Bathymetric Survey Mission Planner

MBES geometry & vessel deployment time estimator

MBES Geometry

10.0000 km²

Vessel Operations
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Polygon: click to add each vertex (as many as needed), then click the first point or double-click to close. Rectangle: click-and-drag. Length, width, and area update automatically.

Line Spacing

83.1m

Min swath 103.9 m · Avg 155.9 m

Total Line Distance

48.2NM

17 lines + 2.3 NM ties

Mission Duration

1.3days

31.0 hours total

Swath Geometry Preview
MBES swath geometry (cross-section)120° @ 30 m
SURFACEswath 103.9 mdepth 30 m120°
Primary swath
Adjacent line
Overlap 20%
Operational Time Breakdown
31.0total hours
Data Acquisition34.5%
Vessel Maneuvering10.3%
Transit & Calibrations38.7%
SVP Casts3.5%
Contingency Standby13.0%
Survey Grid Preview
Top-down survey area preview5 km × 2 km
17 linesspacing ≈ 83.1 m

On-Line

10.7 h

Turns

3.2 h

Transit/Cal

12.0 h

SVP Casts

1.1 h

Contingency

4.0 h