Plan View

The Plan View is an overhead view of the swath profiles and beams in Swath Editor. All profiles are spaced equally in the along-track direction. Across-track beam spacing is to correct scale. Each beam is represented by a square.

The number of swath profiles displayed in the Plan View is determined by three factors:

• height of the view

• point size of the beams

• distance (in points) between swath profiles)

Soundings can be differentiated by applying options from the General page of the Swath Editor tab in the Control window to:

• colour by depth interval (see Colour By Depth)

• sun illumination (see Light Control).

Use the Display options in the Tools > Options dialog box to:

• colour soundings by their location in the swath (port or starboard beams) or

• colour soundings by the detection method used by the sonar (not supported by all sonars)

Procedure

1. Select the Plan View command.