Echoexplore is the essential tool for cataloging large numbers of hydroacoustic files effortlessly and is trusted by scientists, researchers, commercial fishers, and other aquatic professionals globally.
Echoexplore identifies compatible echosounder and sonar data files on a local computer or local network, extracts metadata, and then creates a convenient spatial catalog that allows users to browse the data that has been located.
Whether searching for specific hydroacoustic data sets, sorting and browsing through lists or maps, or filtering based on parameters like geographical position, date, time, hardware model, pulse duration, transmitted power, and more, Echoexplore simplifies your hydroacoustic data file management.
Brett Merritt, CEO of Echoview Software, said, “Echoexplore 4 showcases our commitment to empowering users with streamlined and efficient acoustic data analysis and management. With exciting new features and enhanced functionality, this latest update underscores our commitment to providing effective solutions that unlock the full potential of hydroacoustic data.
“Our team has been working hard on a range of updates, including expanded file format support, streamlined licensing, and accelerated data access through file indexing.”
Key Highlights of Echoexplore 4 Include:
- New file format support: Echoexplore 4 is equipped to read a significantly expanded range of files (compared to earlier releases). Scan, sort, and catalog data formats from more than 75 echosounder and sonar models from ASL Environmental, Blueprint Subsea, BlueView, Furuno, Kongsberg Discovery, Navico, Norbit, Nortek, R2Sonic, Reson, Simrad, Sonic, Sound Metrics, WASSP, and more—matching Echoview’s complete range of supported data formats.
- Expanded licensing: Introducing new software license activation and management options.
- File indexing: Echoexplore 4 accelerates data access with enhanced file indexing capabilities, seamlessly handling existing index files and effortlessly creating index files where none exist.
- Windows versions: Echoview 4 is compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems.
Echoview: Survey Suite Updates
Alongside the release of Echoexplore 4, Echoview Software has introduced new features for its flagship product, Echoview®, and the Survey Suite licensing option. Survey Suite is tailored to facilitate the collection, visualization, markup, and cataloging of echosounder and sonar data, both in-field and in-office, leveraging Echoview’s reliable and adaptable platforms for analyzing data from various single-beam and multibeam echo sounders. The updates include support for even more file formats and the ability to subscribe to Kongsberg’s REST API for EK80-based systems using Echolog, providing you with the ability to modify (e.g., reduce) the data that you can view and process in Echoview during real-time operations, whilst still recording raw data files at original resolution and size.
Survey Suite enables access to licensed capabilities in both Echoview and Echoexplore at an affordable price.
