HIPS and SIPS : Workflow in HIPS and SIPS : Side Scan Editor workflow : Edit Side Scan Data
 

Edit Side Scan Data

Data can be accepted and rejected in Side Scan Editor as in other HIPS and SIPS editors, except that you select a ping rather than an individual sounding or beam.

If the altitude of the sonar is not already logged with your data, it must be digitized. (See Digitize Altitude (Side Scan).)

You can change the status of an entire ping, or only the status of the starboard or the port side.

Edits are only applied to data that is visible. If Port or Starboard data is turned off in the Properties, it will not be edited.

If navigation sensor data has been edited with Navigation Editor it may be necessary to recompute towfish navigation. (See Compute Towfish Navigation.)

Procedure

1. Use the Side Scan Selection tool to select the range of pings from waterfall view to be edited (see Selection).

2. From the Edit >Status Flag menu or Status Edit toolbar, select either Port, Starboard or Both to apply the edits to.

 

 

3. Select the Reject command to reject all the selected data. This command is also available from the pop-up menus in the View and Selection windows.

 

Menu

Edit > Status Flag > Reject/

Tool

On Status Edit toolbar

The status of the ping or range of pings is set to Rejected and are excluded from further processing in SIPS.

Rejected data is not deleted and can be reverted using the Accept command. To make rejected data available for further processing:

1. Select the rejected pings.

2. Apply the Accept command.

Previously rejected data is now flagged as accepted and is visible again in the Side Scan View window.