Topic: Dive sites mapping

[stogazull]

Hi i am new to the forum and i first introduce my self to the community, i am a professional diver and i started to think about make underwater maps of the dive sites of my area.
I am new to the SI Technology and i was pointed out in a different forum to this one, very good suggestion, after reading here i am now more clear on the way to go.
I do have some grey areas and i would like some help on it.
The main porpouse is to avoid lost of time and money, buying hardware not enough or too advanced for my scope. Basically I need to make 3D maps of dive sites around 45 meters of depth,import the date on a PC ( windows 7 ) and print it out, but if for examples the difference in price is not that much, going down to 60 or more meters would be great for some recovery missions.
I can home made hardware if is necessary as i am confident enogh with electronics.
Any help on my project will be very well appreciated and wellcome.

Have a good day

[sonar2000]

Several come to mind..

1) SonarTrx
2) DrDepth
3) 3DF

All of these can be googled for their websites.

Several have ads here on the forum

Chuck

[Roddy]

Stogazull, Welcome! There a lot Freeware on the net that can be used for SI and Bottom Mapping.

Some side scan and forward scan offer freeware on the web also.

Roddy

[Rüdiger]

Hi Stogazull

Welcome to this Forum
If you want practical help in this project, make some information about your location.

mvh
Rüdiger

[stogazull]

Hi i am in the Gulf of Thailand in the Koh Phangan area and some pratical help would be great !!!
The only things i have so far are a boat and a pc, i need to buy all the rest, and this is why i am here to ask the masters before make some mistake

Thank you very much for all your answers