SAIC ISS-2000 & SABER

Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Marine Science & Technology Division (MSTD) in Newport, RI, has developed two unique surveying and processing products, ISS-2000 and SABER, to provide professional hydrographers and surveyors with powerful, accurate, and efficient tools for planning and executing surveys, and for processing and analyzing hydrographic survey data.

SAIC's ISS-2000 Integrated Survey System supports a broad range of high performance, shallow and deep water survey operations including search and locate, mapping, and charting. ISS-2000 has proven International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) accuracy in high speed, shallow water surveying and processing operations. Powerful acquisition and visualization capabilities give ISS-2000 higher efficiency and data yields while maintaining real-time quality assurance.

ISS-2000 is a fully developed SAIC product that offers a range of survey planning capabilities and data collection features. Its modular components are offered in price-performance packages that include fully integrated sensor suites with data acquisition systems and software, and which are scalable to transportable/portable models. Compatible with SABER, ISS-2000 interfaces to internationally recognized sensors including both multibeam and singlebeam echosounders, GPS receivers, motion sensors, gyros, acoustic positioning systems, and autopilots.

SAIC's SABER (Survey Analysis and area Based EditoR) processes, edits, updates, views and analyzes hydrographic survey data. SABER efficiently processes massive data volumes and allows the operator to view the data geographically, review and assess fliers identified by the filter, compare multiple sources of bathymetry data, and perform interactive editing. Survey analysis with SABER provides the required file lists and time windows, generates tracklines, processes all navigation data, and applies any necessary correctors as well as automatic ping and beam flag filtering.

The Area Based Editor replaces labor intensive line by line interactive editing, allowing operators to view and edit all data in an area simultaneously, directly retaining those edits in the full-resolution data files. By dividing large survey areas into sub-areas, SABER can systematically edit, filter, and smooth position data while recalculating depth data for different sound velocity profiles, and recalculating multibeam alignment calibrations for roll/pitch/azimuth offsets, and transducer and antenna mounting positions. SABER data products include volumetric reports for channel analysis; plots of final contours, tracklines and coverage; and junction analysis reports, smooth sheets and profile plots.

SAIC has successfully used ISS-2000 and SABER to conduct surveys for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), the US Army Corps of Engineers, the University of New Hampshire, and various commercial clients worldwide. SAIC's MSTD works closely with clients to determine appropriate solutions for their survey system needs, and adapts ISS-2000 and SABER for their specific applications.

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