The sidescan mosaic module is now in the later stages of Beta testing, and should be released within a couple of weeks.

Here's another example; this time, a mosaic created with 30 tracks from a dam containing a flooded town in Washington State. This data was recorded on a Humminbird 997.

A small section of the mosaic, exported as a single image at low resolution (4 pixels per metre)


The full mosaic is over a mile across, which means that at high resolutions a single image file is not practical. The sidescan mosaic module has a number of export formats that help get around this problem, including the MBTiles format and Google Earth "super overlays", which split the image in to hundreds of small tiles that are loaded as required. This means that huge mosaic images can be viewed in ReefMaster and Google Earth at full resolution. Large mosaics can also be exported directly to AT5 raster layers.

The full mosaic can be viewed by downloading this small Google Earth KML file, which contains links to the imagery hosted online. To view, download the file from the link and open in Google Earth. An internet connection is required to view the images, which have been exported at 15 pixels per metre.

Any time frame for the release of the mosaic module?

This week! It was delayed a little, due to testing and the addition of a few late features, but we are confident that RM 1.8 and the mosaic module will be available by the weekend.

Great NEWS!!! Know what I'll be playing with all weekend lol

Hi Matt,

Some viewers like recording data, so here it is. The example shown above (#3831) was recorded in my 10-foot aluminum boat with an HB 598 ciHD SI with the upgraded HB hi-rez HDSI transducer in 50 to 60 feet of water at 4-5 mph (HB recommends not recording above 6 mph). This fresh-water lake is "milky" green from algae growth and suspended glacial silt and clay from a nearby volcanic mountain, but the HDSI transducer cut through it as the example shows.

Lou