About
Introduction
The GTK+ interface to MB-System provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for the mbio library and commonly used programs in MB-System. The interface was started to provide a color, cross-platform, multibeam editor that had a switchable bathymetry and backscatter view.
Bathymetry Display
The multibeam editor simultaneously displays data in plan view and profile view. Each editor pane is re-sizable according to the users preferences (i.e. draggable).
After loading a file, the user can switch between bathymetry and backscatter views (if available).
The bathymetry data are displayed as color-coded depth points using a rainbow colortable. The backscatter data are displayed as color-coded amplitude values using a grey colortable.
GTK+ MB-System is written as a Glade project using the GTK+ programming language.
Backscatter Display
The interface has been tested and run on Linux (OpenSuse) and WIN32 platforms.
Features
The GTK MB-Process features include:
- Split window that displays color-coded bathymetry in cross-section and plan views.
- Simple switch between color bathymetry and grey backscatter (if available in multibeam data).
- Edit mode switchs between read only and read/write.
- Beam flagging or unflagging by clicking beams or selecting an area (box) in both views of the split window.
- Filters by beam number and spike size.
- Easy file navigation by dragging the ping number scalebar.
- Options for beams displayed, beams stepped, and colors.
- Easy point-and-click access to data file list.
The features listed above plus new features will be described in greater detail with future postings.
