January 9, 2008
Chesapeake Technology, Inc. (CTI), an up-and-coming leader in developing software for the underwater survey industry. Recently hosted over 63 professionals for a hands-on training seminar focusing on the use of sidescan and sub-bottom sonar software.
The three-day event held in the Charleston, South Carolina area was CTI’s third annual workshop for underwater survey professionals.
The training included two four-hour sessions aboard the Silver Crescent, a research vessel provided by South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources. As the participants experienced the field exercise aboard the Silver Crescent, the ship simultaneously towed two sidescan sonars. Both systems—a Klein System 3900 (courtesy of L-3 Klein) and a Marine Sonic Sea Scan PC system (courtesy of Marine Sonic LTD)—provided a live demonstration for those aboard the vessel.
“We believe the classroom portion of the workshop was very informative, and the field work aboard the Silver Crescent was a great learning experience for the participants.” explained John Gann, CTI’s Vice President of Software Development and facilitator at the December 3–5, 2007 event.
The attendees set up a survey grid and mosaicked the wreck of the U.S.S. Patapsco and its surrounding area using both the Klein 3900 and Marine Sonic SeaScan sonars. The Patapsco, an iron clad ship sunk by a confederate mine between Forts Sumter and Moultrie, was originally discovered by Clive Cussler in 1981. Its location was provided to CTI by Ralph Wilbanks, a local surveyor and former state marine archaeologist.
“The Silver Crescent’s expert helmsmen did a great job locating the Patapsco’s location,” added Gann, “they were guided over the survey lines using our flagship software for real-time sidescan sonar acquisition and mosaicking—SonarWiz.MAP. We used it to provide real-time line following displays.”
Presentations of the new SonarWiz.MAP contact database/reporting tools, 3D sonar visualization tools and a slide show by Garry Kozak of L3-Klein were also presented during the three days in Charleston.
“Another interesting part of the event involved giving SonarWiz and SonarWeb users the opportunity to guide future development of CTI releases” said Gann. “Participants voted for the top 30 enhancements they would like to see added to SonarWiz.MAP in 2008. We believe this adds to the value of the event.”
Located in Mountain View, California, CTI is already planning its fourth annual workshop to be held late in 2008 in Seattle. “If you are using CTI’s SonarWiz software you will benefit greatly from the December 2–4, 2008 event,” added Gann.
Details on the next workshop will be announced soon. Log on to CTI’s website at www.chesapeake tech.com for the latest information, or call CTI at 650-967-2045.
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Note: Photos presented on the second page of this release can be obtained in digital format by requesting them at info@chesapeaketech.com, or calling CTI at 650-967-2045.
The third annual CTI Sonar Workshop set new records for attendance and achievement. The 63 attendees (seen above) worked through both sidescan and sub-bottom data sets on their own laptops while being led through the process by the class instructor.
Above is the mosaic image of the U.S.S. Patapsco, an iron clad ship sunk by a confederate mine between Forts Sumter and Moultrie, originally discovered by Clive Cussler in 1981.
A contact image of the remains of the badly disintegrated U.S.S. Patapsco.
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