CARIS HIPS & SIPS 13: Hydrographic Data Processing Software

CARIS HIPS & SIPS 13 is Teledyne CARIS‘ professional software for processing multibeam, single-beam, side-scan sonar, and lidar data .

Key Features

Sonar Noise Classification

  • Manual Cleaning Reduction: Up to 10x reduction in manual cleaning effort

  • 95% Accuracy: AI-powered automatic identification of sonar noise

  • CARIS Mira AI Engine: Cloud-based platform processing with data anonymization

Core Processing

  • Multi-Sensor Support: Single beam, multibeam, side-scan sonar, airborne lidar

  • Format Support: 40+ industry-standard sonar formats

  • TPU Calculation: Total Propagated Uncertainty estimation

Editing & Visualization

  • Subset Editor: 2D and 3D data editing for erroneous sounding removal

  • 3D Fly-Through: Seamless underwater terrain navigation

  • Water Column Display: Imagery analysis for fisheries, pipeline leak detection

Surface & Grid Generation

  • BASE Surface: High-resolution gridded surfaces with statistical attributes

  • CUBE Algorithm: Semi-automated data cleaning

Side-Scan & Imagery

  • SIPS Mosaic: High-resolution mosaic generation from raw side-scan data

  • Target Detection: Direct object creation from side-scan imagery

Export & Compliance

  • Vector Formats: S-57 ENC, DWG/DXF, SHAPE, CARIS Vector Map

  • Raster Formats: GeoTIFF, BSB, ECW, JPEG2000

  • IHO Compliance: S-44 and S-57 international standards