid Down Of Solid BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E s4 Object Shape View Point e Top Starboard 7 Aft IY Show Nodes Width 10 78 Length 61 88 Figure 21 Shape definition The object shape is defined as a series of X Y points Depending on whether the pen is UP or DOWN during drawing a line is drawn connecting two subsequent points or the pen moves It is also possible to fill a polygon with a certain colour or use a different line type E A more detailed description of t
98. ited data point is interpolated and not removed De Spiking data It is possible to de spike raw data from within the analyse module Using the edit options false heave may be corrected or spikes in the gyro output These edit options are not meant for validating the data use the Processing Manager for this 4 To correct false data click on the ctr button from the toolbar Now draw a box around the correct data for a specific sensor Erroneous data will be labelled and depending on the view settings will show on screen in a different colour Use the A el buttons in the tool bar to switch between the different views i J To manually edit the data click on the H button and draw a line where the data is Supposed to be 5 Processing Se Changing settings QINSy Survey was developed in such a way that all the settings are stored together with the data giving the user full control over the various settings After the survey has been completed and the data is being processed all the settings can be changed So the primary concern of the Online surveyor is to collect good raw data Both the system setup in the database as well as the computational setup from the controller can be changed in the processing session E The original settings will not be stored If the original settings need to be a retained store the original database somewhere as a backup TO make corrections to the database setup template to modify e g ca
99. l only show the first x entries in the database To a change the number of entries visible select Settings General from the menu and click on the Numerical View Tab 5 Processing lt GPs Selecting observations The first time analyze is started it will display all the available sensors To de select sensors take the following steps STEP 1 Click on the H button in the toolbar STEP 2 A new dialog window will show with all available groups observations Select Observations or Groups to View BE X Select from the Available group list which groups you want to wiew or print Available groups to view Selected groups to view C DIFF CORRECTIONS M MOTION SENSORS FU POSITION LAT LON IM POSITION HEIGHTS ri Note that the selection of viewing Groups observations per group is independant C k i Close Observation from the Viewing per individual selection Figure 113 Select observations STEP 3 Select the observation groups or select single observations by changing the radio button from Groups to Observations Observation groups contain all the observations from a certain type of sensor e g all motion sensor data in the database It is possible to define new groups or use the default groups STEP 4 Use the gt and lt button to send observations from one side of the panel to the other Use the gt gt and lt lt buttons to send all observations Use th
100. lar build program which means that it is not one program but a suite of applications linked together To orient the reader the QINSy system incorporates the following tools that cover the entire range of hydrographic activity from survey preparation and design all the way through to production of deliverables A schematic provided on the following page illustrates the relationships QINSy Console a wrapper program that enfolds and launches all the other QINSy programs Project Manager used to automatically organize project folders and all their sub folders Setup used to define survey configuration parameters including geodetic survey vessel and device parameters in a template database Line Database Manager used to generate and or import survey lines Sounding Grid Utility used to define the soundings coverage plot displayed online to show progress of the survey as well as important quality control attributes of the soundings I O Tester Utility used to test interfacing and to display data strings DXF to QXF Utility used to convert DXF to a fast binary format for real time display Online used for data acquisition including storage of raw data to QINSy db files storage of soundings results data to user selectable format and to display and quality control the data Raw Data Manager used to launch additional programs like Analyze for filtering and editing raw data Replay for replaying raw and or filtered db files to
101. lay Double click on an item in the screen to open a display properties screen The label location on the screen and format can be changed here The C O s that will result from the gyro motion sensor calibration must be entered in the template using the template manager from the Console Rotation Measurements Type Pitch Roll angle Unit Degrees Conversion factor to 1 decimal degrees Bearing True Degrees z h priori SD Fixed CO i Slot Identifier s Variable C 0 Sign Positive upwards e Scale factor Unit Meters Conversion factor to 1 Intemational meters Figure 66 Entering C O s in the template left gyrocompass right motion sensor 3 Set up and calibration lt The time plot display can be used to show the data from a sensor or computation graphically over time Time plot display STEP 1 Create a new time plot display using the E manager Select Observations Type System raw data zl tine i i Ts System 155 335 GL Quality indicator Remove Value Robertson Gyro Remove Al Figure 67 Time plot Select observation STEP 2 Select the type of observation to be displayed and if needed the computation that it results from STEP 3 Select the system to be displayed STEP 4 Select the values from the system to be displayed and click Add Timeplot Timeplot Display File View Select Settings Help S
102. ld The value entered in this field is used during an Online session Changing it has no effect during replay If a data string from an instrument is in ASCII format and there is no driver for the instrument then it is possible to generate a new driver Use the Generic Input Driver utility of QINSy Help on this topic can be found in the online help System parameters system location The next window shows the parameter settings for the selected system The layout of this screen depends on the selected system type All systems require as a minimum the object name where the system is located on and the location of the system on that object with the exception of heading systems The location of a system on an object is called a variable node Location Object Swalinge Antenna Trimble Antenes H SS 2 Project preparation ER Een Edit anable Node Mode Hame H nimble Antenne Swalinge Offset from Object Reference Point A Stbd Positive 0254 Meter 2 Y Bow Positive 0167 167 Meters amp Up Pozitvel ng 1425 Meters Offset Parameters prion SD 0 010 meters me nn me gt E C Ss cared pn Figure 23 System location Create a node for each antenna or transducer Clicking on the button creates a new node or edits an existing node using the button Enter a name for this new node the offsets for this node relative to the reference p
103. le STEP 9 Add survey lines from a database or manually add survey lines QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 117 5 Processing lt ars STEP 10 Click Select browse for the line database file Under linetype select Single Line or Route Click the boxes of the intended lines use shift or ctrl to select multiple lines at once Click OK STEP 11 Click Next STEP 12 Page 4 gives a summary Check all entered values and click Finish if ok In the tree View of the Tide Data Manager the settings are visible Tide Definition Files 3 myTideDefinitionFie qtf iil Tide method Linear Tide stations 28 location A Station 1 id 126 Al location B Station 2 id 435 7 JI Survey line Ill sandwave 200 Figure 121 Tide definition layout Now the tidal data can be added to the definition file STEP 1 Click on or menu File New Tide Data file The create tide data file window opens STEP 2 Under data type select Manual Data or Tide Data File A manual tidal file STEP 1 If manual data is selected enter the period and interval Click OK STEP 2 The new tide data file screen opens Under tide data file enter a filename use location combined with a date in the filename STEP 3 Enter the station id as defined in the tide definition file The name is automatically updated STEP 4 Enter the coordinates at Easting and Northing STEP 5 The fields Vertical datum method and mai
104. librated offsets or to change the sound velocity complete the following steps STEP 1 STEP 2 Select the database that requires modification Open Database Setup module menu Action DB Setup or use right mouse menu and select from drop down menu or click Ctrl D or icon ne STEP 3 The database setup will show on the screen Modify the settings to reflect the correct changes and exit the database Save on exit In order to make corrections to the online settings computation or echosounder setup STEP 4 Select the database STEP 5 Start Replay Action Replay or select from right mouse menu or Ctr R or icon Ei STEP 6 Open the computation setup and or echosounder setup STEP 7 Make the appropriate changes STEP 8 Stop the replay session by closing the Controller The available settings in the controller will differ slightly from those that are available online The fix settings will not be available and the store option will not show information on raw data storage 5 2 1 Cloning settings After the settings have been changed it is possible to copy these settings to other databases STEP 1 Select the database from which to clone the settings STEP 2 Open menu Tools Clone Settings or press Ctrl C STEP 3 A dialog will appear showing the selected database click Next STEP 4 Inthe next window select the database settings to be cloned STEP 5 Select the Controller settings to be cloned STEP 6 Select the d
105. location of the setting a ome oe Computation Set up Height settings Computation Set up Positioning system es aie Template set up Geodetic parameters Template set up Positioning system Template set up Variable node 3D Positioning Accurate Height If a system is used which outputs an accurate height e g RTK DGPS then the following height setting should be made in QINSy Survey poses Height status RETTEN De Min Geoide MAP Nederland for height results e Kee Height offset 0 000 heter Vertical datum WGS84 we F 0 000 Meters Offset from Object Reference Point 2 A Stb Positive 1 370 Meters T Bow Positive 5 100 Meters gt 2 Up Positive 6 470 Meiers Figure 127 Accurate height settings Template set up Define the vertical datum parameters using the geodetic set up wizard Define the positioning system in the template setup Define the location s of the systems Online settings Define a new computation with the height set to accurate QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 132 Appendices lt GPs 2D Positioning Tide Unreliable height If a system is used that outputs an unreliable height e g a DGPS a number of parameters need to be set to calculate the height of the transducer above the vertical datum Height status Urrekable Rm D mm RW mm RW mm WR mm ES 1 mm I mm 1 wm NE wem om a SIS 1 Tide para Tide Me
106. lumn and length for each field If required a threshold offline can be used skip points Verify the preview and click Import if all settings are OK Click on Donar Interface Format to import a Rijkswaterstaat Dutch Public Works internal format into the current project Click on Sounding grid to import a sounding grid into the current project It is also possible to export one or more QPDs STEP 1 STEP 2 Select the QPDs to be exported r or menu File Export Click on From the menu various formats can be chosen STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 Click on QINSy Mapping The export to QINSy Mapping window opens You can export the data to a new file using a predefined template Activate this option and browse for the template All data can be exported into one file activate this browse and enter a filename Otherwise each QPD will create a new file with the QPD filename used If points are far apart the lines drawn through singlebeam data can be broken Activate this and enter a value unit surveyunits Under items click on the object type Select from the drop down menu Options are not exported points pline and set Select a color for each item Default layers are selected Make changes if required Click on Finish to export Exporting to a sounding grid STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 Select QINSy Sounding Grid from the drop down lis
107. m the Console The controller will now open and depending on the display settings a number of displays that were stored during a previous session 4 1 Height Settings In order to relate the measured depths to the vertical datum used for the survey it IS necessary to know the height of the transducer with respect to this datum If a positioning system is used that outputs an unreliable height e g DGPS then a number of parameters need to be set in the Controller These settings are not needed for a system that outputs an accurate height e g RTK DGPS More information on Height settings can be found in Appendix D STEP 1 From the Controller open the computation setup using the ical button from the tool bar Select the object computation from the tree and click on the Height tab d Computation Setup EG Squanus RTK DN Filtering COG SOG Prediction Attitude Height A MEG Swalinge ff L Aquarius Positie off Robertson Gyro Move Up oon WAS TSS 335 hee DESO 25 JE Offset system HE Aquarius DGPS mode eq Ulw tvMieuw Position Move Down J Rotation amp Attitude Echosounder Tide parameters Tide Method Tide gauges Number of gauges 1 Systems Tide gauge s Tide Survey Gauge 1 MM Steered Node Draft Squat parameters 1 03 T Squat method Froude A Depth value Depth DESO 25 Speed value SOG e OF Apply Cancel Figure 85 Height settings STEP 2 Select t
108. n open water situation with tidal influence from all stations simultaneously 5 4 4 Sounding Grid Utility The Sounding Grid Utility can be used in an online and processing environment The online usage will show coverage of the seabed obtained during the survey campaign In a processing environment ts it a tool for quality check of large data and visual inspections Additional tools are built into the sounding grid for calculations and import export features To create an new empty sounding grid STEP 1 Click on a If this icon is not visible in the bottom pane use right click and select from Add Remove QPS programs The Sounding Grid Utility SGU is started You should see the following messages Creating and registering managers Loading the registry settings Initializing the geodetic parameters Preparing managers STEP 2 A screen appears with text do you want to load the last used sounding grid gridname Click Yes to open an earlier created SG or No to create a new one First time SGU is ever started on your system this will not appear STEP 3 If answered NO a blank SG will appear with Untitled Sounding Grid Utility in the window STEP 4 Click on Li or menu File New Sounding Grid The create new sounding grid window appears QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 120 5 Processing lt GPs STEP 5 Inthe right pane at File NEWGRID grd click on PS the Save As wind
109. n the Help menu item in the menu bar T Using the yellow question mark gives general information about the application k By clicking on this button the mouse cursor changes into a question mark By subsequently clicking somewhere within the window this will give information about this specific part of the application If the function of a certain button is unclear locate the cursor over the button with the mouse cursor After a short while a yellow quick help will occur next to the mouse cursor with a short description In the status bar a longer description will appear explaining the function of the button steps needed to complete a certain action In complicated windows a picture is At various points in this manual recipes will be given to indicate the various 1 shown with callouts identifying the place where certain steps correspond At certain points special attention is needed or additional information is given 3 This is signified by a picture and text in italic 1 General Information lt ars 1 5 The structure of QINSy QINSy Survey is a modular build program which means that it is not one program but a suite of applications linked together The entry point for QINSy is a program called the Console From this console all other programs are started After starting the Console a window looking like the figure below will QINSY become available Console Line Data Sounding Grid DXF LO Test Manage
110. ne Database using Ctrl V Importing ASCII X Y Z Data Import Wizard Import ASCII File E Ei Data Type C Delimited Character TAB Ce Eed width Awe Column Start at row D Q Number of 20 End at row D 4 Load Back Next gt Cancel Help Figure 37 Import ASCII file QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 42 2 Project preparation STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 In the dialog click Preview This opens the file in Notepad so that the content of the file is shown Leave this window open until the next screen is finished do Preview of D Example MB calibration LineDataicontainerkade zuid txt Col 10 2 AU 40 50 60 0 12345678901234567G90123456709012345067090123450K7GY0I2345H7G9DI2345678901 oO Export at 429 2002 11 31 22 Linedatabase D Example MB calibration LineDatavcontasinerkade zuid pro SINGLE LINES BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E Eastingl Northingl Fasting Northing S8eo03 3 589063 29 56 9195 99 5689125 71 589293 41 589078 18 S6e7596 63 56e9404 97 Peso ed OU GAbAkA H ro Figure 38 Preview ASCII file Determine whether the file contains data with a fixed width all co ordinates are the same length in the same column or whether values are delimited by a colon Set the Start At Row and End At Row values which determines from which row to which row the data in the file will be imported Leaving
111. nengs Figure 126 Attitude CONVENTIONS EE Figure 127 Accurate height SettiNgS sssessererrsrerrrrerrrrrrrerrrrrrsrrrrrrrerrrrsrrrrrrerrerrrrrrrne Figure 128 Unreliable height eettinges cece cece nese eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeaeeaaeenennegs QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 5 d 1 General Information w ars GENERAL INFORMATION Introduction to QINSy Thank you for purchasing QINSy Survey QINSy Quality Integrated Navigation System was developed by QPS who have been known for delivering hydrographic software on time and as promised throughout the years The system is a powerful and reliable personal computer based suite of programs in the C language running under the 32 bit operating systems Windows 2000 and Windows XP As with all QPS software products QINSy has been developed following the ISO 9001 principles for system design QINSy is an integrated system which e Can combine up to 999 different observations from interfaced measurement devices in a so called computation e Can run as many computations and open as many displays as the computer hardware will allow e Provides rigorous Quality Control in the computation by using advanced Statistical testing techniques e Conforms to the Microsoft User Interface Guidelines e Means computing power is the operational limiting factor e Supports all Multi Channel Communications Boards that are also supported by WinNT 2000 XP The development of QINSy Survey starte
112. nes The Line Database Manager uses the same format as QINSy Mapping Terramodel so data can be exchanged between the two packages using the pro format A line database can include three object types e Point For example waypoints targets anchor or buoy positions e Single Line For example single survey lines Single Lines are lines defined by a start and end co ordinate Between the two coordinates a line is drawn This could either be a straight line or a curved line e Route For example pipeline a track a boundary a waypoint route as set etc A Route is a line with different sections polyline Every section has is own length bearing and radius The Line Database Manager can be started from the Console or directly from VG the start menu After starting up a blank Line Database window will become visible 2 Project preparation em Untitled Line Data Manager File Edit View Settings Toole Help Deh SiRS ER Se 7H P PSDP S A l iS 4 B 6e KR cidg 140 GRO 130 cidg 120 GRO 110 cid 100 GRILL 090 GUIOT DO GRO D 0 cr 060 cioa O50 GOU Deh coo O30 GU O20 GOU O10 GUIOT 000 tl aa Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH a Lg Te E DN DEE 98M For Help press FI Figure 35 Line Database Manager Starting with a new empty Line Database First save this database to a new name using the l button from the toolbar As soon as the file is saved it becomes lo
113. ng the processed X Y Z data Applying tidal information Exporting of data Volume computations The division in different project stages allows the user to select the relevant chapters when operating QINSy Survey during a specific project stage 1 General Information lt lt gl 1 3 Graphical User Interface Since QINSy Survey ts a Microsoft Windows based software package it has a Standard Windows look and feel This means that menu options and buttons operate the same way as other packages running under Windows In most windows using the right mouse button on a part of the screen opens a menu containing options relevant to that part of the window The same options can also be found in the main menu bar located at the top of the window Most windows can be resized by simply dragging the corners while holding down the left mouse button EI windows that cannot be resized will either have a greyed out maximize button or none at all The following picture provides an overview of the used terminology with respect to the User Interface in this document Maximize Title bar gt Quick Start qcn QINSy Console Menu bar gt File View Settings Actions Tools Help Toolbar gt Us amp Gi A H Online WGS84 db Replay Close window Minimize 5 Processing Window area Right click menu Window divider ael Line Data Sounding Grid DXF LO Test Manager Utility
114. ntal divider bar at the bottom of the index window upwards STEP 4 The chart view is automatically reset to display both projects Simultaneously History Every action that is performed on a file in the processing manager is logged and becomes part of the history of that file To view the history of a file select the file and select View History from the menu bar Import and export of data It is possible to import data into the Processing Manager Various dataformats can be imported STEP 1 Click on or menu File Import to start the import window STEP 2 Select Echosounder data files to import other QPD files into the current project STEP 3 Select Tide Definition Files to import a file for tidal reduction the tidal station parameters and survey lines used into the current project STEP 4 Select Tide Data File to import a tidal file with tidal levels corresponding to the tide definition file into the current project QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 103 5 Processing STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP 10 Select Levelling data or ASCII to import ascii points file into the current project Click on Add select a file Click Next Browse for a linedatabase file which correlates to the ascii file imported If no file exists create one using the Line Database Manager Import ASCII data window select the items to be imported Enter the correct starting co
115. ntenance are descriptive Enter as appropriate STEP 6 Under Tide data enter the values at the correct date and times STEP 7 At the bottom actions can be done on the fields Add opens a window to add values at the bottom of the existing list Insert adds a value above the value currently selected at half the interval Delete removes selected values without recalculating the time frame Shift opens a window to shift data in days hours minutes optional backwards in time Edit UTC time opens the Time table for editing Only one field at a time can be changed STEP 8 Click OK if all data is correct Tide data file STEP 1 Import Tide Station Data window appears Select the correct data format data format QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 118 5 Processing dase YMD HM S s xxx Any format 20060207 13 20 1 25 DMY HM S s xxx Any format 07022006 13 20 1 25 MFPS Format MET Format for Dutch Public Works 3 files needed adm dat kwa RIKZ Fixed format a for Dutch Public Works Preduct Fixed format Specific format for Dutch Navy DMYHM xxx MSQ Dialmace format 070220061320 1 250 Queensland MSQ HeightData format specific format containing four record types Argoss Fixed format Date time xcel format x xx m Table 3 import tide data format STEP 2 Click on Add select the file to be imported STEP 3 Highlight the filename Its contents is displayed in the preview pane STEP 4 Under time offset enter th
116. number of seconds desired Draw trail of objects will draw vessel shapes at positions at time interval behind the current position Draw trail of speed vectors default every update Type a number if the update should be in seconds Click on TAB node to display node positions and labels QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 92 4 Online APS STEP 9 Click on TAB Fix Marks MBE coverage to display fix numbers and times A coverage area under the MBE is displayed even when not recording This is useful to the helmsman to steer for full coverage Other toolbar buttons di STEP 1 Click on to open the Pick report dialog Click on the screen the ENC chart details are now shown STEP 2 Click on a to open the range and bearing window Click and hold in the navigation screen starting at the point of interest A circle with a range is drawn and the bearing to the target Click at the target again and the range and bearing are shown c STEP 3 Click on to open the range marker window Click Add select the From position and To position When using mouse position click on Select move the mouse in the navigation screen and click once Click Apply i STEP 4 Click on _ to open the range and bearing window Draw a line Click on IS to save the waypoints Type a filename and select a line database file or create a new one A dialog appears asking to set the drawn line as active line in the Controller Click YES if you wan
117. o be imported User can create his own ascii format If this option is selected a new field Layout appears STEP 5 Click on the browse button The Import User Defined ASCII Layout Starts STEP 6 Click on New Under Settings type a name for the format STEP 7 Under Delimited use the drop down arrow to select a separation character STEP 8 Under Start Row select 1 STEP 9 Under End Row select the last row used in the example below 4 STEP 10 Click on Add to add a field STEP 11 Use the drop down menu to select a category STEP 12 Set the scalefactor as required LA LA ee S STEP 13 Repeat this for all fields required STEP 14 Click OK STEP 15 Back in the import dialog select import mode Choose between merge with existing data or overwrite existing data STEP 16 Under import settings select the layer scale factor datatype date and time STEP 17 Under import files and layers click on the grey icon to browse for the required files Default search location is lt MyCurrentProject DtmData STEP 18 Click on Import STEP 19 Click on Close once the dialog is finished Click on to display the view properties of the layer Use auto to set the color scale to the full range of the data Advanced Tools in the Sounding Grid These can be found under Tools menu and are Volume computations This will calculate volume between the active layer and a combination la
118. o store the depth data STEP 6 Each system can store it s data to it s own layer in the sounding grid select a specific layer from the pull down menu for each system STEP 7 Select DTM File to enter the storage properties of DTM data the following window will appear session Setup Storage DIM File Database PH EI Hetz Sounding grid DTM File Cancel Figure 96 Session setup Storage settings DTM File STEP 8 Select the output format for the storage of the corrected data The most commonly used format will be the QINSy Processing format STEP 9 Select which systems to use when storing the depth data STEP 10 Choose the control option from the storage group for further settings on logging data 4 Online lt ars session Setup Storage Control Planning Storage database split options Storage Sett method Db Fie Size ER Fie size Lit 10 0 ME Automatic Line Selection Selection Method Dynamic Line Bearing Heading based Automatic Recording Options Auto Recarding Method Distance based VW Start at Distance to SOL 100 9 Stop at Distance from ECL 50 ra Offtrack Threshold 15 Wait before next line H Automatic Transfer of Storage database Transfer Method Create Copy after EOL Transfer Folder C Data Database transferred View Logfile backuplog 060123 tct
119. o the line where they were created on Crosslines run perpendicular to the main line 2 Project preparation ER Een STEP 1 From the Edit menu select Routes or Single lines The Edit Object dialog will show Select the line on which the wing cross lines Should be created and click Tools STEP 2 Click Generate Wingline Crossline to create along lines among the routes This will open a new dialog depending on the type of line Winglines me nn me gt E C Ss Generate Winglines next to NEW E x How many Color Pretix EOL Portside f ER m F Starboardside f mH E On Layer SURVEYLINES sl SB id Meters Offtrack sot 1 First control point fe Last control point From ep fi C Tocp 2 A Figure 44 Generate winglines STEP 3 Select the number of lines to be generated and the spacing between the lines Offtrack distance STEP 4 Incase of a route the From and To fields define from which section first control point to which section last control point to generate winglines Crosslines Generate Crosslines on kade 7 E 2 eil 100 Generate crosslines every Meters Length at port side 50 Meters Length at starboard side 50 Meters I Perpendicular Add 0 i Crossline prefix pg Color H RN On Lauer SURVEYLINES sl From To f Last control point C ToKP Daag Cancel Ce First cont
120. oint 0 0 0 of the object and the a priori SD of this offset measurement MME Every time a new node is created it is stored as a new variable node in the list System parameters GPS receiver Apart from setting the location of the system with respect to the reference point of the object a number of other parameters need to be set l B T ems with multiple output postions Receiver number ep umber iz used as slot number Fecerver Positions 2 Horizontal datum W584 Recenver Heights Vertical datum 584 Height otser DODD peters Position Parameters Oh SC Miles For example GPS 5 00 m priori SU DGPS 0 50 m ATK 0 05 m Figure 24 GPS receiver settings 2 Project preparation RP STEP 1 If more than one receiver is used on the vessel enter a different receiver number for each STEP 2 Define the datum on which the receiver measures Its positions Normally this will be WGS84 for horizontal datum STEP 3 Select the datum on which the heights are measured For most GPS receivers this is either WGS84 or the Mean Sea Level Earth model STEP 4 Define the A priori SD from the positioning system BC L Ca E e Leg Ca E Te E HH eg Te E System parameters Echosounder Location Object Swalinge Transducers 1 Add B Td 21Uke Td 33 ke Remove Transducer Mounting Angles 3 mm 2 Hier Roll offset UD Slot ID P Fitch offset 0 00 Label 21 Okc Transducer Op
121. oints to Sounding Grid File window The grid file can now be opened in the SGU Start the Sounding grid utility and open the grid First the required layer and depth range Is selected QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP Click on the drop down menu of fot MBES and select 1 the appropriate layer 2 Click on i or menu Layers Sounding Grid 3 Click on Tab Colors if this is not visible 4 Under attribute select the type Options are limited to the properties of the grid In a full grid choose between mean maximum minimum count standard deviation date quality 5 At combination layer select a reference layer if you want to see the difference between a previous survey and the current survey 6 Under reference attribute select the type same as above 7 Under mode select between Active Reference Reference Active or Active plus Reference 8 Under color map settings enable project settings if you want to use the same fixed settings for the datatypes as set in the Console Settings Global Colors Set to disabled to set your own levels or auto scaling option 9 At maximum or minimum set the levels Note that depth is seen as a negative value Click on auto to have the grid calculate these values 10 Use to select a color for overflow level above maximum and und
122. old move the cursor the final data point A thin green line is updated showing the outcome of the Interpolation method QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 113 5 Processing STEP 5 Release at the final data point Data points inbetween are moved along an straight interpolation line STEP 6 Redo this but select Freehand STEP 7 Move the cursor to the starting data point Click and hold STEP 8 Move the cursor to the final position intended for the last data point An indicator is shown at the closest final data point STEP 9 Release All data points are moved along a straight interpolated line The final data point is moved from its position to the cursor position Data can also be shifted in horizontal or vertical direction STEP 1 Click on de or menu Edit Shift t z STEP 2 Use the Select toolbar to select data aa b l STEP 3 Inthe swath Tools window select a method from the drop down list STEP 4 If applicable select a reference system in the properties dialog STEP 5 Click on execute to perform the data shift Detecting a pipe Validator has an option to create a track for a best mean fit of a pipeline on the seabed In the Console Knowledge Base under group Processing is a description Processing Pipeline Surveys STEP 1 Load a QTM into the Validator containing pipeline data STEP 2 Filter the unwanted DTM points see Knowlegde Base STEP 3 Click on or menu Pipe Detect Pipe detection
123. older This support folder can be set from the Console using the following steps STEP 1 Open the Console from the desktop STEP 2 Click on the 2 button STEP 3 The following window will appear ime QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 1 General Information Hak Folder Settings Project Folder Cp aa sample Support Support Folder CAD atalEnample Support Browse Check the files that are to be stored written in the Support Folder Current File Location Template Database db CDatalExample Support Database DEF OXF Ci DatalExample Supporti DxFToox Sounding Grid grd C1DatalExample Support GridData w Line Data pra CA DatalExample SupportiLineData Tide fot ot C1DatalExample Support Tide Template PRO pro CH DatalExample Support Mapping J Support Files st shp CI DatalExample Support Support IT Graphics brop D IF 3ds C DatalExample Support Graphics CM93 Folder Jee Browse EN Folder CAENCs Browse Cancel Help Figure 5 Folder settings STEP 4 Select a support folder using the Browse button STEP 5 Check the file types to be stored in the General support folder Relational database The base for a project is a relational database that will contain all the information about the configuration and the settings like the vessel configuration geodetic parameters I O parameters etc This database is called a template and is selected in the Template Manager Raw data i
124. on lt GPs STEP 3 Inthe Console select from the Tools menu Options A new dialog window will show STEP 4 Check the Automatic online checkbox in this menu STEP 5 To start the Online module with all the displays automatically active see further on in this chapter in the paragraph on selecting Displays 3 2 Controller The Controller is the first dialog that appears when going online This dialog will manage and control the Online session YE 2428 NWo0000 380 db Controller File wiew Settings Session Options Reset Help gl Ae E ne F ll El N Status Replay STOPPED Fis number Waling on first event Steered node No steered node available Previous line Benelus 7 Current line HwoQ000 380 Bearing 270 00 Mest route Dunbaralwyn 16 Am Replay file 2420 N oOOOO 380 db DTM file 2428 Maan 200 opd Sounding grid file Hane Free disk space 3 6 GB LU Status Disabled aaa For Help press F1 Figure 51 Controller With a new database a number of settings need to be done so that the position and depth is calculated correctly This is done in the Computation wizard 3 2 1 Computation setup Clicking on the ical icon in the tool bar will start the computation setup wizard A new dialog will appear showing the various calculation options Computations are needed by QINSy to link e g the depth readings from the echosounder to the position readings of the antenna Computati
125. on Parameters wf Swalinge Computation name Aquarius Positie Aquarius Positie 25 Enabled E Approximate position Co ordinate system Geographical Latitude 54 00 00 000 M Longitude 5 50 00 000 E Computation Priority Computation r 1 Aquarius Positie MR 103 Positie en zen Remove Computation Shortcuts 3 Set up and calibration Ki Ga EN Ss Figure 52 Computation setup Whenever a new template is started one computation is created with default settings This computation needs to be checked to see if the settings are usable for the kind of Survey It is also possible to create a second third nth computation STEP 1 Click on the Computation tab in the dialog and select New Computation A new computation is added d Computation Setup Computation s he a Aquarius Positie o Ei NA103 Positie SZ DN ee Computation New Computation Computation Parameters Aquarius Positie Enabled JL NA103 Positie 1 Ss A Simrad DGPS Level of significance 1 et Robertson Gyro ep Remove Computation a fe TSS 335 wf DESO 25 Approximate position Co ordinate system Latitude Longitude Geographical 54 00 00 000 M SOL 0 001 E Computation Priority Computation Move Up Ww 0 Aquarius Positie Iw NR103 Positie Disabled New Computation en ze Figure 53 New computation Shortcuts STEP 2 Ent
126. ontractor Date of issue Media label Prepared by Format name Format revision code Quick Start line 1 Demonstration Database Identity OPS by 2006 01 17 2006 07 15 Demonstration of DB Setup QPS by OPS by OPS by QPS by 2006 01 17 QPS media QPS support QPS format 1 0 On the left side of the window divider the database setup is shown in a way similar to how Windows Explorer shows folders and sub folders The actual layout of the tree depends on the selected geodetic parameters objects and systems If a new template database is created from scratch the Database Setup wizard will automatically start after the template has been created If the template database was created using the extract option run one of the four template wizards to edit the database setup by simply left clicking on the appropriate icon with the mouse Create new object wizard like vessel ROV s etc Geodetic parameters wizard to define datum s projection units etc Create new system wizard to define sensor I O parameters locations etc E Administration wizard to add typical project information etc It is important that a wizard is completed correctly once started Otherwise the system may not work properly QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 18 2 Project preparation dane Total Propagated Error TPE The Total Propagated Error TPE of a point is a measure for the accuracy to be expected for such a point
127. outputted to e g the Sounding Grid or the Processing Manager STEP 1 Create a new Swath System Display using the display manager Bembe gt anal fn Krad rn y T 2 AE pot LE AT 7 i ragi HI 0 LA 100 100 Ti GI wai gne Eet ESP Pert pegis i H rsel Ces Fre Goce F Figure 71 Swath System Display STEP 2 Select the echosounder to be displayed using the Select Echosounder option from the menu bar Besides multibeam systems it is also possible to select single beam data for display 3 Set up and calibration wi La ES System Properties E x Properties Atlas Deso 25 Iw gt f g limits I Boafnan system header items and mainline Center beam for mainline computations C Monochrome Swath color Ce Rainbow palette Color map pe cd 1 Cancel Help Figure 72 Swath System Properties STEP 3 Select per system which items what is to be displayed STEP 4 To display the swath in one color click monochrome and select the desired color To display the swath in different colors click rainbow palette and select the desired color map Selecting the color map can be done with the Browse button STEP 5 If Show blocking limits is checked then the echosounder filter settings see next chapter will become visible on the screen as a series of lines and arcs Use the View menu to change the view options These include a waterfall 3 option and the option to add a head
128. ow opens STEP 6 Enter a filename for the new grid and click on Save STEP 7 Back in the create new sounding grid window at Unit Type select Survey Units for a metrical grid or select Geographical Seconds for a geometrical grid STEP 8 At Base Cell size enter a value in Survey units or geographical seconds default 1 00 STEP 9 At origin select generate automatically first entry in data is used or specify STEP 10 If specific origin is activated type the coordinates left bottom corner Now the base parameters for the grid are defined Data from a system in DbSetup can be stored on separate layers In the Online Controller are listed the Sytems generating data for the grid Default are these SBE data MBE data MBE backscatter magnetometer data and other data types For recognition layers in the SG can have the same naming convention as used in the Controller Layer names will then reflect the data contained in the layer STEP 1 Click on Add Layer In the left pane under Surveydata and reference is an icon created with New layer STEP 2 Click on this icon In the right pane the properties of this layer are opened STEP 3 Click once in the field New layer and type a name for the layer ie EM3000 port bathy STEP 4 The field below select from the drop down list the type of data for this layer Note that this is only administrative it has no effect on the storage
129. pa Port 500 Europa Port 300 Europa Port 100 Ce ESI Europa Port 100 10 Europa Port 300 Europa Port 500 Cancel Figure 91 Session setup Line planning Number 1 stays the Current line selected in Overview It is possible to add 9 additional points lines routes STEP 1 Add a name or description in the Description column STEP 2 Select the Type in the third column and STEP 3 Select a point line route in column Name Only what is already selected in Overview can be selected here It is now possible to setup a Alpha Numerical Display with the Current Line or a display with one of the Additional Mainlines 4 Online Configure Display Wizard Page 1 of 6 General Information T Fix status Time to next fix Distance to ne fix IT Ee interval time WECKER Fix interval distance w 1 Project Rotterdam approach 2 Wreck 1 non da 3 Wreck 2 partia 4 Wreck 3 comple survey area we 6 Pipeline 1 7 europort 100 Secondary Line name fw 2 Demo for Quick Start f 3 My User Comment Select Al Invert Al Figure 92 Alpha Numerical Display The whole alpha numerical display is setup with information related to the selected Main Line Assume you select Pipeline 1 as main line and on page 2 for steered node the DX distance across The result then shows when you are crossing the pipeline Untitled Alpha Numerical Display Seles
130. project Press Enter and select the main folder where the new project folder is to be located use the Browse button to select the main folder STEP 3 The Console will ask if the subfolders can be created To open an existing project click on the k button select the project and click on Open from the menu bar Defining Global settings Settings of various project parameters may be set globally For example geographic format number of decimal places for coordinates presentation colour selections and so on To define global settings STEP 1 Start the Console Click on the button in the task bar to open the Global Settings dialog window illustrated below Alternatively select Settings from the menu bar In the drop down menu select Global STEP 2 Click on each of the four tabs and define the settings STEP 3 Click OK when finished me nn me gt E C Ee 2 Project preparation Ki ars Global Settings E Global Settings Formats Colors Palette Others Geographical Format Resolution 2 ze Rotation Reference Heading True lean Va A8 00 Range Reference Range True Standard Deviation a DO speed Unit Meters Second Se Hit Count 0 00 2 3 2 3 1 Deepest Value 725 o SEN Tag Combination 7200 Apply User name support User name QMS support RWS OMS Figure 6 Global settings Template Database To define a template d
131. pth of the ROV as attitude Click on Finish Export to Sitras Pipeline inspection Select Sitras Pipeline inspection from the drop down menu The Export to Sitras window starts Under File options select the filename format from the drop down menu Browse for the correct export folder if required Enter the correct Sitras code only available if Sitras name convention is used Under available systems active the required systems An ROV system must be selected Under geodetic options select the template database This is used for converting grid coordinates to geographical coordinates Click on Next On page 2 type text in the fields which are not greyed out Click on finish 5 4 2 Validator In the Validator the data can be validated edited using manual options as well as some filters The data is shown in several different views so that the user can take a good look at the data STEP 1 Select the files that need to be validated in the Processing Manager QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 106 5 Processing dass STEP 2 From the tool bar select the v button to start the validator or menu Tools Validator E meai var Sal SA Tal EA e sde see Cen T d m e tam Figure 118 Validator The window Is divided into a vertical numerical pane on the left and three graphical horizontal panes on the right See Figure 118 where these panes are labelled with numbers These correspond to 1 Index of
132. r Utility Converter Utility For Help press F1 Figure 2 QINSy Console The icons in the top half of the window are always present These buttons represent the various stages of a survey The icons have the following function Setup This application is used to configure the template database for the project and to set a certain database or template active Use this application to change for example the geodetic parameters vessel shape sensor O or other parts of the system configuration Online This button will start the Controller with the selected template This d template is used as the base for the raw data collection Replay This application allows the user to change the database configuration and replay the data Another option Is to analyze the raw data that was gathered during the survey on a sensor basis Processing The results manager is used to pre process the collected x y z data In this application spikes are removed from the data and tidal information is applied 1 General Information GP Apart from the basic applications there are a number of additional applications that may appear in the bottom half of the window These icons can be switched on or off depending on the wishes of the user Switching these icons on or off is done by STEP 1 Right click in the bottom half of the window STEP 2 Select Add Remove QPS programs from the menu STEP 3 Select De select the programs to be shown in the bottom hal
133. r the gyro and motion sensor calibrations it is necessary to know the values of the system at a certain moment There are a number of ways within QINSy to read the value from e g the gyro Alpha numeric display The alphanumeric display is a general display that has the option to show a number of parameters In this example a motion sensor and gyro compass data as well as the system and UTC time will be configured STEP 1 Create a new alphanumeric display using the Display manager The alphanumeric display wizard will be shown on the screen 3 Set up and calibration Configure Display Wizard Page 1 of 6 General Information I Px status Main Line Eo 1 Curent Line Line name Line D 17 SOL co ordinates I Time to net fix I Logging time UTC Distance to next fix EOL co ordinates Fie number I Fix interval time i i 1 Length User defined comments Fix interval distance Bearing i Project QINSy SC I Secondary Line name E 2 user tined comment E 3 user defined comment Select Al Inver Al Figure 62 Alpha Numeric display wizard page 1 STEP 2 From displays 1 to 5 select the readings to be shown in the alphanumeric display STEP 3 Itis possible to show systems with and without their C O s as entered in the template setup For a calibration switch this correction off Configure Display Wizard Page 4 of 6 Observation Information Select from the Available list which observation you wan
134. r the new value for e g the manual tide gauge and press update STEP 3 If the box is checked than the value will automatically be updated every x seconds The number of seconds can be changed using the Change button Another option of inputting tidal information e g during replay is by creating a tidal data file This file should have the following layout 23 11 99 10 10 1 24 23 11 99 10 20 1 10 23 11 99 10 30 0 98 A maximum of two files or gauges can be used for the online computation of a the tide If more gauges need to be used than the tidal processor from the Processing Manager should be used instead of the online option The tidal value is determined based upon a weighted distance from the gauge s MME When tide gauges or tide files are used it is necessary to have fixed nodes defined in the database set up The fixed node gives the position where the gauge is located and the correct height reference system to be used QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 72 4 Online lt GPs 4 2 Sound velocity The sound velocity is needed to correct the depth readings from the echosounder to true depths depending on the echosounder settings Most echosounders allow the input of a single sound velocity where QINSy is able to use the entire sound velocity profile as measured To enter a sound velocity profile STEP 1 Inthe controller click the echosounder option from the settings menu STEP 2 Select the velocity profile
135. re described The next step is to go Online A from the Console In order to go Online a template must be set active in the Template Manager The Online part of the software is what is used to record the data during the survey This chapter will also describe the ways in how to use QINSy to aid in system check and calibration 3 1 Auto start It is possible to automatically go Online upon booting the computer This requires some knowledge of the Windows operating system The following steps need to be taken STEP 1 Place the shortcut from the Console zal in the start up folder using the Explorer This start up folder is found in the following location Documents and Settings All users Startmenu Programs Startup EL Documents and Settings EE Administrator EL All Users Ef Application Data Ge Favorites A Start Menu Je Programs H Accessories Le Administrative Tools EE I Templates Figure 49 Startup folder of the Start Menu STEP 2 Make certain that the right template is set as active template using the Template Manager from the Console Options Ei General ke Single click to start a program hg Minimize when starting application M On exit close the Template Raw Data and Processing Managers When they are munning M Dont change the support folder ENC folders and global settings when creating new project Cancel Help Figure 50 Auto Start Online 3 Set up and calibrati
136. rol point From KP ja Figure 45 Generate Crosslines STEP 5 Define the distance between every crossline It is possible to define the length of the crosslines both on port and starboard site and give the crossline a prefix which will be shown in the Edit Routes dialog 2 Project preparation lt GPs STEP 6 A check mark in Perpendicular Add will create perpendicular lines Additionally an extra offset angle can be set STEP 7 Incase of a route the From and To fields define from which section first control point to which section last control point to generate crosslines or select a start and end KP 2 6 3 Editing objects To edit an object that is visible on the screen go to the menu bar and select the type of object to be edited or simply select the edit mouse mode using the G button right click on the object to be edited and select Modify Edit Now change the coordinates for example by simply typing in the correct values BC L Ca E e Leg Ca P Te E HH R a E Another option is to display all the objects of a type of object and modify them using the Modify option on the dialog A number of options are available e To delete a single line select the single line to be deleted and click Modify Delete A confirmation will be asked e To change the color of a single line click the single line s color field and click Modify Change color This will open the Color dialog where
137. s and the Means Sea Level model will be used to correct the depths STEP 8 Set the a priori SD correct When using unreliable height the height aiding a priori SD is set to automatic When using accurate height enter a number here normally twice the horizontal SD STEP 9 Enter positioning system thresholds Enter the age RMS and solution mode or a selection of these options System Parameters Use this system to trigger the computation Height status Unreliable MES 0 50 4 Height aiding a priori SD Automatic k System Thresholds Ee is E Figure 55 position system thresholds STEP 10 Using the systems in the tree or the Shortcut tab on the left of the window various system parameters can be edited Select Overview and click on the computation object The right window pane will Show four tabs Select the COG SOG prediction tab LOT Pa LAD on Stup per COG SOG Prediction Lat de Hegt wo 155 DMS wie Depo 25 Berne 210 iz Ven Dean S Eebeked 11 kr i EMA E Diet Sateen Figure 56 Prediction setup STEP 11 The prediction parameters are used to set the time the system will predict a position when no or faulty data is coming from the positioning system After the prediction time the system will switch to the next available computation 3 Set up and calibration Ki ars STEP 12 The filtering tab is used to set the prediction parameters and the prediction type
138. s logged in a copy of the template database so both raw data and the configuration and settings used to acquire that data are stored together in one single database file For most surveys each database will contain a Single survey line The advantage of such a single database containing all information belonging to a certain dataset is that settings can be changed on a file by file basis without affecting the overall project settings made during the start of the project 14 2 Project preparation gz ars Zo 22 PROJECT PREPARATION This chapter describes the actions that are required during the planning and mobilisation phase of a survey project This includes setting the geodetic parameters installation of the equipment and setting up the system in the software Information that needs to be entered in QINSy Survey are for example information about the vessel geometry position of antennas and transducers the kind of instruments that are onboard how they are related to each other I O configurations sound velocity profiles etc BC L Ca E e Leg Ca P Te E HH R Te E Creating a new project Before a new template database can be build a new project needs to be created within QINSy Take the following steps to do this STEP 1 Start the Console From the tool bar click on the k button to open the active project list to start a new project STEP 2 Click on the New button and enter the name of the
139. s shown as 8x8m data STEP 20 Activate Draw overflow underflow to show data out of range in the TAB Colors When recording data starts and MBE or SBE data is received by the Controller the Navigation Display is automatically updated with the latest bathymetrical data received Offline Sounding Grid The online sounding grid is used for online data collection It is unlikely this will be the final product For processing and viewing offline a new empty sounding grid is needed or layers must be added to the online used grid When a new empty grid is created the validated data needs to be imported into the grid QPDs can be exported directly from Processing manager to the grid or ascii point files can be imported When QINSy processing is done using validator quickest way Is to export these files directly e Create a new grid with the required layers and corresponding attributes e Close this grid e Start Processing from Console QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 123 5 Processing SES Select the QPD files that need exporting Open menu File Export Sounding Grid or click on Si The Export QPD Data Points to Sounding Grid File opens Under Sounding Grid File Select the correct sounding grid Select the export system layer for each system Click on Export A dialog appears showing the progress of the export Click on close once finished Click on close in the Export QPD Data P
140. select all lines at once Editing data Now the data is visible in the format most comfortable it can be edited or filtered STEP 1 Click on ES to activate the validation status or menu Settings Viewed Data Validated STEP 2 To remove data manually from the Profile View first make sure that footprint data is activated and transducer data is deactivated use right mouse click submenu QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 111 5 Processing lt ars STEP 3 Use sit to draw a polygon around the data Finish using right mouse click Data is set passive menu Edit Clip Inside Polygon STEP 4 Use 7 to draw a rectangle around the data Data is set passive menu Edit Clip Inside Window STEP 5 Use si to activate passive data again using a polygon menu Edit Clip Enable Inside Polygon STEP 6 Use is to activate passive data again using a rectangle menu Edit Clip Outside Window Tip Enable option View Raw data from the right mouse submenu to see the passive dataset Filtering data The next step is to modify existing data on remove existing data based on mathematical criteria Note that when saying remove data is only set passive It is not physically removed from the QPD Filter can be applied to four different groups in the QPD e Object Data Position and motion data of the object vessel ROV in the QPD e Transducer Data position of the transducer Important all footprint data is
141. sensors Then changes in the settings and or changes to the raw data from the sensors must be applied to the entire dataset The following three steps can be distinguished in this process STEP 1 needed STEP 2 STEP 3 Analyse the raw data from the different sensors and edit them if Adjust incorrect or updated settings in the recorded databases Replay the data with the correct raw data settings To enter the replay manager simply click on the appropriate icon H in the Console The following window is shown Y C idatavExample 5SB Database Raw Data Manager File view ction Tools Help SLA FE ETE IE 2440 Nwo0000 feig Nwo0000_140 2441 Nwwo0000_120 db Nwo0000_120 2442 Noo 100 db Nwwo0000_100 2443 Nwo0000 080 db Mwo0000 080 2444 Noo De db NaaotO00 060 2445 Mao 0940 db Mwogggo_ 040 2446 Muvo0000_020 db Miwo0000_020 2447 Nwoggog_ 000 db MweoQ000_000 For Help press F1 Figure 111 Replay manager QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands Size 296 1KB 317 4KB 313 9K6 320 5KB 342 7KB 347 3KB 377 9KB 378 3KB Db Setup 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 Online 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 11 5 2001 Replay 6 21 2002 6 21 2002 6 21 2002 6 21 2002 6 21 2002 6 21 2002 6121 2002 6 21 2002 D x Statistics Export Merge a 95 5 Processing lt ars All the databases containing raw data t
142. single beam echosounder STEP 10 Select Unique color per system STEP 11 Click on Apply The other color coding in general can be set under TAB General Colors STEP 12 Select TAB General Colors STEP 13 Under graph colors select an appropriate color for each field STEP 14 Click OK to finalize the color settings Scaling of the views By default automatic rescaling is done This means all data will be shown in the complete pane It is possible to adjust this to use a better horizontal vertical ratio STEP 1 Click on or menu View Scale Scale Settings window opens STEP 2 If on automatic select fixed STEP 3 Enter a value for horizontal scale This is used in the Plan View and Profile View for along survey line distance STEP 4 Enter a value for depth This is used in Profile View and Swath View For example 35 top and 55 bottom depth of interest is inside this range STEP 5 Enter a value for offset across This is used in Plan View and Swath View For example 100 left and 100 right In the above example the depth range 20 meters and offset across range 200 meters This means that in the Swath View data is exaggerated scale 10 QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 110 5 Processing lt GPs By zooming in or out the scaling factor remains If a different focal point is selected the scaling remains If the Scale Settings windows IS activated and pressed OK it returns to these settings Moving
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144. sman display The Helmsman display is used for line keeping when a line is selected in the Controller The position in the Helmsman display is by default given for the Steered Node which can be set using the computation setup dialog STEP 1 Open anew helmsman display using the display manager STEP 2 Click on or menu Select Node Select Node Select Node to Track Mainline 1 Current Route e Track steered node from Computation Settinc C Us C Track another node from Computation Settine Aquarius positie CoG ome ob Figure 103 select node for helmsman display STEP 3 Normally the steered node from the Controller will be used This should be set as the node of the primary echosounder system Select another node if desired STEP 4 Click on or menu View Properties The View Properties window appears 4 Online lt ars View Properties Left Right Indicator View o fftrack indicator 25 Meters vw Speed indicator 5 ll Project Setting ll i Inverse speed Swap colors History View 8 HO 100 Meters w SHowfixmarks h Show intended fixmarks v Show bold tracks Cn Font Cancel Help Figure 104 View Properties Helmsman display STEP 5 Activate speed indicator to see a bar for crossline speed indication STEP 6 Inverse speed select this to see speed indication of survey line relative to vessel STEP 7 Use across object speed this shows the amount the vessel de
145. t a mode note that under active layer the layer REFERENCE needs to be selected STEP 10 Under Color Map settings use project Settings as defined in Console Global settings or de activate this option STEP 11 If de activated under color map browse for the folder containing the color maps default location C Program Files QPS QINSy 7 0 Color Maps STEP 12 At field minimum and maximum enter required values Repeat this step for each layer found under Active Layer Attribute STEP 13 Select an appropriate overflow color value gt maximum and underflow color value lt minimum STEP 14 Click on TAB Render Options This will set shading and rendering types STEP 15 Under render type select from the pull down menu Options are Gradient Colors Sun illuminated and Gradient amp Sun note that when using gradients the shaded layer must be identical to the layer in the color TAB STEP 16 Under shade layer select the same layer as active layer in color Tab STEP 17 Under Azimuth and elevation type values applicable Try with an azimuth alongline and acrossline and see the difference Same for elevations STEP 18 Under adjustment level of exaggeration contrast and transperency can be set STEP 19 At Improve Coverage select Disable or one of the higher levels This means the grid will show data from a higher level in the grid if your base cell size is 1m and select 3 levels then the grid i
146. t on and the color the object will have When there are a lot of data files with the same layout save the setting in an ISF file Import Settings file Clicking Load on the third page of the wizard can later retrieve the settings Importing a Terramodel file or Line Database E What do wou want to Import from project file D Ekample MBLineDatatGrid Benelux pro h Single lines h Routes Layer settings 3 Import only objects with a name lt Back Cancel Help Figure 41 Import pro file STEP 1 Select what type of object to import from the file into the existing line database STEP 2 Select whether to use the layer settings from the import project STEP 3 If this box is checked then only objects that have a name label in the file will be imported into the database QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 44 2 Project preparation APS 2 6 2 Create new Objects There are two ways to create new objects in the Line Database The first is by entering them directly into the database using the Edit menu from the menu bar The second way IS to draw them on the screen Drawing new objects STEP 1 Select the he button from the tool bar Click on the start position of the new line or route or single position for a point Click for the next positions on the screen until the object is defined STEP 2 Click on the right mouse button Select Cancel to abort the option No new object is cr
147. t to survey this line now else NO i STEP 5 Click on to open the Anchor Planning window First Anchors need to be defined see Online knowledge base Anchor Handling Move the mouse over the Anchor position and use right click for submenu with possible actions Click and drag left to move the Anchor across the screen STEP 6 Click on to refresh the screen F5 alternatively STEP 7 Click on A to set mouse to recenter Click once left this pixel now becomes centre of the screen E STEP 8 Click on to draw a zoom window Draw a rectangle over the area of interest to zoom in CH E 3 f STEP 9 Click on to zoom out and to zoom in CH i fal STEP 10 Click on _ _to return to previous view click on to return to your current view STEP 11 Click on gi to activate or de activate vessel tracking STEP 12 Click on ZS to open View Chart Setup STEP 13 Click on to open View Object tracking STEP 14 Click on D to open View Pre plot shape STEP 15 Click on a to open View ENC layer STEP 16 Click on to open View DXF QXF STEP 17 Click on L to open Line Planning layer STEP 18 Click on to open Line Databases layer STEP 19 Click on E jo open Sounding Grid layer properties 4 Online lt STEP 20 Click on sto open Geo Tiff image layer STEP 21 Click on 4 to open Targets layer note that an AIS or ARPA system needs to be defined in DbSetup for this to work STEP 2
148. t to display Available observations Selected observations Gi System e Pitch TSS DMS 05 fa EM3000 Roll TSS DMS 05 Heave TSS DMS 05 Latitude Sercel203 Longitude Sercel203 Height Sercel203 7 Height Node Sercel203 Depth Deso 25 Echolood GE Deso 25 Echolood 33 kz Gyro Show raw data comected with C O s x Back Net gt Cancel Help Figure 63 observation information STEP 4 Inthe last dialog the layout of the display can be arranged This includes the font color and layout of the display 3 Set up and calibration Configure Display Wizard Page 6 of 6 OBSERVATION Pitch T55 DMS 05 OBSERVATION Roll T55 DM5 05 OBSERVATION Heave T55 DMS 05 OBSERVATION Latitude Sercel 03 OBSERVATION Longitude Sercel203 OBSERVATION Height Sercel 203 OBSERVATION Height Node Sercel OBSERVATION Depth Deso 25 Ech OBSERVATION Depth Deso 25 Ech OBSERVATION Gyro OBSERVATION EM3000 Project Setting Project Setting JO000000000K A KOU x KOU A ODOC N KOU AN VON KN Fix 4 be Figure 64 Alpha numeric wizard page 6 STEP 5 Use auto layout to set a number of parameter automatically or double click on any item to edit it manually The Result of the previous setup will look something like when from the view menu the toolbar status bar and menu are disabled Gyro and Motion sensor Calibration Local 16 06 56 UIG lt U UU O Heawe 0 02 Roll 0 7 Figure 65 Resulting alphanumeric disp
149. t under Export The Export QPD Data Points to Sounding Grid File window opens Under Sounding Grid File click on BR and browse for the file If the grid file does not exist create this first using the Sounding Grid utility Close the SGU once the file is created Under System select the Export System Layer that each system in the QPD is exported to Export to a Donar Interface format STEP 1 Select Donar Interface format from the drop down list The export wizard starts QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 104 5 Processing STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 gPa Select the echosounder system to export only one at a time Activate export to single ascii file if required Browse and enter a filename in the Save As dialog Click on Next On page 2 select the appropriate fields from the drop down menus Click Next On page 3 enter the codes as required Click on Finish The files will be placed under the current project in subfolder Export Donar Export to user defined ascil STEP 1 STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP 10 STEP 11 w w Select User defined ASCII from the drop down list Export to ASCII wizard opens Activate export to single ascii file if required Browse and type a filename Export using interval mode Select from Distance Fix MP or time and enter the interval If de activated all data will be exported Under
150. tems Suggest to activate all QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 102 5 Processing dane STEP 10 Click on icon Sounding Grid on the left side At color map select an appropriate color scheme Enter values for minimum deepest and maximum shallowest Click OK It is now possible to select a number of QPDs from the Chart View STEP 1 Click on SEH The mouse is now activated for selection STEP 2 Click and hold to draw a rectangle STEP 3 All QPDs crossing this rectangle are now selecting in the index list highlighted in light grey On the right pane the index of the QPD s is built from the gpd files in the current project DtmData folder The columns visible can be set by the user STEP 1 Open the selection window via View Columns STEP 2 Inthe left pane default all items are selected Make a choice by de activating or activating the required items STEP 3 Inthe right pane the sequence is listed top to bottom This is displayed left to right Select an item and click Move Up or Move Down to change the sequence QPDs from a different project location or date can be accessed simultaneously STEP 1 Open the secondary project via File Open Secondary Project STEP 2 Inthe Browse for folder window navigate through the tree structure on the PC and select the project name main directory of the required project Click OK STEP 3 The secondary project is listed in the index If not visible drag the horizo
151. the values at zero will import the whole file Change the number of fields according to the number of columns in the file to be imported The number of columns can be counted in the Preview window where the Notepad file is still open The next screen allows the user to select which column contains what data STEP 5 STEP 6 Import Wizard Import ASCII File o x Select for each field a category and properties Category Start End Length Prope 1 Easting1 4 15 12 Northing 16 27 12 n a Easting 30 41 12 n a Northing 42 d D i Category Property Back Cancel Help Figure 39 ASCII import column settings Select a field in the Category column and right click on it Now select the category that matches the field in the corresponding column from the preview If the fixed width field was selected in the previous screen enter the starting point of each field and the end point or the field length If delimited fields was selected than it is not necessary to enter these parameters 2 Project preparation ER Een Import Wizard Import ASCII File E x 2 Single lines C Route containerkade_zuid On Laver 0 2 Color g Save Back Cancel Help me nn me gt E C Ss Figure 40 ASCII import options STEP 7 Sets what the resulting object will be STEP 8 Select the layer to store the objec
152. thod Tide gauge s Hede bss i Ss i am Gi Ss 1 Ss sg Draft Squal paramete Squat method ii Froude eee LI Bon i EE Y Bow Posiive 5 100 Speed value SOG EE eh BOND VERA Ter Ea rad On eet re Sa aT Ger Z Up Positive Ce Object Reference Point Figure 128 Unreliable height settings Template set up Define the vertical datum parameters using the geodetic set up wizard Define the height of the COG above the draft reference Define a number of tide gauge s in the template setup Define the location s of the systems in the template setup Online settings Set the height parameters in the computation setup Heave parameters Tide parameters tide gauge tide file Input the draft of the vessel relative to the draft reference If the squat parameters were defined set the squat method depth reference and the vessel speed reference Appendix E Notes QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 133 QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 134 Appendices QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 135 QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 136 Appendices QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 137 Appendix F Index C Centre Of Gravity Object Definition rannaavvvvnnnrnnnnnr 24 ENN 8 Add Remove QPS porograme 9 Autostarting rrnaaavvvnnnnnrrnnnnnnnnssnnr 48 DRO Fure 9 LOTS 9 Line Database Manager 9 Sint lt 8 PROCESSING EE 8 Fagen 8 SCID EE 8 Sounding Grid Utility
153. using the Page Up and Page Dn buttons Line Planning To activate the Additional Mainlines option select in the controller Settings Session Show Additional Lines setup The Session Setup Planning Overview window will get a new item the Additional Mainlines Session Setup Planning Overview Planning 15 Available Priority 13 Selected foe entry Rotterdam Europa Port S00 CH Europa Port Sea goingentry Rotterdam 100 Se Europa Port 100 Sea goingentry Rotterdam 300 a Europa Port 200 Wreck no 2 jr Europa Port 200 Europa Port 100 SC Europa Port 300 Sea goingentry Rotterdam 400 N Europa Port 400 Pipeline 1 SC Europa Port 400 Shore goingentry Rotterdam 100 SG Europa Port 500 Europa Port 300 2 Noname Shore goingentry Rotterdam 300 adie Sea goingentry Rott Pileline 2 JE Sea goingentry Fatt Shore goingentry Rotterdam 400 oft Shore goingentry Ro Shore goingentry Rotterdam 500 Wreck no 3 Wreck no 1 CECR set a ect ef GA p CH Cancel Figure 90 Session set up Line planning The first 4 items stays the same a 5 item is added Activating this Additional mainlines the following window pops up 4 Online lt ars Session Setup Planning Additional Mainlines Europa Port S00 Wreckno 1 3 Wreck 2 partial _ Wreck no 2 4 Wreck 3 compl Wreckno3 5 survey area wes Euro
154. utation Aquarius Positie sl coed toe Figure 60 Select nodes STEP 2 Select a reference node e g the bench mark from the fixed nodes STEP 3 Select a secondary node e g the GPS antenna 3 Set up and calibration lt a aps Egluntitled ScatterPlot Display 3 LD x ZECHES e HOD dN IG Lt fff tf fe eee EE WA 75 ae 500 ae tg File View Select Settings Help iij dE de i dN dr Es pt tT Tt tT TT P 2 TE eT PIT ds eee EE EE EE 11111113 e eg E RER ER EREEEEEEER TT TT esa 444 PITT TT Enor Elipse use Asb mum Grid Coordinates 0 00 0 00 0 00 dE Delta Easting 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Track Coordinates 0 00 0 00 dN Delta Northing 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 k l Delta Height 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Delta Across U 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 Delta Along 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 MAP2 1 1 28 53 AM 5 6 2002 A Benchmark For Help press F1 Figure 61 Scatterplot display Scatter plot X Y with error slips and grid BS when selected Time plot display for individual X Y and Z readings Error ellipse parameters Statistics referenced to grid and track positions U N e B IE A scatter display can be started in the replay as well In the replay do a partial replay between the fix numbers where the positioning system was performing correctly 3 4 2 Gyro and Motion Sensor Fo
155. viates from its straight course When going in a straight line not necessarily the heading of the survey line this value reads zero when turning this number updates with input from calculated positions from the Controller STEP 8 Set the length to the desired amount of history STEP 9 Show fixmarks shows the fixnumbers along the track STEP 10 Show bold track set the dots to bold font STEP 11 Show intended fixmarks shows the fixnumbers along the route calculated from SOL point STEP 12 Left pane shows distance along the line route Green is runin blue is online red is runout STEP 13 The computed course over ground is displayed in the bottom right corner 4 Online Helmsman Helmsman Display Sele 12 gt di O 5 D 25 1166 eol 17 907 1165 au 1162 1161 1160 1159 kp 0 656 1458 sol 0 000 1157 200 Current Route Pipeline 1 For Help press F1 Figure 105 Helmsman display QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 87 4 Online lt ars 4 6 2 Navigation display The navigation display is used to display a top view of the area with background charts the sounding grid and the vessel track STEP 1 Start the display manager from the Controller STEP 2 Click on Navigation Display click Add and enter a name for the display STEP 3 The Navigation Display starts several layers are initialized STEP 4 Below is an example of all possible layers with data included
156. when all relevant error sources are taken into account Instead of TPE the term error budget is also used The TPE for a DIM point on the sea floor that is computed from an echosounder measurement consists of the TPE of the echosounder system transducer position plus the contribution of the relative depth sounding BC L Ca E e Leg Ca P Te E HH R a E Error sources that are to be considered are GPS position draft squat load tide including spatial temporal prediction to the depth measurement position geoid model bathy depth node offsets timing offsets SOG and CMG gyro heading pitch roll and heave mounting offsets beam range beam angle beam width beam steering sound velocity at transducer head sound velocity profile Hence the indication Total All measurements are considered to be uncorrelated random variables with normally distributed errors all error sources acting independently so all covariance terms can be disregarded and the TPE can be computed statistically using the well known Law of Error Propagation Hence the indication Propagated The TPE value thus results from the combination of all contributing errors hence the indication Error In most echosounder error budget analysis studies and hydrographical survey standards such as IHO S 44 separate TPE s or error budgets for horizontal position georeferencing and vertical depth soundings are considered Th
157. yer A previous survey or theoretical DTM model should be imported in the combination layer A upper and lower tolerance level can be set Quick Profile This will draw a depth profile along a mouse drawn line Activate this option draw a line across the survey area A dialog with profiles appears with all layers visible under the drawn line If a linedatabase is overlaid and user click on a line of the linedatabase the data under this line is calculated QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 125 5 Processing lt ars Statistics This will generate a graph with statistical information of the active layer A S curve is drawn through the dataset The mouse position updates with statistical information as user moves across the screen Generate bathymetrhy A dialog for creating spotsoundings depthnumbers in a chart and contourlines Select which layer should be used At detail level select the level For example when base cell size 1 00m select level 3 to use 8x8m cells to generate the spotsoundings Set the required link angles and distance On the second page select the format This can be display DXF and PRO If Qernel is installed this will work for DXF and PRO otherwise display only If the SevenCs kernel is activated in the Console folder settings these spotsoundings and depthcontours can also be exported to ENC format QPS bv Zeist The Netherlands 126 Appendices lt a aps Appendix A QINSy structure QINSy Survey is a modu

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