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FM Viz4D

• Quick direct import of gridded or ungridded data to rapidly check survey quality.
• Integrate all data from geohazard surveys - bathymetry, sidescan sonar images, and sub-bottom seismic profiles.
• Add design information and existing structures into the scene - 3DS models, AutoCAD DXF/DWG files, ESRI shapefiles, and ASCII text files are all supported.
• Slope, surface difference, contouring, and volume calculations support engineering works such as route planning, dredging and rock dumping.
• Monitor ROVs, AUVs, and support vessels in real time via NMEA or custom navigation strings.
• Scalable and multi-platform (see Hardware Requirements and Platforms Overview), allowing for integrated use from processing and QC on boat to analysis and presentation in large immersive visualization centers.
• Create fly-throughs of project development or along specific routes.
• Provide 4D interactive scenes to clients and colleagues using our free viewer, iView4D.

Additional Functionality Available in Other Bundles

• Interactively design and edit routes (FM Offshore, FM Pro)
• Generate cross profiles and along-route long profiles for engineering analysis packages and charting (FM Offshore, FM Pro).
• Process backscatter data for the creation of mosaics or scalar surfaces1 (FM Geocoder, available standalone or as part of FM Habitat, FM Pro).
• Perform remote seabed characterization using ARA , Angular Response Analysis, for seabed texture plots¹ (FM Geocoder, available standalone or as part of FM Habitat, FM Pro).

(1) The FM Geocoder product and ARA analysis originates from research by Dr. Luciano Fonseca at the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center at the University of New Hampshire.