CARIS HIPS & SIPS Changes List PDF

CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.1.
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Changes List
Acknowledgements
The development of HIPS and SIPS as a modern and powerful bathymetric and side scan
sonar processing system was made possible through the cooperation of several
organizations:
The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The Ocean Mapping Group of the University of New Brunswick
University of New Hampshire
Data courtesy of the Shallow Survey Conference Common Data Set 2001 (CCOM - UNH).
Cover images (from left to right):

Burrard Inlet Pockmarks: image courtesy of Kalman Czotter - Canadian Hydrographic
Service.
Burns Harbour North Breakwater, Indiana: image courtesy of Alexander Unrein, David
Somers - Ocean Surveys, Inc.
Shipwreck of GB Church: EM3002 data provided by University of New Brunswick Ocean
Mapping Group.
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CARIS1 HIPS2 and SIPS3 8.1.13
Enhancements
Convert to HIPS
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS)

is adding a leap second at the end of June 2015. HIPS and SIPS will
account for this by applying leap seconds to data collected after June
2015, which requires them.
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CARIS HIPS and SIPS Changes List 1

CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.1.12
Enhancements
Reference Description
Convert to HIPS
The GSF converter has been updated to ensure that when the Detailed
Line Query tool is used on converted GSF data, it will properly report:
SVP applied information, including whether the data was SVP corrected and
the SVP file name, if present, in the GSF file.
Tide applied information.
delayed heave (TrueHeave) information.
2 CARIS HIPS and SIPS Changes List

Highlights
Compute TPU
Real-time range and angle uncertainty from the Edgetech file format can now be converted to HIPS
for use in computing TPU.
SVP Editor
A Comment field is now available for each sound velocity cast in the SVP format. This field can be
viewed and modified for each cast in the SVP Editor. The profile date, time and position can now
also be modified in the SVP Editor.

Enhancements
Compute TPU
Support has been added for real-time sonar uncertainty from Edgetech
systems.
Contacts
The time taken to save contacts has been improved.
Convert to HIPS
Atlas side scan data embedded in EIVA SBD files can now be converted
to HIPS.
The SBD converter has been upgraded to read GPS height data present in
the file.
GSF format support has been updated to version 3.06. GSF files greater
than 2 GB are now supported for conversion, export and GeoCoder
processes.
Export
When Dual head data is now exported to GSF, it will be written out as
separate port and starboard records.
Sound Velocity Correction
Sound Velocity Correction for Teledyne-Reson Systems using 7027

records uses the proper sonar reference point.
SVP Editor
A Comment field is now available for each SV cast in the SVP format. This
field can be viewed and modified for each SV cast in the SVP Editor. The
profile date, time and position can now also be modified in the SVP Editor.

Maintenance
Batch Processor
Batch Processor now runs Finalize surface processes without failure.
Compute GPS Tide
Computed GPS Tide results occasionally had an unexpected spike in

versions after 8.1.7. This issue has been resolved and the results are
now more consistent with the results from 8.1.7.
Contacts
Contacts created in versions 9.0 and later can now be queried.
Convert to HIPS
GPS Height is now correctly converted from RDF files.

GSF converter now converts all multibeam data including data with bad
positions.
Hypack conversion options are now shown in the Process Log view.
Heave data converted from GeoAcoustics files is no longer filtered
outside +/- 10m.
The ELAC converter now reads azimuth data (if present) in each
multibeam record and rotates each beam accordingly for SVC. If no
azimuth angle is present, the data is rotated by gyro heading as
previously done.
The XTF weighting factor for Side Scan data is now properly converted.
The GSF converter/exporter now handles bathymetry data that has out
of order timestamps.
CUBE Surface
Adding or removing a line from surface that is currently out of date now
correctly displays the surface as outdated until it is recomputed.
An issue has been resolved that was causing the Surface Combine
process to fail or not work as expected when carrying over Designated
Soundings to the resulting combined surface.
Export
Designated soundings are now reset to Accepted in GSF files that are
updated on export.
Load Error Data
Navigation and attitude data is now loaded correctly when the post
process files overlap the HIPS data in time.

Load Delayed Heave
Seatex PFreeHeave is now loaded with the proper sign convention and
is now correctly handling leap seconds.
Mosaicing
Mosaics can now be successfully created from HSX paired with R2S
data when there are missing bathymetry datagrams.
Mosaic and individual lines now display the same in the Side Scan
waterfall view as in an output mosaic using the same settings.
HIPS no longer fails when using GeoCoder with HSX/7K data
containing network interrupted datagrams.
Open Project
There was an issue interfering with opening project data when there
was data in the Recycle bin. This has been resolved.
Properties
Data that was sound velocity corrected in HIPS versions prior to 8.0
can now be coloured correctly by sound velocity profile.
Query
The SBET Nav/Att file fields in the detailed line query now show the file
name.
Side Scan Editor
When Colour Range mode is set to Manual, in the Properties for the
waterfall view in Side Scan Editor, the Min/Max Value fields are
enabled.
Multiple users opening contacts in the same project in Side Scan Editor
was causing processing to slow down. This has been Improved.
Automatic Slant Range Correction for SIPS data is no longer down-
sampling the data.
Range Scale is now changing with the processed data in the Side Scan
Editor waterfall view when the Set limit option is enabled.
Surface Objects
Surfaces no longer show as outdated due to daylight saving or time

zone changes.
Recomputing a surface with computed bands will now show messages
stating that these computed bands are being re-added to the surface.
Recompute no longer gives warning messages when all surfaces are
up to date.

Dynamic Roll/Pitch is now applied correctly for Sweep systems with
rigid boom.
Sound Velocity Correction of multiple lines using the Last used
method option will now correctly apply the method stored in the log for
each line.
SVP Editor
SVP files that had a comment added to a section header now work
correctly in the sound velocity correction process.
TPU Analysis
TPU Analysis results now match the queried values for the TPU in
Swath and Subset Editor, when real time sonar errors are used in the
Compute TPU processing.
Vessel Editor
An issue has been resolved in Vessel Editor that was causing

Transducer 1 fields to be cleared when Transducer 2 was removed.
Water Column Imaging
SeaBeam Water Column Imagery data can now be fully selected in the
Swath Editor WCI Along-track view.

Maintenance
Compute TPU
Real-time uncertainty values from the Hypack format are now

treated correctly in Compute TPU.
Klein real-time uncertainty values must be reconverted and TPU
recomputed. Please contact support@caris.com if you converted
Klein real-time uncertainty values in versions 8.1.8, 8.1.9 or 9.0
and have questions.
Finalize
Critical Sounding usage has been updated to improve efficiency

when loading projects and finalizing surfaces with Apply
Designated Soundings set.
When finalizing a surface, the order in which Designated
Soundings are applied has been changed when a depth
threshold is set. The Designated Soundings are now applied prior
to the depth filtering. This will allow Designated Soundings to be
applied and retained if the node they are applied to is within the
depth threshold, but the soundings are outside it.

Maintenance
Additional Bathymetry, Swath Editor, Water Column Imaging
Threading issues have been resolved that caused selection issues

in Dual Head WCI data.
Some dual head sonar systems Water Column Imagery could not
be selected in Swath Editor. This has been resolved.
Water Column Imaging, Additional Bathymetry, Swath Editor, Subset Editor
Dual head WCI data, when added to the Additional Bathymetry, no

longer applies the Roll and Azimuthal angles during the processing
stage, thereby allowing the data to be properly located
geographically.
When adding Additional bathymetry for EM2040C data, Sound
velocity correction now applies the CARIS SVC.

Highlights
Format Support
Water Column Images (WCI) from SeaBeam 3k series sonars in XSE format are now supported in
all WCI tools.
EdgeTech JSF format support has been updated to the latest format specification, with support for
applying EdgeTech online filters to the imported data.
Mosaic Editor
An option for ASCII output from GeoCoder GeoBaR creation has been added to the Advanced
options. X, Y, Z, Backscatter and incidence angle values for each ping / beam combination are now
output in the GeoBaR folder for each line when the option is set.

Improvements
Contacts
Contact attributes have been updated to show only entries that are in use.
Convert to HIPS
Time overlap value used in Temporal Overlap option in Simrad conversion

can now be set manually.
EdgeTech conversion of JSF Bathymetry/Side Scan data has been
updated to be optional, to use the latest format and to filter on conversion
using EdgeTech specific filters.
LAS conversion now enables users to choose whether to use the
reference date in the header, or to specify a date. An absolute GPS date is
always used when it exists.
Export
An option for ASCII output from GeoCoder GeoBaR creation has been
added to the Advanced options. X, Y, Z, backscatter and incidence angle
values for each ping / beam combination are now output in the GeoBaR
folder for each line when the option is set.
Mosaic Editor
Kongsberg data used in GeoCoder is now co-referenced to the

bathymetry, thus resolving dynamic tilting issues in the imagery.
System Files
The Teledyne-Reson T20 sonar has been added to the DeviceModels.xml

system file.
Water Column Imagery (WCI) support for SeaBeam 30XX series data in
XSE format has been added.

Maintenance
Attributes
Changing an attribute in the Catalogue Editor, saving and then accessing

the attribute in the main application no longer causes it to fail.
When contacts are open in Side Scan Editor, and new or changed contact
attributes are then saved in the Catalogue Editor, these attributes can be
viewed immediately in the Attribute window by selecting a contact.
Catalogue Editor
Contacts added to catalogue through the Catalogue Editor are now added
without reopening the project.
Compute GPS Tide
Height sources used for Compute GPS Tide are now interpolating values
as they did in previous versions.
The Compute GPS Tide dialog now remembers the datum settings from
previous runs.
Contacts
Issues with using the Insert New Value dialog box to change certain
attributes of a contact have been resolved.
Contacts do not change position if the Recompute Contact Positions

option is selected in the Recompute Towfish Navigation dialogue window
Issues with modifying attributes when adding contacts in Side Scan Editor
have been resolved.
Convert to HIPS
SEA SwathPlus conversion of SXP files no longer fails when some

records are invalid.
The real time uncertainty from Klein systems is now interpreted correctly
when computing TPU.
Sensor mounting angles for Dual R2Sonics data QINSy XTF are now
being read properly.
GSF data that has the "beam angle forward" array populated with zeros
will no longer cause issues during conversion or Sound Velocity
Correction.
Gyro Interpolation during Export has been updated to properly handle
data crossing the 0-360 degree range.
Travel time for bathymetry from JSF data is now being calculated
correctly, which will resolve some artifacts in the data after conversion and
Sound Velocity Correction.

Export
Contacts can now be exported to ASCII without any issues.
Filters
Surface filter slowness issues have been resolved.

Swath bathymetry filters slowness issues have been resolved
HIPS GUI
Expanding the Project tree no longer selects all of the data under its
layers.
Mosaic Editor
GeoBaR creation no longer fails on GSF data with profiles that do not
contain any rejected data.
Gyro errors in the vessel file are now being properly applied to Kongsberg
data in GeoCoder processing.
Project Tree
The display refresh time has been increased for Delete and Restore
commands on lines in the Project tree.
Side Scan Editor
Side Scan Editor no longer has to be closed and reopened to see objects
recently added to the HIPS Project catalogue.
The Contact Images attribute for contacts can no longer be deleted by a
user.
Subset Editor
Subset colour by line now matches map view.

Issues preventing the Hawkeye viewer from opening properly in the Swath
and Subset Editors have now been addressed.
Surface Objects
Surface creation no longer fails when many processors and threads are in
use.
SV Correct
ELAC XSE Sound Velocity Correction now adds transducer depths to the
results.
Swath Editor
An issue has been resolved that was causing soundings selected in the
Swath Editor views to be cleared when not warranted.

Improvements
Critical Sounding Detection
The settings for all fields from the Critical Sounding Detection
dialog box are now stored in the Process Log. If a contour levels
file was used in detection, the Process Log will display 0 (zero)
in the Interval field.
The Critical Sounding Detection tool has been updated to
increase the speed when working with large datasets.
The Depth Levels and Radius Table entries are now
remembered after each run of the Critical Sounding Detection
tool

Highlights
Format Support
Support has been added for the Kongsberg Mesotech M3 sonars in ALL format
Several improvements have been made for the Kongsberg 2040 sonar series
Support has been added for dual-head 7125 in S7K format (using the Raw Detection driver) for
Conversion, Sound Velocity Correction and Geocoder
Processes
Improvements have been made in the performance of various line processes when interacting with
the HIPS file over certain network configurations
Mosaic Editor
Geocoder beam pattern creation has been re-implemented with an improvement to the creation
function.

Improvements
Calibration
Editing data in Calibration mode no longer stops calibration from

running.
The fine increment using the arrows in the Calibration slider has been
increased from hundredths to tenths.
Calibration will now only apply on-the-fly corrections to the lines
which are turned on and visible in the Display.
Convert to HIPS
When multiple users have the same *.hips file open, and data is
newly converted into it, this data will no longer automatically display.
Newly converted data will just be added to the Project tree, and the
users can then activate it as needed.
Simrad converter now supports Kongsberg Mesotech M3 .all files.
Dual 7125 data in s7k format stored in 7027 records are now being
converted as dual head. Sound Velocity Correction and GeoCoder
processing have also been updated to work for this data.
The Critical Soundings Detection function has been improved to

detect soundings (Shoal or Deep) for all isolations at the edges of the
data, even when bounding the edge of the surface.
A Levels file can be used in the Critical Sounding Detection tool to
define the contour levels used in detection.
It is now possible to set a depth Radius Table to filter the soundings
found by the Critical Sounding Detection tool.
The Critical Sounding Detection tool will add an entry to the Process
Log for any line where Critical Soundings are found and flagged.
Load Delayed Heave
The option to apply a time buffer has been added to the Load
Delayed Heave function.
Merge
Merge will now automatically buffer Tide data to ensure that timing
issues do not cause depths to be rejected.

Mosaic Editor
The Create Beam Pattern function using the GeoCoder engine (in
Mosaic Editor) has been changed. After selecting a line, and clicking
Create Beam Pattern on the Mosaic Editor toolbar, the cursor
changes so that a section of the selected line can be range selected
and passed to the beam pattern creation function.
SV Correct
The CARIS SVC for Kongsberg data now robustly handles 2040
transmit sectors.

Maintenance
.hips File
The efficiency of processing interaction with the .hips file has been
improved for some network configurations.
Calibration
The scale of the 3D View window was changing when Calibration

mode was started in Subset Editor. This has been corrected.
A zoomed-in display in the Subset Editor 2D View no longer
returns to overview when values are changed in Calibration mode.
The fine increment arrows on the Calibration slider control no
longer get stuck when clicked repeatedly.
The green slider button in Calibration mode no longer sticks when
changing sensor values using the slider.
Convert to HIPS
Single/Dual frequency Single beam data from Reson and

R2Sonics in XTF now converts properly.
The Time Extents in the header of the ObservedDepths file now
match with actual data in the special cases where the data has
varying high precision timestamps within the profiles.
Kongsberg Simrad EA600 Side Scan data stored in QINSy XTF will
now convert properly.
Display
Surfaces and mosaics that are Interpolated will now display

properly when zooming out.
HIPS Other
If a surface is being processed on one computer, a user on another

computer will not be able to open it and a message is displayed.
This message has been updated to provide more information to the
user.
Classify Line functionality no longer outdates lines.
Merge
In some cases, Merge was unnecessarily checking Heave data for

overlapping time extents, even though the HIPS Vessel File did not
have Heave set to be applied. This has been fixed.
It was not possible to change the project Coordinate Reference
System or merge certain data. Both processes are now able to
complete successfully.

Mosaic Editor
In Mosaic Editor, the View Beam Pattern window now closes when
the beam pattern file being viewed is closed.
Issues preventing the Beam Pattern toolbar from being available
for GeoCoder processing have been fixed. Beam pattern (*.bpt
files) can now be created successfully when using the Geocoder
engine
Processes
An issue with Batch Processor not writing to the Process Log was
introduced in HIPS and SIPS 8.1.5. This issue has been resolved.
Project Tree
Lines in the Project tree are now correctly sorted alphanumerically.

When lines are turned off in the Project tree, expanding or
collapsing the Project, Vessel or Day layers will no longer turn on
the lines.
Query
Detailed Line Query no longer fails when lines missing navigation

are used.
Sidescan Editor
Side Scan data from SeaBeam 3020 in XSE format now converts
and opens properly in Side Scan Editor.
Subset Editor
Improvements in speed have been made for editing in and moving

around the 2D slice in SubsetEditor.
SV Correct
The roll mounting angle for the second head in a Kongsberg

EM2040 D is now being correctly applied when using the CARIS
SVC for Kongsberg data.
Sound Velocity Correction now uses the CARIS SVC for
Kongsberg EM2040C data.
Sound Velocity Correction (CARIS SVC) of EM2040 sonars, with a
reverse mounting, now applies the mounting angle.
TPU Analysis
Issues with the display of text in graphs in the TPU Analysis

window have been corrected.

With the implementation of the CARIS SVC for EM2040C, the

Water Column Imagery now adds to the Additional Bathymetry
layer in the correct location.

Maintenance
Compute GPS Tide
Issues with the GPS Tide dialog box for setting Datum Model files
have been resolved.
Load Delayed Heave
The Process Log window and Logfile are now recording when
Load Delayed Heave has been applied.
SidescanEditor
Issues have been corrected that were causing Interpolate

Selection in Side Scan Editor to fail.
If a user scrolls through the waterfall view, so that the selection is
no longer visible, Interpolate Selection in Side Scan Editor will no
longer cause the application to fail. The selection must be visible
within the view for the Interpolation to be applied.
VesselEditor
The Draft table in Vessel Editor now stores speeds as knots and
displays speeds in Vessel Editor according to the units set in the
main application.
Please contact support@caris.com if you have Draft tables in your
HVF that were created in HIPS and SIPS versions 8.0.0 to 8.1.4.

Highlights
TPU Visualization Tools

A TPU Analysis window has been introduced to visualize all contributions to horizontal and vertical
TPU of a selection of soundings.The components are displayed as a percentage of the overall
horizontal or vertical TPU. Plot types include a pie chart, bar chart, or scatter plot. The plot can be
exported to text or an image.

New Compute TPU dialogue
The Compute TPU dialogue has been updated to provide granular control over the error sources
used in the TPU computation.

Create Separation Model
A Datum Separation Model can now be calculated using GPS Height and conventional tide as
input.
Format support
Support for NovAtel post-processed Attitude and Navigation has been added to the Load Attitude/
Navigation dialog box.

Enhancements
Compute GPS Tide
A Datum Separation Model can now be calculated using GPS Height and
conventional tide as input.
Compute TPU
The user interface for the Compute TPU function has been updated, and options
added to enable users to control all error sources.
Convert To HIPS
Laser scan data stored in QINSy XTF can now be converted to HIPS.
The GSF converter has been updated to enable conversion of files that only
contain two-way travel time and angle from nadir.
CUBE Surface
New functionality has been added to allow the query of TPU component values
for a selection group or individual soundings. A new TPU Analysis function has
been added to display graphs for these components. This information can be
exported to multiple formats.
Load Navigation/ Attitude Data
Load Navigation/Attitude and Load Error Data functions have been updated to
load NovAtel SBTC post-processed data.
Mosaic Editor
R2Sonic data from QINSy, stored in XTF, with QPS multibeam packets, can now
be processed in GeoCoder.

Maintenance
Background (Compute GPS Tide)
Some .bin files in NGS GEOID format were not able to open. This has been fixed.
Calibration
When Calibration is started in Subset Editor, the vessel settings are now being read
as soon as the data is opened.
An issue has been corrected where the Merge in the Calibration tool was not
resulting in the same depth and position values as those displayed in Subset Editor.
The Draft table from the HIPS Vessel File was not being consistently applied to
some lines during calibration. This has been corrected.
Compute TPU
Compute TPU for Benthos C3D data now uses the Sound Velocity error inputs from
the Compute TPU dialog box.
Convert To HIPS
Kongsberg EM data missing a datagram now converts the Range and Angle data
properly.
The roll mounting angle in data from R2Sonics in QINSy XTF is now being read
properly during conversion.
Fractions of seconds in the Raw Navigation datagram are now being read correctly
as 0.1ms and not 1 ms.
Reson 7k Water Column Imagery datagrams were not being read when they were
larger than 20 MB in size. This limitation has been removed.
CUBE Surfaces
All layers in a CUBE surface are now updating correctly in the Display window when
Automatic Surface Update is enabled in Tools > Options.
Automatic BASE Surface Update has been adjusted so that it only updates the
surfaces containing the lines that have been modified in Subset Editor.
The BASE Surface Recompute function has been modified to lock the surface for
the duration of processing.
When a user deleted a surface that was already opened on another computer, it
was causing HIPS to fail. This has been resolved by locking the surface for the
duration of processing by the first user.
Export
Exporting HIPS data to HTF now works correctly when the output path contains a '.'
character.

HIPS Projects larger than 50GB can now be successfully exported to GSF using the
32-bit version of HIPS and SIPS.
Filters
Bathymetry filters have been updated to be more efficient.
Load Navigation / Attitude Data
Loading new navigation data using the Load Attitude/Navigation function now
updates the displayed data.
Logfile
The Process Log window no longer shows a 0 value for SVMeasured. It now
correctly shows the applied value as stored in the ProcessLog.xml.
Mosaic Editor
Processing R2Sonic data in GeoCoder would not apply options when creating
GeoBaRs. This has been corrected.
R2Sonic data from QINSy, stored in XTF, and processed in GeoCoder, no longer
applies vessel offsets twice.
Properties
With the HIPS Data layer selected, changing the values in the Vertical or Projection
fields (under Coordinate Reference System) in the Properties window was causing
issues for some projects. This has been fixed.
Query
Detailed Line Query no longer fails when querying a large number of lines.
Detailed Line Query now correctly displays the file location in the RMS File column.
SIPS Processes
The Recompute Towfish Navigation function now works correctly using any line
selection method, in both the Project tree and project Display windows.
Z offsets in the vessel file for sweep systems are now being applied during SVC
Subset Editor
Subset Editor now correctly displays areas of no data in Reference Surfaces from
BAG format.
HIPS is now properly clearing line locks left over from an improperly closed project
on the same computer.
The Automatic BASE Surface Update function properly displays the up-to-date
status icon in the Control window data tree when a surface is updated.
Swath Editor

Efficiency has been increased when adding Additional Bathymetry from WCI data in
Swath Editor.

Maintenance
Some soundings created with the Critical Sounding Detection tool were not
selectable. These soundings can now be selected.
An issue causing the Critical Sounding Detection tool to select and designate
Rejected soundings has now been corrected.
The Critical Sounding detection algorithm has been updated to be more accurate in
edge cases.
The Radius Filter now returns results based on all soundings available, regardless if
they were detected previously.

Maintenance
Convert To HIPS
The temporal overlap functionality in Simrad conversion was occasionally failing

when scanning the directory for overlapping data, which caused the converted lines
to be missing the overlapping data. This has been fixed.
Mosaic Editor
Profiles in GeoBaRs were slightly out of alignment due to the differences between
ground and geographic positions. The data is now being rotated correctly for all
sonar types. As well, GeoBaRs created from Kongsberg EM data have Bathymetry
registration (along track) to improve the geo-registration of the intensity data.

Highlights
Side scan contact images

When contacts are digitized in Side Scan Editor, images are automatically generated and stored in
the HIPS file. These images can be viewed using the new Image Preview window.
Simplified configuration for new side scan contacts

As a follow-up to the addition of the Catalogue Editor in HIPS and SIPS 8.1, addition of new side
scan contact types no longer requires any additional configuration. The list of available types is now
automatically read from the HIPS file catalogue.
Filtering for Critical Sounding Detection

To reduce the number of critical soundings generated by the Critical Sounding Detection tool, an
optional radius filter has been introduced. Using functionality similar to Sounding Selection, the
radius filter removes a sounding within the user-defined radius of another, keeping the shoaler or
deeper value.

Enhancements
Convert to HIPS
Support has been added for the Imagenex D1P format.

Support added to Conversion and Sound Velocity Correction for the 2040 dual
TX sonar.
Contacts
Custom contact objects can now be added to the catalogue directly without the
need to update the ContactFeatures.hcf file.
When contacts are added to a line the contact images are automatically
generated and stored in the .hips file. These images are listed in the Attributes
of the contact and can be previewed in the Image Preview Window.
Miscellaneous
A new Radius filter with options to remove clusters of data from the detection
process has been added to the Critical Sounding Detection tool.
Processes
Dump reports are now automatically generated when failure cases are
encountered.

Maintenance
Background
Some surfaces would not open in HIPS and SIPS as background data. This is no
longer an issue.
Calibration
Calibration is now applying the settings for each line from the last time it was
Merged, so that GPS Tide, Refraction and Smoothing are all applied as they are
applied to the data shown in the main Subset Editor display.
Compute GPS Tide
The Geoid Separation model was not being applied in all instances for NGS
GEOID files. This has been corrected
Contacts
Some .hips files from previous versions contained incorrect coordinate systems
for contact storage. This is now fixed so that the .hips file is updated to the
correct coordinate system when opened.
Convert To HIPS
SDF data containing datagrams that are not supported by the HIPS and SIPS
Conversion no longer cause the conversion to fail.
CUBE Surface, Swath Angle Surface, Uncertainty Surface
Scanning of the surface during surface creation was causing the saving of
surfaces to take longer than in 7.1.2.x. This is no longer an issue.
The speed of surface creation on a network has been improved.
Display
Colour by SV Profile now works correctly when two profiles have the same
location in the SVP file.
HIPS GUI
When multiple users work on a project at the same time, issues arose that
prevented a user from seeing the progress of a process, when a second user
was concurrently converting data into the project. This has been corrected so
that the progress bars will remain visible for the user running a process while
another is converting data.
An issue has been corrected that arose when more than one user had the same
project open, and conversion being run by one user caused a second user to
lose the line selection made in the project.

A number of duplicate information messages were being displayed in the Output

window, when opening a .hips file containing contacts which were missing
attributes. To speed up the opening process, duplicate messages will not be
displayed.
Load Delayed Heave
The Load Delayed Heave process no longer causes issues on computers with
multiple processors/cores during concurrent processing.
Mosaic Editor
Altitude offsets set in Side Scan properties are now being applied during the
Mosaic creation process.
Processes
Under certain domain restrictions, the HIPS batch engines spawned per process
were each taking a network licence causing licence checks to fail. This has been
resolved.
SIPS Processes
Recompute Towfish Navigation is no longer failing when there are no ship track
lines.
Miscellaneous
The Measure Shadow tool in Side Scan Editor is now functioning correctly.

Highlights
New SIPS engine for processing side scan data

The SIPS processing engine has been upgraded to reduce processing times and improve the
quality of the resulting imagery.
For most formats, conversion to HIPS and SIPS no longer down-samples the imagery to 8-bit.
The quality of the source format is maintained throughout processing.
Corrections in Side Scan Editor are now visualized on-the-fly in the display, instead of each
intermediate step being written to disk. Final corrections are applied only when creating
GeoBaRs or a mosaic.
Slant Range Correction is now calculated automatically to maintain the best resolution.
GeoBaRs are no longer required before creating a mosaic. A mosaic can be created directly
after conversion with minimal configuration. The GeoBaR workflow is still supported for clients
requiring line-by-line corrections.
Functional Updates
Shoal Depth True Position surfaces can now be created in HIPS and SIPS. New optional layers
for this surface type have been added: Density, Mean, Standard Deviation, Deep, Median,
Horizontal TPU (Total Propagated Uncertainty) and Vertical TPU.
An automatic critical sounding detection tool has been introduced. This function contours a source
BASE surface, locates all isolated contours, and flags the shoalest or deepest sounding within each
isolation (depending on direction). Flags and attributes for the resulting critical soundings can be
customized by the user.
Holidays (data gaps) generated by the BASE SURFACE QC Report function are now also added to
the bounding polygon as holes. This simplifies producing vector coverage reports for re-survey
areas.
The ability to perform calibration on motion sensor values and time offsets has been added to the
new Calibration module introduced in HIPS and SIPS 8.0.
Export to GML and Formatted ASCII has been added for all feature types.
Format Support
Support for the Norwegian Hydrographic Service tide file format has been added to the Load Tide
function.
Support for Kongsberg PFreeHeave post-processed heave has been added. The Load
TrueHeave function has been renamed Load Delayed Heave to reflect support for additional
formats.
Support for TerraPos post-processed navigation has been added to the Load Attitude/Navigation
function.

Catalogue Editor
A Catalogue Editor has been introduced to HIPS and SIPS. This editor allows a user to modify an
existing HIPS file catalogue, or to create a template catalogue that can be re-used for all new HIPS
files.
Users can add custom attributes to a HIPS file catalogue. These attributes can then be added to
any existing HIPS object, including track lines, critical soundings and SIPS contacts.
User-defined SIPS contact objects can be added to a HIPS file.
Note: for the 8.1.0 release, an entry must also be made in a system file for the object
type to display as an option during digitizing. This requirement will be removed in a
future update. Contact CARIS Customer Support for additional information.
Catalogue Editor includes a template catalogue that can be used for all new HIPS files created
by the application, and can be modified and shared between workstations. This allows all users
to start from a custom HIPS file catalogue for new projects.

Interface Improvements
An Attributes window has been added to the application. This window allows a user to view
attributes of features in an ENC, HOB or HIPS file layer. For HOB and HIPS file layers, attributes
can be modified and saved.
The Show Rejected function has been replaced with a Display Filter. This Filter applies to all HIPS
and SIPS Editors.
When active, the display is filtered for only the types selected in the filter(e.g., Rejected and Desig-
nated):

When inactive all types are displayed (e.g., Accepted, Designated, Outstanding and Examined):
The Project Properties dialogue box has been removed. All project properties are now accessible in
the Properties window when the "HIPS_Data" layer is selected.
Colour by Tide for tide zones has been added as a colouring option for track lines. The track line
options have been re-organized into a drop-down menu in the Properties window.
Sound Velocity Correction is no longer required in HIPS to colour Simrad data by "SV Profile". The
required indexes are now generated during conversion to HIPS.

Enhancements
.hips File, Catalogue Editor
The new Catalogue Editor lets users customize the HIPS and SIPS
Feature Catalogue or the individual project catalogues in each .hips
file.
When one user cuts, copies, or pastes lines, all other users who
have same .hips file open will be informed of these changes by
messages in the output window.
New and upgraded projects will now add the following attributes
automatically to Critical Soundings: Created Date, Created by,
Modified Date, Modified and Detection.
Background
Added the ability to open GML files as background layers.
Compute GPS Tide
The Compute GPS Tide dialog box has been updated and the
ability to use an existing surface or an ASCII file as a datum model
has been added.
Contacts
The contact Remarks attribute now supports 500 characters.
ConvertToHIPS
The EdgeTech converter has been updated to a newer version of

the format.
It is no longer necessary to apply a Sound Velocity Correction to
Kongsberg data in HIPS in order to be able to Colour by SVP in the
Ship Track line properties. This information is indexed directly
during conversion.
Scaling has been removed from the EdgeTech, SDF and XTF side
scan converters. Side scan data is now stored in its native precision
which improves image quality and removes the need for
compression.
Documentation
Documentation for Mosaic creation and the Across Track/Altitude

Ratio options has been updated.
The HIPS and SIPS batch engine command line interface has been
fully documented.
Documentation has been added for all command line utilities.

Export
The Export to GML command has been added to enable the export
of selected points, lines and polygons to GML.
Load Delayed Heave
Support for PFreeHeave (post-processed delayed heave) format

has been added to HIPS. Load TrueHeave has been changed to
Load Delayed Heave to accommodate additional formats.
Load Navigation/Attitude Data
The Load Navigation/Attitude Data function can now load post-

processed TerraPos Navigation data.
Mosaic Editor
With updates to the SIPS side scan processing, it is now possible to

create a mosaic directly from selected lines without having to first
create GeoBaRs.
Options
When running the HIPS and SIPS application for the first time, the
user must set the Root Path to a location for HIPS project data
storage. This is prompted on first use and the user can no longer
leave the Directories dialog box without selecting a root path.
Query
Attributes of selected .hips file objects can now be seen in the

Selection windows, using the More... command.
Selection
The default colours for selection and superselection have been

changed to be consistent with other applications in the CARIS Ping
to Chart solution. The default selection colour is now red and the
default superselection colour is now cyan. The default Port colour
has been changed to a lighter shade to help distinguish from a
selection.
Side Scan Editor
New static offset properties are available in the Side Scan Editor.
These let the user apply a static height offset to the fish, which
adjusts the horizontal positioning of the altitude, or a time offset,
which adjusts the altitude vertically.
The image quality of data produced by the XTF converter has been
improved when displayed in Side Scan Editor.
All Side Scan Editor controls have been moved into the Properties
window.

Subset Editor
Attributes added to Critical Soundings can be edited directly in the

Attribute grid in Swath and Subset Editors.
Tide
Colour by Tide is now available as a property of the Ship Track

Lines layer as set in the Properties window.
Support has been added for the Norwegian Hydrographic Service
tide file format.
Miscellaneous
The Show Rejected function has been replaced by a display filter

that lets you display Rejected, Accepted, or Critical points, or any
combination of these.
The Surface QC Report can now update the Polygon Boundary for
a surface with polygon holes where holidays exist. As well, the
Export to Formatted ASCII command has been added to enable
users to export points, lines and polygons to a formatted ASCII file.
Shoalest Depth True Position surfaces can now be created using
HIPS data. Median, Depth TPU and Horizontal TPU attribute layers
can be added during the creation of this surface.
The Critical Sounding Detection tool has been added to HIPS and
SIPS to enable users to automatically detect shoals and deeps in
HIPS data according to a specific surface.
Attributes can be added to track lines, Critical Soundings and
Contacts and updated or changed in the Attributes window.

Maintenance
Batch Processor
Batch Processor files with spaces in the file name or path will now run properly.
Calibration
Motion Calibration settings have been added to enable the user to update timing
and offsets for the motion unit.
Mismatches in timestamps of range/angle information and across/along track
information now produce an appropriate message and do not cause the application
to fail.
It is now possible to make changes to calibration in Plan view when using 2D view in
Calibration.
Calibration now loads more quickly and more accurately.
CUBE Surface
CUBE surfaces will now fail with correct error messages when TPU has not been
calculated.
Contacts
Contact selection in the display window has been improved.

Rejection of multiple contacts now works properly.
The New Project Wizard now creates .hips file with the correct coordinate system
for contact storage.
Contacts can now be moved without being saved first.
Contact numbering now remains consistent when contacts are edited.
Contact support files have been updated to resolve issues with contact digitizing
and symbolization.
Recompute Contact Positions no longer fails.
Convert To HIPS
GSF conversion now works correctly when the file path to the raw data contains
spaces.
A missing HS2 library has been restored to conversion.
The Conversion Wizard now checks for a valid license key before moving to Step 2.
Filters
The performance of the filter tools has been increased when run on file servers.
Generic Data Parser
Generic Data Parser now creates backups of line files being updated.

HIPS GUI
The Project Properties dialog box has been removed. All project properties have
been added to the Properties window for the HIPS Data layer.
The Restore Default Window Layout command no longer closes open data. It now
only closes open editors and resets the layout.
If you rename a line in a .hips file that is open by more than one user, the name will
now be updated on all computers.
The application no longer fails when you click in the Selection window after clearing
a selection made in an editor.
Critical Soundings that are changed from one type to another are now displayed
properly.
Improvements have been made to the updating and outdating of lines in the Project
tree when multiple users are accessing same .hips file.
Colour by SVC is now shown immediately after being set in the properties of Ship
Track Lines.
The speed of Selection/Zoom/Pan has been improved when Critical Soundings are
displayed.
Improved the content of error messages that may arise when trying to create a
surface over un-merged lines.
When copying lines from one project to another project, all processed information is
now being copied.
BASE Surface creation now runs properly when the field sheet and Project
coordinate systems are different.
The Restore Default Windows Layout command now sets the windows to always be
visible and docked.
HIPS Other
On first run of HIPS and SIPS 8.1.0, you are prompted to copy the settings from a
previous version. If you do this, HIPS and SIPS will now make a copy of the Project
Registry file from the 8.0 installation and also only use Template folder from 8.1
installation. If no previous version exists, the installed Project Registry file will be
used.
HIPS will no longer fail when first running HIPS and setting a root path for the first
time.
Load Tide
Tide loading now runs properly after new depths have been added in Single Beam
Editor.
Merge
An issue with re-applying Merge to certain data in HIPS 8.0.4 has been resolved so
that the data now opens properly in Subset Editor.

Properties
An issue with changing the Coordinate System of a project using the HIPS Data
layer Properties has been resolved.
SidescanEditor
Beam Pattern Correction for SIPS data has been updated to enable users to create
beam patterns for selected lines.
Contact creation no longer gives Unknown FOID warnings.
Slant Range Correction now works on-the-fly; it is no longer necessary to apply it as
a separate process. It will also work properly if Regional Settings are set to
something other than English.
Swath outline in Side Scan waterfall view no longer disappears when scrolling
through the line.
Contact editing functionality has been improved.
Recompute Towfish Navigation function now creates towfish lines in the Display
window and Layers tab when they do not exist.
Sound Velocity Correction has been updated to keep dataset timestamps in sync
within the data structure.
Subset Editor
The find soundings command will now automatically query when executed.
Vessel Editor
All entries can now be deleted from the Gyro Error table in the HIPS Vessel File.

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The time taken to save contacts has been improved.

Sound Velocity Correction

Sound Velocity Correction for Teledyne-Reson Systems using 7027

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Batch Processor now runs Finalize surface processes without failure.

Compute GPS Tide

Computed GPS Tide results occasionally had an unexpected spike in

Contacts created in versions 9.0 and later can now be queried.

GPS Height is now correctly converted from RDF files.

Load Error Data

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Side Scan Editor

Surfaces no longer show as outdated due to daylight saving or time

Sound Velocity Correction

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An issue has been resolved in Vessel Editor that was causing

Water Column Imaging

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Real-time uncertainty values from the Hypack format are now

Critical Sounding usage has been updated to improve efficiency

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Additional Bathymetry, Swath Editor, Water Column Imaging

Threading issues have been resolved that caused selection issues

Water Column Imaging, Additional Bathymetry, Swath Editor, Subset Editor

Dual head WCI data, when added to the Additional Bathymetry, no

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Time overlap value used in Temporal Overlap option in Simrad conversion

Kongsberg data used in GeoCoder is now co-referenced to the

The Teledyne-Reson T20 sonar has been added to the DeviceModels.xml

Water Column Imaging

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Changing an attribute in the Catalogue Editor, saving and then accessing

Compute GPS Tide

Contacts do not change position if the Recompute Contact Positions

SEA SwathPlus conversion of SXP files no longer fails when some

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Contacts can now be exported to ASCII without any issues.

Surface filter slowness issues have been resolved.

Side Scan Editor

Subset colour by line now matches map view.

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Critical Sounding Detection

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Editing data in Calibration mode no longer stops calibration from

Critical Sounding Detection

The Critical Soundings Detection function has been improved to

Load Delayed Heave

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