

Backscatter and/or sidescan/snippets imagery data is written to another layer of the sounding grid. Sounding grid data attributes like the “95% confidence level” and “hit count” provide real-time quality assurance of collected data. In addition to displaying the raw uncorrected multibeam data, the Swath Display shows the data fully corrected for motion, refraction and height.Ī multi-layered “sounding grid” shown in the Navigation Display is populated with corrected soundings on-the-fly giving the surveyor a complete view of what has been surveyed. The primary philosophy behind QINSy is to save time in processing, and the possible need for re-survey, by providing tools for real-time qualification of the raw data and on-the-fly correcting for offsets, motion, sound velocity refraction and height, to produce “final” xyz soundings as the survey proceeds.Īn array of real-time quality assurance tools and displays are available to the online surveyor who is arguably in the best position to determine if collected data meets survey specifications. QINSy is an integrated navigation system software package used extensively worldwide for acquiring and processing multibeam data. The suite of applications can be used for various types of surveys, ranging from simple single beam surveys up to complex offshore construction works. QINSy (Quality Integrated Navigation System) is a hydrographic data acquisition, navigation and processing software package.

