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Export Formats

Format

Description

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Contact

Export contacts to a CARIS map, an ASCII file, and/or a TIFF image.

Export Options: Contacts

GSF to HOB

Export GSF data to a Hydrographic Object Binary (HOB) file that stores feature objects and associated attribute data. The HOB file can contain links to CARIS spatial objects.

Export Options: GSF to HOB

HIPS Tide to ASCII

Export tide data from track lines to text format.

Export Options: HIPS Tide to ASCII

HIPS to ASCII

Export HIPS data to a customized text listing of soundings that you can load into other software systems.

Export Options: HIPS to ASCII

HIPS to FAU

Export HIPS data to FAU files.

Export Options: HIPS to FAU

HIPS to GSF

Export processed HIPS data to GSF format. A new GSF file is created for each track line that is exported from HIPS. Conversely, when HIPS data is created from GSF data, a copy of the original GSF file is maintained inside the HIPS directory structure. The Export to GSF function updates these GSF files.

Export Options: HIPS to GSF

HIPS to HOB

Export HIPS data to HOB files that store feature objects and associated attribute data. The HOB file can contain links to CARIS spatial objects. This option contains three modes of exporting data: soundings, track lines and swaths.

Export Options: HIPS to HOB

HIPS to HTF

Export data to a Hydrographic Transfer Format (HTF) file. The HTF is a text file that contains a header section and a sounding record. The Export wizard can save a header section so it can be loaded into multiple HTF files.

Export Options: HIPS To HTF

Sediment Analysis to ASCII

Export the results of Sediment Analysis.

Export Options: Sediment Analysis to ASCII