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Title: Dates of SI introduction to market
Post by: rnvinc on March 18, 2013, 09:01:16 AM

Can someone give me the "approximate" year dates of the following...:

*First working SI technology developed and used (was it military? commercial? consumer?)
*First Humminbird SI introduction to consumers
*First Humminbird DI introduction to consumers...(DI from SI data)
*First Humminbird DI introduction to consumers...(Dedicated DI units)

Rickie

Title: Re: Dates of SI introduction to market
Post by: RGecy on March 18, 2013, 01:02:16 PM

Great info on Wikipedia. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-scan_sonar (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-scan_sonar)

Military first made in 1950's
First commercial SSS 1963
Humminbird 2005
Down imaging 2009
Dedicated DI units in 2011

Robert

Title: Re: Dates of SI introduction to market
Post by: rnvinc on March 19, 2013, 09:04:34 AM

Thanks Robert...

Rickie