GeoAcoustics is a leading manufacturer of sonar equipment for surveying the seabed and the layers immediately below it. Our head office and factory is based in the UK and we have offices in Houston, Singapore and Mumbai, as well as a network of independent sales representatives around the world, servicing our customer base in over 60 countries.
GeoSwath
GeoSwath is a PC based, shallow water (up to 200 metres water depth), swath bathymetry system, which meets IHO standards for hydrographic survey and yet costs little more than a conventional dual frequency echo sounder.
The low cost of the system makes swath bathymetry available to a significantly wider user base.
GeoSwath Plus is an entirely new software package from GeoAcoustics which offers enhanced functionality for standard vessel based GeoSwath applications, as well as allowing GeoSwath to be easily used for ROV and AUV applications.
The software has been written for Windows XP, and can act as Ethernet broadcast or receiver, allowing local or remote acquisition and processing.
IMAGE:Coal Barge off Oban, courtesy of Imperial College, University of London
The GeoAcoustics Digital Side Scan is the highest dynamic range single beam dual frequency side scan commercially available. This highly advanced system allows precisely repeatable seabed feature mapping in a robust and reliable package. The system utilises high resolution direct digital sampling of the received signals, and full digital processing. This new technology offers unprecedented resolution and dynamic range (23 bit), dual frequency operation (114/410 kHz), and a new high speed digital link enabling very long lengths of low drag co-axial tow cable to be used. The system configuration, low power and small size make this system ideally suited for installation onto a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) as well as combined profiler/magnetometer tow fish.