Moga Software

Changelog

Version 6.0.263 - 2024-04-23

Added an option to adjust the 3D viewpoint with ALT + click;
SBP: Added support for Innomar's 6pack systems;
Improved 3D surfaces export speed;
bugfix: Fixed an issue which may prevent VHF channels to be detected in some JSF files;
bugfix: Fixed an issue whcih may prevent groups from being renamed;
Minor UI changes;

Version 6.0.246 - 2024-04-12

New User Interface designed to provide more room to content and a better user experience;
Added an option to scale the UI fonts;
Added keyboard shortcuts to the contact editor and the SBP reflection picking tools;
New project main search bar;
MOSAIC: New automatic boulder detection tool;
MOSAIC: Scripting APIs for the SeaViewScript engine;
MOSAIC: Added an option to interactively edit the channels across track offset;
MOSAIC: Added an option to ignore start of record delay when importing XTF files;
MOSAIC: New tool: automatic trimming for overlapping lines (useful for HiSAS datasets);
MOSAIC: New tool: smart scrollbar keeps track of the portions of lines that were never opened in waterfall;
MOSAIC: Attitude compensation (pitch and roll) can now compensate for both offsets and altitude at the same time;
MOSIAC, SBP: The auto-merge tool can now use trim cuts too;
MOSAIC, SBP: Database automatic snapshots. Maintain versioned copies of the contact database and share them when needed;
MOSAIC, SBP: Contacts now use project tags;
MOSAIC, SBP: New fields in the contact database including KP and FIX numbers, auto picking flags and QC flags, Class 2 and Class 3 fields;
SBP: New tool: batch trace length resize;
bugfix: fixed a rendering issue that could cause a display glitch when too many lines are shown on screen;
bugfix, MAG: fixed an issue which affected automatic range measurements of mag anomalies when using a working projection defined in us-ft;
bugfix, MAG: fixed a display issue in the anomaly editor which prevents the captured image to update until the user clicks on the map view;
bugfix, SBP: fixed an issue with some static corrections operators which may affect amplitude creating banding artifacts;
bugfix, SBP: when exporting the reflectors spreadsheet as CSV, the DEPTH_BSB column may contain incorrect values when the option "negative depths" is enabled;

Version 5.7.50 - 2024-01-31

Improved speed of the XYZ surface export tool;
MOSAIC, SBP: Added support for navlab.bin files;
MOSAIC: When importing XTF files, channel offests are applied automatically as GPS offsets;
SBP: 3D attitude compensation
SBP: Added an option to remove the start of record delay when exporting SEG-Y files (zero padding);
Added an option to export 3D surfaces palettes from the properties window;
bugfix, MOSAIC: Fixed a display issue which may cause some striping artifacts when displaying zoomed out SAS datasets;
bugfix, MOSAIC: Labels in contact images exported with the batch option may not use the correct units;
bugfix, SBP: When changing the profile velocity, reflectors lines may not update immediately;
bugfix, MAG: When switching from fixed to automatic scale plots may not update immediately;

Version 5.6.45 - 2023-12-20

New "on click" update mode for the map info panel;
New "full screen" display mode;
MOSAIC: Added motion statistics to the metadata spreadsheet;
MOSAIC, SBP: New "auto merge" tool;
MOSAIC: Added an option for batch velocity change;
MOSAIC: Added a new display option - navigation only;
MOSAIC: Updated SWF8/32 import options to allow the use of custom import CRS (default is still WGS84);
SBP: Added a new import / export interpretation format;
SBP: Added an option to allow partial batch static processing (allow selection of the statics operators to batch);
SBP: Added a new display option - reflectors only;
SBP: Added an option to export negative depths to reflectors CSV export;
MOSAIC, SBP: When merging datasets, the original file names are added to the FILENAME data column;
When exporting vector layers there is a new option to choose the WKT dialect to use (ESRI or OGC);
When importing datasets with geographical coordinates a warning message is shown if the user selects a projected import CRS;
bugfix: Fixed an issue which caused the shapefile attributes to be invisible for imported point geometries;
bugfix: Fixed an issue whcih may lead to an application crash when attempting to load corrupted shapefiles;
bugfix, MOSAIC: Fixed an issue which may cause display artifacts when importing XTF files with variable weighting factors;
bugfix, SBP: When opening intersecting profiles, open them at the same location, and using the same scale and zoom level;
bugfix, SBP: Improved speed of the stacking processing operator;
bugfix, SBP: Fixed an issue which could cause display artifacts when applying source depth correction to a variable trace length profile;
bugfix, SBP: Fixed an issue which may cause the reflectors to appear misplaced in the 3D view if navigation offsets are applied;
bugfix, MAG: De-spiking operator didn't remove spikes longer than 1 sample;

Version 5.5.62 - 2023-10-16

Bulk rename tool now supports regular expressions as search patterns;
MOSAIC: Added support to import Solstice SWF8 / SWF32 files;
MOSAIC: Added an option to the XTF export procedure to auotmatically split files based on a user defined size threshold;
MOSAIC: Added an option to load FIX times instead of TPU times when importing SDF files;
MOSAIC: Navigation import from CSV files can now import altitude values;
MOSAIC: batch processing can now perform parallel I/O (recommended only when working with fast drives);
SBP: Heave compensation now includes two filters to de-spike and low pass filter the have values;
SBP: Added support to import navigation and TrueHeave from POS MV 000 files;
SBP: The custom SEG-Y export format editor now allows to assign values to the unused bytes portion of the trace headers (bytes 233-240);
SBP: Added an option to export constant delay SEG-Y files, padding when necessary;
SBP: Added an option to automatically resample data when exporting to SEG-Y and using non-integer sampling interval in μs;
SBP: Added an option to customize the output SEG-Y file naming convention;
SBP: New set velocity tool allows to override the sound velocity read from the files headers at import stage;
SBP: Burial depths in contacts are now updated automatically when editing the seabed reflector;
SBP, MOSAIC: The new bulk time interpolation tool can replace repeated timestamps with interpolated values;
MAG: Added display options to scale the vertical axis manually;
MAG: When exporting plot images, the user can now select multiple plots to be exported in a combined image;
bugfix: Shapefiles multipoint geometries were not imported correctly;
bugfix, MOSAIC: some corrupted SDF files may cause unnecessary long preloading times;
bugfix, MAG: on some systems the description field in the anomaly editor may accept input from right to left instead of the default left to right orientation;
bugfix, MAG: loss of precision when editing anomalies coordinates manually;

Version 5.4.56 - 2023-09-07

MOSAIC: added support to s7k calibrated snippets (datagram 7058);
MOSAIC: added an option to load roll, pitch and heave data from navigation csv input;
MOSAIC: added an option to csv navigation input to avoid resetting points that are not covered by the csv files;
MOSAIC: improved performance of the "show contacts from overlapping lines" display option, which could slow down contact picking on large projects;
SBP: Added an option to export SEG-Y files with strictly fixed length traces;
MAG: New clip and split tool for automatic dataset splitting;
MAG: New rendering mode: buffer;
MAG: Added an option for batch navigation import;
Added a search box to the welcome window to filter the recently opened projects list;
bugfix: Fixed an issue when exporting vector layers split by group which may cause the wrong attributes to be filled in;
bugfix: Using the zoom to option (F2) on newly created cores moves the map view to (0,0);

Version 5.3.105 - 2023-07-31

MOSAIC: Added an import option to ignore the weighthing factor;
SBP: Added fix and kp numbers to the SBP metadata spreadsheet
MAG: Added min, max and range annotations to the anomaly editor preview image;
Added a keyboard shortcut to toggle selected elemens on and off with the spacebar;
bugfix: Fixed an issue caused by a recent Nvidia driver which may cause some parts of the user interface to appear unresponsive in multi-GPU systems (Windows only);
bugfix: When importing files, the default dataset name may not include parts to the right of the first dot character;
bugfix: Source water depth column may be imported as a negative value when loaded from SEG-Y files rev. 0/1;
bugfix: When importing files with the parallel I/O option, ensure the import sorting order is preserved;
bugfix: Fixed an issue which may cause the F2 option to not work for newly created boreholes;
bugfix: When loading surfaces from GeoTIFF files with BigTIFF and sparse tiles, some tiles may appear as transparent;

Version 5.3.60 - 2023-07-15

Improved speed of the 3D surface import procedure;
SBP: Added an option under statics > flatten to surface to extrapolate the statics offsets outside of the intersecting profile;
SBP: Added an option to apply the layback correction only to the source or the receiver positions;
bugfix, MOSAIC: fixed an issue which may cause some SSS lines to disappear when deleting the surface used for 3D draping, until the software is restarted;

Version 5.3.41 - 2023-06-26

Added an option to prevent re-importing the same files more than once;
All the bulk action tools are now accessibile from the main tool bar;
Attachments import option can now georeference attached images automatically by reading EXIF tags in the file;
Surface hill shading options use numeric fields now rather than sliders, for easier adjustments;
MOSAIC: Added an option to update an existing mosaic preset with current settings;
MOSAIC: Added an option to change the scroll direction of the waterfall view;
MOSAIC: When zooming in/out in the waterfall view the screen follows the location pointed by the mouse cursor;
MOSAIC: A new DC offset removal option can be used to overcome the limitations of compressed dynamic range files;
MOSAIC, SBP: Added options to set the default contact prefix a numbering options;
MOSAIC, SBP: Added some metadata fields to the contact database;
SBP: Improved flatten to surface operator now uses resampling and replaces missing values with interpolation;
SBP: Added an option to re-scale data when exporting to SEG-Y to prevent clipping;
SBP: New automatic display gain. The display gain is now part of the processing workspace, but it does not affect exported SEG-Y data;
SBP: New "fill gaps" reflector picking tool;
SBP: It is now possible to disalble oversampling filtering in the 2D view;
SBP: Added options to control boreholes overlays width and transparency
MAG: It is now possible to load mag array data all at once;
MAG: The navigation processing workspace can now re-apply frame or vessel geometry offsets
bugfix, MOSAIC: clipping polygons boundaries are not exported in map rasters even when selected;
bugfix, MOSAIC: mosaic export line by line may create empty tiles if the selected output area does not include the line;
bugfix, SBP: the default customizable SEG-Y export format template did not set the elevation scalar field correctly;
bugfix, SBP: improved rendering quality of oversampled profiles after applying heave compensation;
bugfix, MOSAIC, SBP: when importing SBET files, the GPS week computation may be affected by local time settings;

Version 5.2.80 - 2023-05-29

MOSAIC: Added a new option to bulk edit visible pings extents;
MOSAIC: Added a new option to copy layer ordering in the clone navigation tool;
SBP: Added P1/90 navigation export option;
SBP: Reflector gridding can now grid any column of the interpretation spreadsheet;
SBP: Borehole 2D width is linked to diameter;
MAG: Added new tools to move and / or re-center anomalies in the editor;
MAG: Compute distance to target automatically using the half distance method;
MAG: Single channel gridding can now grid any column in the database;
MAG: Added an option to batch export profiles data to CSV;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Added several new formats to the export 3D surfaces option including .flt, ESRI ASCII, 32 bit GeoTIFF, and more;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Added an option in the database bulk rename window to allow renaming with search and replace;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Added support to Julian Dates (full, truncated and day of year) in all .CSV import options;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Added an option to review the main project log;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Improved notification system for loading and saving errors;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Added a warning when creating or loading a project from a network drive;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Added an option for background auto-save;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Improved startup speed;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Improved speed of incremental archives creation;
bugfix, MOSAIC: Improved support for Klein 5000 v2 systems;
bugfix, MOSAIC: Exporting XTF files with processing disabled may overwrite processing settings in the processing history;
bugfix, MOSAIC: Fixed an issue which may cause the waterfall view to scroll beyond the dataset limits when working with files with non-uniform ping numbers;
bugfix, MAG: Navigation eraser tool may not select all the data points if the 3D view is rotated;
bugfix, SBP: Improved support for full wave JSF files with legacy sampling frequency format;
bugfix, SBP: When editing navigation manually, interpretation lines were not updated in the 3D view;
bugfix: Fixed an issue which may cause the software to hang when adding new grids to an existing project with corrupted data in it;

Version 5.1.49 - 2023-03-31

MOSAIC, SBP: Added an option to easily reset the first and last control points in manual navigation editing mode;
MOSAIC, SBP: Added an option to merge existing contacts instead of duplicating when importing contacts from CSV files;
SBP: New reflectors spreadsheet with automatic TVD and BSB computation and user defined columns;
SBP: Added an option to load timestamps ms from bytes 137-138 of the SEG-Y trace headers;
SBP: Added an option to show horizontal and vertical scales in exported contact images;
SBP: Added smoothng and velocity override options to surface profile overlay;
MAG: new Eraser tool to easily flag / replace data points, complete with undo;
MAG: new Dynamic coverage map tool which supports unlimited coverage areas with different target depths and can export both as vector and raster;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Improved speed of incremental and stripped archives creation;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Improved SBET import tool with easier GPS week selection and preview table;
bugfix: Merge surfaces tool may skip one input tile depending on the size of the surfaces to merge;
bugfix: Added an option to force the quadrant when loading geographical coordinates stored in SES files;
bugfix: Fixed an issue which may prevent some multi-tile TIL files from loading correctly;
bugfix: Fixed a conflict between flatten to surface and depth conversion operators that may result in a misalignment between reflectors and the profile;
bugfix: Manually edited navigation points where not added to XTF headers during export;

Version 5.0.116 - 2023-02-21

MOSAIC: improved performance of the mosaicking engine with very large datasets (> 0.5 TB of compressed data);
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: added an option to perform parallel I/O when importing data. On some hardware this can improve importing times up to 80%;
MOSAIC: added an option to create, manage and restore an unlimited number of mosaic presets;
MOSAIC, SBP: it is now possible to capture contacts directly on 3D surfaces (both point and rectangle tools are supported);
MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to add the confidence level in the caption of exported contact images;
MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to filter contacts by source image name in the contacts database;
SBP: New SEG-Y export option with user-defined formats. The user can customize the value of each SEG-Y headers fields with constant values or custom math expressions;
SBP: New processing operator: signature removal;
SBP: Added an option to merge exsiting reflectors;
SBP: New column in the reflector CSV export: DEPTH BSB. The depth below seabed is computed automatically;
SBP: Added an option at import stage to ignore the value of the SEG-Y start of record delay header field (byte 109);
SBP: The measure tool in the 2D SBP window now shows TWT vertical differences as well;
MAG: Improved automatic anomaly picking on imported grids;

Version 4.6.111 - 2022-12-23

MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to capture contacts with the rectangle tool;
MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to include the confidence level in the contact images labels;
MAG: added an option to auto-group anomalies tracked automatically;
MAP: added an option to disable anti-aliasing filtering when resampling rasters;
bugfix: fixed an issue which may cause polylines to move while editing the anchor points;
bugfix: when editing a contact, the group may be reset;

Version 4.6.87 - 2022-12-06

MOSAIC: added an option to show contacts picked on overlapping lines in waterfall view;
MOSAIC: it is now possible to filter the side-scan lines database by processing settings;
SBP: added full support for CPT logs;
SBP: added a tool to plot the average spectrum of a selected portion of the profile;
SBP: new reflector editing tool, "offsets", to shift a reflector line up or down by a constant amount;
MOSAIC, SBP: improved manual navigation editing tools with undo, offsets table and more;
MOSAIC, SBP: it is now possible to change a contact group from the contact editor;
MOSAIC, SBP: when exporting contact images in batch, it is now possible to select which contacts to export in each batch;
MOSAIC, SBP: when renaming contacts, a warning is shown if a contact with the same name already exists;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: all database windows now feature a bulk rename tool;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: added an option to choose the output directory when extracting a SeaView archive (.sva);
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: added an option to easily duplicate existing shapes;
bugfix: fixed an issue which may cause the contacts to not move to the correct location when applying or disabling slant range correction;
bugfix: fixed an issue which may cause a software crash when re-opening the same SBP project twice;
bugfix: fixed an issue which may cause the slope tracker in SBP to use the wrong slope;
bugfix: fixed an issue which may cause the waterfall window to loose focus (move to the background) when deleting a contact;

Version 4.5.125 - 2022-10-26

Import 3D surfaces and grids from several raster formats, including ESRI ASCII/Binary grids, Surfer, Geosoft exchange format (GXF) and more;
Added a new autosave funciton which saves changes in background;
Vector layers can now be converted to editable polygon and polylines;
New 3D surfaces and grids merge tool;
Added support for 3D Connexion SpaceMouse input devices;
MOSAIC: Added support for Kraken's .TIL file format. It supports all their SAS and MINI SAS devices;
MOSIAC: Added experimental support to Lowrance's sl2/sl3 file formats;
MOSAIC: New mosaic display option: gamma correction;
MOSAIC: New mosaic export option to export multiple tiles at once (one for each clipping polygon in the project);
MAG: Added a tool for automatic anomaly detection on grids;
bugfix, SBP: fixed a crash that may occur when closing the profile window on projects created with version 4.3 or earlier;

Version 4.4.91 - 2022-09-22

Added an option to import and export color palette files;
Extract profiles from any XYZ surface in the project with editable polylines;
New drawing tool: point placemarks;
New database window and report PDF generator for shapes (placemarks, polylines, polygons);
MOSAIC: new display option to highlight SSS lines linked to the selected contacts;
MOSAIC: added an option to move de-duplicated contacts to the "de-duplicated" group when merging;
MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to import navigation from SBET files;
MOSAIC, SBP: improved layback navigation processing option now models fish trajectory in turns;
MAG: new flagging system (manual and automatic) to hide / remove unwanted data points;
MAG: new navigation manual editing tool: eraser rectangle;
MAG: import grids as XYZ files from third party software;
MAG: assign depth and altitude automatically when picking anomalies;
MAG: added automatically computed stats (min, max, avg time and distance between consecutive records) in mag database;
MAG: new auto-flip view option in 2D profile window;
MAG: added a quality column to the mag database;
MAG: improved project loading time;
SBP, bugfix: fixed an issue affecting some SBP JSF files import (wrong sampling frequency loaded);
MOSAIC, bugfix: range changes may not be saved if no other changes are made to the dataset;
bugfix: XYZ files with depth in ft may be imported with a wrong scale factor;
bugfix: contacts added when the contacts database window is open may not be visible in the database if the window is not closed and then re-opened;
deprecation: the old two points line shape is deprecated. When opening old projects line features will be automatically converted to polylines;

Version 4.3.37 - 2022-07-01

MOSAIC: improved manual heading editing tool;
MOSAIC: added stable support to Edgetech's gap filler;
MOSAIC: new option to export multi-channel XTF files;
MOSAIC: added support to single channel SSS XTF files to support some SAS systems;
MOSAIC: added an option to change sound velocity and re-compute ranges automatically;
MOSAIC, SBP: new option to add a border around contact images sized automatically;
SBP: added new reflector math gridding tool;
SBP: new processing operator can automatically remove (flag) traces with no data (e.g. source misfire);
SBP: improved flatten to surface operator can now adjust source depth automatically;
SBP: added support for DDMM.MMMMMMMM coordinates format when importing SES-2000/SES-3 data;
SBP, bugfix: when grouping multiple lines at once, group settings may not be saved;

Version 4.2.170 - 2022-06-06

SBP: added an option to preserve original SEG-Y binary and text headers when exporting files;
SBP: Core logs overlay on SBP profiles can be scaled according to layer velocities when the profile is in TWT mode;
MAG: Added full support for TVG;
MAG: Added processing options to compute quasi-analytic and analytic signal, residue and upward continuation;
MAG: Added an option to compute gradient and partial derivatives;
MAG: When picking mag anomalies from grids, min, max and avg field values are computed automatically;
MAG: Added estimated volume an burial depths to mag anomalies;
MOSAIC: Improved loading XTF files with IBM floating point data sample format;
MOSAIC: Added an option for batch time-shifting;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Improved drawing and project loading speed for very large projects;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Added an option to change 3D surfaces and grids transparency;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Added support for compressed shapefiles;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Convert to clipping polygon option now works with closed polylines too;
MOSAIC, bugfix: fixed an issue which may cause a software crash when loading corrupted SDF files;
MOSAIC, bugfix: dynamic range display settings may not be applied after loading a project for the second time;
SBP, bugfix: tracking cursor may not be visible on profiles with vertical shifts applied;
SBP, bugfix: solved an issue which may prevent loading malformed SEG-Y rev 0 files;
SBP, bugfix: added an extra check to prevent JSF autosplit option to create too many small parts when loading corrupted JSF files;
MAG, bugfix: fixed an issue which may cause grids to suddendly disappear when the map scale is increased;

Version 4.1.58 - 2022-03-28

Added an option to vector layers export to split GIS layers by group names;
New expression / scripts editor with online syntax check and import / export options;
SBP: it is now possible to create reflectors from intersecting 3D surfaces;
SBP: profile images output now include intersection lines with interpretation;
SBP: added an option to parse the unused SEG-Y trace header bytes (233-240) for timestamps in ms or heave in mm;
MOSAIC: new page up / page down shortcuts in the waterfall window;
bugfix, MOSAIC: when importing SDFX files, high frequency channels may not be detected;
bugfix, SBP: source depth correction is automatically re-applied when importing reflectors;
bugfix, SBP: the SEG-Y file navigation unit may override the input projection unit;

Version 4.0.93 - 2022-02-22

New feature: SeaView compressed archives - export and merge projects;
Improved project loading and saving times;
MAG: user defined spreadsheet with math expressions;
MAG: new processing and plotting options;
MAG: depth and altitude added to anomalies database;
MOSIAC, SBP: advanced settings in import window;
SBP: layback processing module;
SBP: auto-group option;
SBP: new option to change section colors in bulk;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: improved PDF report document format for contacts and anomalies databases with custom company logo and text;

Version 3.7.101 - 2021-12-23

Added an option to apply smoothing to 3D surfaces during import;
bugfix: disabling a column with an active plot in the metadata window did not close the plot;
bugfix: some options of the contact images export window will remain disabled after exporting one image;
bugfix: fixed a possible crash when loading malformed s7k files;
bugfix: converting a shapefile to a clipping polygon didn't work if the input polygon is not on the zero plane;
bugfix: SBP - trace equalization may not be applied on certain datasets;
bugfix: SBP - when setting the surface profile overlay to "none" a profile curve may still remain visible;
bugfix: SBP - when switching lines with prev/next buttons while the interpretation workspace is open, the current reflector data may be copied to the next line;
bugfix: SBP - the contact editor may not open when picking contacts on the profile window;

Version 3.7.78 - 2021-11-25

Added full support for Apple Silicon platform;
MOSAIC, SBP: batch import and export processing settings;
MOSAIC, SBP: new auto-scale option for contacts;
MOSAIC, SBP: improved contact report generation with high resolution images, user-defined fields and more;
SBP: new merge tool for SBP lines;
SBP: added an option to import date and times from SIS fields when importing SES2000/SES3 files;
MOSAIC: improved bottom line tracker can now use the altimeter raw data as starting points;
MAP: new "Go to" tool;
MAP: new option to combine backscatter with hill shading when using the 3D draping tool;
bugfix: fixed an issue which could cause license activation fails on computers with Intel 10th gen. processors;

Version 3.6.72 - 2021-11-04

Added an option for (lossless) data compression;
Added support for rasters georeferenced via GCPs;
MOSAIC: new contact links display option to visually represent the relationship between a contact and its SSS line;
MOSAIC: new range cut lines display in waterfall window;
MOSAIC: new range finder and range lines drawing options;
SBP: new gridding option to create 3D surfaces from core logs;
SBP: auto-picker can now pick at zero crossing;
MOSAIC, SBP: improved sss and sbp database reports format;
bugfix: Importing a vector export format template in a blank project may result in an error;
bugfix - SBP: contacts picked in 2D profiles are not shown in the 3D map view;
bugfix - SBP: fixed an issue which may prevent to load source depth correctly from a recent JSF file;
bugfix: fixed an issue which makes contacts or shape files shifting from their original positions when panning on large areas;

Version 3.5.9 - 2021-09-16

MAP: when exporting shapes to csv files geometry is now included as WKT;
MAP: rasters can now be moved to a fixed depth in 3D;
MOSAIC: added an option to XTF import to avoid an issue affecting some XTF files created by Hypack;
MOSAIC: added an option to XTF import settings to check range / record length consistency;
SBP: added an option to export SEG-Y files without time scalars (bytes 215-216);
SBP: added an option to display fix coordinates on top of grid lines;
SBP: improved precision of the time to depth conversion process when exporting depth converted profiles to SEG-Y;
SBP: improved processing speed of the stacking operator;
SBP: added new output format options to reflector export;
SBP: added an option to XTF import settings to force loading positioning data from a specific header field (sonar or ship);
SBP: improved loading time of the interpretation database;
bugfix - SBP: fixed an issue which may affect tide tables loading on some systems;
bugfix - SBP: fixed an issue which may prevent loading some lines if trace timestamps are not correct;
bugfix - SBP: fixed an issue which caused some legacy SES-96 files to be loaded incorrectly;
bugfix - SBP: processing a line after exporting it to SEG-Y may corrupt the statics processing settings;
bugfix - SBP: fixed an issue which may cause instability on some mac systems equipped with i9 processors;
bugfix - MOSAIC: manual range editing could be reset when entering the editing mode again;
bugfix - MOSAIC: XTF files created with SonarPro 14 may not be loaded correctly if only the HF channels are available;
bugfix - MOSAIC: exporting rasters with transparent objects could create visual artifacts when using a format that does not support transparency;
bugfix - MOSAIC, SBP: when exporting metadata, some columns may not be exported if previously disabled in the metadata window;

Version 3.4.193 - 2021-07-03

bugfix - MOSAIC: fixed an issue which may affect the waterfall display partially turning black on some systems;

Version 3.4.188 - 2021-06-30

MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: New GIS export options with user-defined attribute fields and formats;
MOSAIC: new interactive bottom line tracking tool;
MOSAIC: Improved processing speed of the 3D draping option;
MOSAIC, SBP: Added options to import and export processing settings;
SBP: Seismic attributes visualisation and gridding (envelope, inst. phase, inst. frequency, first derivative of envelope, RMS amplitude);
SBP: New draw interpretation tool;
SBP: Improved processing speed of the statics processing options;
SBP: New "Copy to" option for existing reflectors;
SBP: New "Auto flip" option to mirror profiles automatically after setting a preferred interpretation heading;
MAP: When importing 3D gridded surfaces it is now possible to fill missing data with interpolated values;
MOSAIC, SBP, MAG: Improved math expressions editor with code completion;
bugfix: Exporting some contact images may result in a blank file, depending on the zoom level;
bugfix: The contact report sorting order did not match the table order;
bugfix: SBP - navigation import options may not work from the 2D window;
bugfix: SBP - the reflector erase tool may produce artifacts when used across start of record delay changes;
bugfix: SBP - fixed an issue affecting RCV_HEADING computation

Version 3.3.186 - 2021-05-19

Improved contacts and datasets DB window with advanced filtering;
Improved loading and export times when working with large projects;
New advanced expression editor for custom metadata and database fields;
MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to export metadata for visible pings only;
MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to change the input projection of multiple datasets at once;
MOSAIC, SBP: new options to add scale bars to contact images;
SBP: 3D surface overlay on 2D SBP profiles;
SBP: apply vertical shifts using a reference 3D surface;
SBP: 3D gridding for SBP amplitudes;
SBP: Added an option to JSF import to convert full wave files to real (correlated) signal;
SBP: Added a spikes removal filter to SBP navigation processing;
SBP: 2D view auto-flip based on preferred heading;
bugfix: fixed an issue which may cause software instability on macOS Catalina;

Version 3.2.96 - 2021-04-07

3D surfaces gridding. Create 3D surfaces by interpolating scattered data points;
Gridding math: create new grids by applying user defined math expressions to existing grids;
Added an option to display the 3D surfaces or backscatter legend scale;
Batch export options now produce an export log file with detailed information;
Improved UI with resizable tools panel;
MOSAIC: create 3D surfaces by gridding SSS depth and altitude data;
MOSAIC: added support for s7k files with decimated snippet samples;
MOSAIC: added an option to choose the attitude data source when loading XTF files;
MOSAIC: added support for partial batch processing;
MOSAIC: measurement lines are now permanently stored with contacts;
SBP: interpretation data gridding;
SBP: new operator - trace stacking;
SBP: added an option to cut profiles display depth;
SBP: improved processing speed;
MAG: mag data gridding;
MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to remove pings / traces with invalid timestamps from exported files;
bugfix: SBP - when loading JSF files with geographical coordinates the software should default to WGS84 as the input projection;
bugfix: SBP - vertical unit did not change for some processing operators when switching between TWT and depth mode;
bugfix: SBP - added processing history support for statics processing settings;
bugfix: MOSAIC - fixed an issue which can cause a software crash when exporting the same contact image twice;
bugfix: MOSAIC - bottom line offset adjustment affected previously opened lines;
bugfix: MAP - rectangle and ellipse shapes could not be moved in map view;
bugfix: MAG - some display settings were not retained when loading a new project;

Version 3.1.24 - 2021-03-08

MOSAIC: added support for MBES backscatter processing (beam average and snippets);
MOSAIC: new adaptive AGC algorithm;
MOSAIC: added a new option to the auto group feature to group lines based on their backscatter source;
MOSAIC: added an option to disable range cuts when exporting contact images;
The "Zoom to" option now works for group folders too;
bugfix: Fixed an issue that caused the bottom track line to disappear in the waterfall window;
bugfix: Fixed an issue with the drag & drop feature that could cause the items to be dropped at the wrong location;

Version 3.0.720 - 2021-02-15

MOSAIC, SBP: added an option to create an index file (CSV, KMZ, SHP) when exporting contact images;
MOSAIC, SBP: Improved usability of batch import table (navigation and reflectors);
SBP: added an option to export SBP profile images using a constant scale;
Added an option to toggle selected items in the object selection window;
bugfix: When exporting XTF files for VHF channels the suffix VH is used instead of H;
bugfix: Fixed an issue which caused SeaView to exit unexpectedly when clicking on the "Processing" icon from the main window;

Version 3.0.709 - 2021-02-09

MOSAIC, SBP: new tool - contacts bulk rename
Holding the CTRL key while using the selection rectangle will no longer reset the current selection;
MOSAIC, SBP: add an option to toggle the "Use in report" flag for selected contacts;
SBP: import projection defaults to EPSG:4326 (WGS84) when importing SEG-Y files with geographical coordinates;
bugfix SBP: the reflector auto-tracker may not start if the file's trace numbers are not consecutive;
bugfix SBP: the seabed reflector can not be turned off when a 2D profile window is open;
bugfix MOSAIC, SBP: counters in contact database may show the wrong values;

Version 3.0.693 - 2021-02-01

Redesigned user interface;
Improved overall performance;
Added support for 3D gridded data (XYZ);
New built-in metadata database with custom fields and expressions;
Redesigned custom coordinate reference systems editor;
Map raster export dialog with live preview;
Improved tracking cursor accuracy and visibility;
MOSAIC: Real-time 3D SSS draping mode;
MOSAIC: Improved automatic gain correction and beam angle compensation;
MOSAIC: New user defined Time Varying Gain;
MOSAIC: added support for Starfish .logdoc format;
MOSAIC: added support for RESON S7K side-scan data (7007);
MOSAIC: Improved bottom tracker with new UI;
MOSAIC: Added options to restrict export to visible pings only in XTF and vector exports;
MOSAIC: mosaic spotlight tool;
MOSAIC: batch waterfall images export;
MOSAIC: clipping polygons;
MOSAIC: coverage map with custom colors;
MOSAIC, SBP: added shadow and burial depth fields to contact database;
MOSAIC, SBP: batch metadata export;
MOSAIC, SBP: added default text headers to all CSV exports;
MOSAIC, SBP: improved layback navigation processing;
SBP: Redesigned 2D window with built-in metadata;
SBP: Improved reflector picking tools;
SBP: Added import and export options in 2D window;
SBP: New profile annotation options;
Various minor fixes and improved stability;

Version 2.9.16 - 2020-11-25

New feature (ALL): project tags;
MOSAIC: new JSF import auto split option;
MOSAIC, SBP: filter the contact database by group and tags;
MOSAIC: improved search field speed in side-scan database;
MOSAIC: navigation editing mode is closed automatically when changing selection;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): some lines may not be exported correctly when translation offsets are applied;
Bug fix (MAP): do not clear the current selection when right-clicking on an already selected item;

Version 2.8.48 - 2020-11-04

New feature (MOSAIC,SBP): batch metadata export;
MAP: improved accuracy of CRS test tool;
MOSAIC: improved speed of mosaic export;
MOSAIC: added alpha parameter to navigation smoothing operator;
MOSAIC: new timestamp based ping matching in Clone Navigaton tool;
Bug fix (MAP): fixed an issue with some Nvidia video drivers which caused memory management issues;
Bug fix (MAP): fixed an issue which may cause license activation problems with some versions of macOS;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): waterfall images export may produce TIFF files with wrong colors;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): clone navigation option may copy the wrong view extents if source and destination lines use different ping numbers;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): interactive range editing may be inaccurate with some lines;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): splitting lines with variable ranges may cause visual artifacts;

Version 2.8.30 - 2020-10-26

New feature (MOSAIC): interactive range editing;
New feature (MOSAIC): mosaic clipping polygons;
New feature (MOSAIC): added an option to skip repeated pings when importing XTF files created with PDS-2000 4.x;
New feature (MOSAIC): improved navigation processing speed;
New feature (MOSAIC): new option in XTF export window to restrict the output to visible pings only;
New feature (MAP): new option in vector layers export window to restrict the output to visible objects only;
MAP: the test CRS transformation tool now allows up to 3 decimal digits for projected coordinates;
MAP: allow to select objects below a transparent polygon;
MOSAIC: improved accuracy of the manual heding editing tool;
MOSAIC: improved support for some Humminbird models;
MOSAIC: the clone navigation tool now uses timestamp based interpolation;
Bug fix (MAP): when importing a custom CRS from WKT format, ensures that the "Central meridian" parameter is loaded correctly;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): fixed an issue with the split tool affecting lines with range changes;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): when the layback operator is enabled, it may apply a navigation shift even if the cable out is zero;
Bug fix (SBP): when loading SEG-Y rev. 1 files the time scalar was not loaded correctly;
Bug fix (SBP): wrong background color in SBP 2D images export;

Version 2.7.110 - 2020-09-09

Significant improvement in project loading and images exporting speed;
New feature (MOSAIC): batch export for waterfall images;
New feature (MOSAIC): new option to export RAW amplitudes when creating XTF files;
New feature (MOSAIC): new options for display ranges and extents added to the Clone Navigation tool;
New feature (MOSAIC): the shape file export now includes heading and date fields;
New feature (MAP): added support for GeoPackage format (both raster and vector);
New feature (SBP): batch interpretation import from CSV files (custom formats supported);
New feature (SBP): tracking cursor for multiple 2D windows;
New feature (SBP): it is now possible to move a reflector line to a different reflector;
New feature (SBP): 3D vertical shifts are now applied to SEG-Y output files;
Bug fix: exported JPEG files may show wrong colors on some systems;
Bug fix: vector lines may suddendly disappear from the 3D view at some zoom levels;
Bug fix: fixed an issue which may cause a crash when exporting SBP 2D images;
Bug fix: improved speed of the contact editor;

Version 2.6.55 - 2020-08-01

New feature (MAG): we are happy to announce the release of SeaView MAG;
New feature (SBP): time to depth conversion;
New feature (SBP): export SEG-Y files with depth scale;
New feature (MAP): loading splash screen;
Bug fix (MAP): tooltip data may be incorrect for polygon shapes;
Bug fix (MAP): contact image export settings window did not retain previous settings;
Bug fix (MAP): vector layers export did not handle drag offsets correctly;
Bug fix (SBP): using the auto tracker while the swell filter is enabled may produce wrong results;
SBP reflectors are now sorted alphabetically;
New tabbed UI layout for processing panels;
Improved polyline and polygon editing mode;
Improved speed of manual navigation editing tool;

Version 2.5.81 - 2020-06-24

New feature (MAP): new custom CRS editor;
New feature (MOSAIC, SBP): create custom plots from metadata table;
New feature (MOSAIC, SBP): export metadata as CSV and plot images;
New feature (MOSAIC): clone navigation option can now copy view extents and bottom track too;
New feature (MOSAIC): import navigation now loads KP numbers too;
New feature (SBP): SEG-Y export can now convert sample format to integer and floating point;
New feature (SBP): SEG-Y export now populates the text header automatically;
New feature (SBP): When picking contacts on a 2D profile, burial depths are calculated automatically (if the seabed reflector is present);
New feature (MAP): drag option now works on multiple selection;
Bug fix (MAP): perimeter or area labels may show a null value after initial selection;
Bug fix (MAP): flickering may occur when attempting to reset the map orientation multiple times;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): in bottom tracker, offset adjustment buttons did not respect the current channel selection;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): translated lines may disappear from screen if the translation offset is greater than several hundreds meters;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): when loading legacy SDF files, some metadata fields may remain uninitialized;
Metadata format and plot settings are now saved automatically;
Improved polyline and polygon editing mode;
Improved performance during sonar navigation editing;
Geospatial library and built-in CRS database updated to latest versions;

Version 2.4.79 - 2020-06-04

Bug fix (MOSAIC): fixed an issue which may cause incorrect output scale when exporting GeoTIFF files with ft-US unit;

Version 2.4.77 - 2020-05-26

New feature (MOSAIC, SBP): processing history allows keeping track of previous processing runs and reverting to any of them;
New feature (MAP): new CRS tool designed to test projections and CRS transformations;
New feature (MOSAIC): added options to import SSDM files for standard contact classes and tags;
New feature (MOSAIC): improved manual navigation editing mode prevents rectification when entering in editing mode;
New feature (MOSAIC): new navigation import batch mode to import multiple navigation logs at once;
New feature (MOSAIC): new "tiled output" option in the Export mosaic window;
New feature (MOSAIC): added a search option in the contact editor to select the source line;
New feature (MOSAIC): it is now possible to export GeoTIFF mosaic files with the map background color (rather than using a transparent background);
New feature (MOSAIC): data inspector now shows KP, sonar name and recording program name, if available;
New feature (SBP): manual navigation editing is now available in SBP too;
New feature (SBP): added an "offset" option to the mute operator;
Bug fix (MAP): fixed a bug which prevented to load GeoTIFF files without valid SRS tags or .TFW files;
Bug fix (MAP): adding attachments to the project will no longer cause the map view to reset to (0,0);
Bug fix (MOSAIC): contact positions are updated automatically when splitting or merging lines or editing the navigation data;
Bug fix (MOSAIC): improved handling of corrupted XTF files at import stage;
Improved project loading time;

Version 2.3.42 - 2020-04-29

New feature (MAP): project bookmarks;
New feature (MAP): added an option to set the group during import;
New feature (MAP): import contacts from CSV files;
New feature (SBP): slope auto-tracker;
New feature (SBP): interactive TVG cure editor;
New feature (SBP): trace and time / depth windows for all signal processing modules;
New feature (MOSAIC): time based navigation import;
New feature (MOSAIC): interactive swath viewer;
New feature (MOSAIC): global transparency control;
Improved performance while selecting multiple objects at once;
Improved performance of selection rectangle;
SBP: added an option to ignore the number of channels header field during import;
SBP: processing panels collapsed status is now preserved in subsequent processing runs;

Version 2.2.13 – 2020-03-23

New feature: Presentations and Movies allows to create stunning animated presentations and video clips directly from your SeaView project;
New feature: selection rectangle, allows to select multiple objects at once from map / 3D view;
New feature: batch selection window now allows to work with the current selection;
SBP: Improved compatibility with certain SES-2000 format variants;
SBP - bugfix: improved compatibility with HiDPI screens;
SBP - bugfix: changing profile with prev / next buttons while picking is enabled causes a corruption in the current reflector;
SBP - bugfix: interpretation lines drawn at wrong depth while exporting SBP profile images;
MOSAIC – bugfix: canceling mosaic export when re-projecting is enabled still triggers the re-projection procedure;
MOSAIC – bugfix: contact export preview image always shows the entire mosaic rather than the line linked to the contact;

Version 2.1.77 – 2020-03-12

New feature: “Focus” (F2) now works with multiple selected objects at once;
New feature: BAC edge skip allows to exclude from the amplitude distribution model samples at the edge of the profile;
Bugfix: drag & drop for re-ordering lines in the sonar merger window does not work properly;
Bugfix: adding an item to a group re-enable the entire group;
Bugfix: DXF output did not export point features (contacts) correctly;
Improved performance of 2D SBP window;

Version 2.1.21 - 2020-02-27

New feature pipelines. This tool allows the user to create 3D pipelines by connecting contacts and / or MAG anomalies. Pipelines are visible in the 3D windows as well as on intersecting SBP profiles;
Improved user interface for the export vector layers window;
New feature: metadata windows. These allow to inspect and export the header fields of each SSS / SBP line in the project;
MOSAIC: new “mute water column” processing operator;
MOSAIC: new “merge” function allows to create a new line by merging existing ones;

Version 2.0.53 - 2020-01-05

New feature: attachments. This feature allows to add documents, pictures, movies and more to an existing SeaView project;
A new property setting allows to set the layer ordering for vector, raster and side-scan data for the MOSAIC plugin.
The metadata information associated to vector features (e.g. DBF data stored with shape files) is now available for inspection in the property window of each vector layer.
A new option allows to draw text labels on the map view with the length and area measurement of each shape.
SBP: split tool for SBP lines
SBP: new tool: zoom rectangle in 2D windows
SBP: new tool: measurement tool in 2D windows
SBP: intersecting lines are now visible in 2D windows
SBP: improved swell filter output quality
SBP: new burst noise removal processing operator;
MOSAIC: new option to track both port and starboard channels independently at the same time;
MOSAIC: the bottom line can now be hidden in waterfall view;

Version 1.11.158 – 2019-12-19

New SBP and SSS database windows;
New zoom rectangle tool in 3D / map view
New option: when a project folder or a group is selected, the properties panel lists how many objects and groups it contains;
A new "Keep" option used to hold grid and scale settings when switching lines using the Prev/Next buttons;
MOSAIC: New interactive manual editing tool for navigation editing;
MOSAIC: New “clone navigation” option which allows to copy processed navigation to other lines;
MOSAIC: New “Auto group” option allows to group sonar lines automatically based on frequency, date and ranges;
MOSAIC: Added an option to display range lines in waterfall windows
SBP: new parametric TVG processing operator
SBP: new seabed flattening static processing tool;
SBP: added an option to display interval lines in 2D windows

Version 1.10.33 – 2019-11-06

New sync window button in waterfall view to sync it with the 3D map view;
Added support for Humminbird .DAT/.SON format;
New: picking and editing contacts from the waterfall view;
New tool: merge contacts, which can merge multiple contacts into one;
New contact metadata: confidence;
New nadir transparency option;
It is now possible to set any processing sequence as the default sequence;
It is now possible to import corrected navigation for side scan sonar from CSV files;

Version 1.9.89 2019-10-10

First release of SeaView SBP;
New data management tools allow to create custom groups of project resources;
The installation software for Windows now checks if SeaView is running in background;
bugfix: The sonar frequency metadata was not loaded correctly for some formats;
bugfix: fixed a layout issue with HiDPI screens in the export contacts window;

Version 1.8.102 - 2019-09-13

The properties panel now allows to set the parameters of all the selected objects at once (if applicable);
Mosaic GeoTIFF output can now export RGB colorized images or RAW 32 bit backscatter data;
Waterfall display scale is now expressed in pings per cm;

Version 1.8.54 - 2019-08-26

New merge navigation tool allows to merge multiple lines seamlessly;
Added ping interval options to the bottom tracker to restrict it to a specific section of the line;
Added an option to remove the nadir zone data and cut ranges from the middle of the line;
New option to add user defined projections;
Updated projection database, with SRS grouped by type;
New contact picking modes: when creating a new contact the contact editor is opened automatically;
The contact editor now has two buttons and two keyboard shortcuts to quickly change contact;
New export navigation option allows to export navigation data to CSV and Coda CNV formats;
Improved measurement tool precision;
Added an option in the Export mosaic function to ignore export the full ranges when using the "one by one" option;
The waterfall vertical scale is now saved independently for each line in the project;
Fixed an issue with the JSF format timestamp field;
Added experimental support for the new Klein MA-X VIEW 600 system;
Common keyboard shortuct keys are now shown in menu entries and are listed in the user manual;

Version 1.7.94 - 2019-07-04

New spike removal filter for navigation processing;
It is now possible to open multiple waterfall windows and to synchronize them (useful when working with multi-frequency lines);
Added an option to display the backscatter amplitude plot either in linear or logarithmic (dB) scale;
Added an option to export georeferenced contact images as GeoTIFF files;
Fixed a precision issue which may affect the measurement tool, depending on the working projection;
Improved user interface layout on small screens;
Improved readability of the light user interface theme;
Improved user interface for data import, with options specific to each format;
Added an option to export the symbols when creating contact images;
Fixed an issue which may prevent working with files with non Latin characters in their path;
Fixed an issue which affected the mosaic output, producing wrong georeferenced values under certain conditions;
Fixed an issue which may cause very long processing times when exporting mosaic images if navigation data has spikes;
Fixed an issue which affected some projections in the built-in database causing the usage of a wrong linear unit;

Version 1.6.179 - 2019-06-03

Improved bottom tracking tools with a refined user interface;
Easier data management: import and export dialogs now point to the last selected directory;
Improved compatibility with JSF files;
Fixed an issue that may prevent to open the user manual on some platforms;
Overall improved performance and stability with minor bug fixes;