Teledyne PDS 2025 is the latest iteration of Teledyne PDS®, a versatile multipurpose software platform developed by Teledyne Marine for marine data acquisition, processing, and visualization. It supports a broad array of applications in hydrography, dredge guidance, construction support, search and recovery operations, and port entrance monitoring. Optimized for integration with Teledyne Marine sensors (e.g., multibeam echosounders, sidescan sonars, and LiDAR systems) and third-party equipment, PDS enables real-time data visualization, quality control, and 3D modeling. The 2025 version builds on the 64-bit architecture introduced in prior releases, emphasizing enhanced performance, expanded sensor compatibility, and workflow efficiencies for handling large datasets in challenging marine environments. It is available as off-the-shelf software, with options for customization, and requires no dongle for basic operation.

Key New Features and Updates in Teledyne PDS 2025

While specific release notes for 2025 are accessible via Teledyne’s support portal (detailed in a 168-page PDF document covering incremental updates), the version introduces refinements based on user feedback and hardware advancements. Core enhancements include:

  • Expanded Sensor Support: New integrations for additional sensors, such as recent additions to the portfolio for multibeam profiling sonars (e.g., BlueView T2250 for 360° structural inspections in flooded tunnels) and LiDAR devices. Calibration utilities have been improved for mounting angles, enabling precise alignment in real-time acquisition modes.
  • Advanced Dredge and Construction Tools: Updates to dredge applications, including trailing suction hopper and cutter dredge configurations, with enhanced profile views, alarm features, and ladder inclination calibration. The excavator application now offers better screen layouts, 3D/plan/profile views, and layer controls for up-down indicators during operations.
  • Data Processing and Visualization Improvements: Enhanced multibeam filters (e.g., area filters for noise reduction), sidescan sonar mosaicking with normalization and bottom detection, and VDatum support for vertical datum transformations. Time series views have been optimized for analyzing water column data, and new format support like Trimble TIN files alongside standard TIN for terrain modeling.
  • Performance and Usability Optimizations: Faster processing for 64-bit Windows environments, better memory management for large logdata, grid models, and GeoTIFF files. The LiteView freeware component (a 3D viewer for bathymetric, water column, and laser scanner data) has seen indirect benefits through core engine updates, allowing quicker navigation without full editing capabilities.
  • Route Steering and Automation: New features like route steering for pipeline monitoring surveys, which have demonstrated time savings (e.g., in Caspian Sea operations), and simulator tools for pre-survey planning to boost efficiency.

These updates focus on reducing manual intervention, improving accuracy in dynamic environments, and supporting hybrid workflows combining sonar, LiDAR, and GPS data. For comprehensive release details, including bug fixes and compatibility notes, download the official release notes from Teledyne’s support site.

Events and Demonstrations in 2025

Teledyne Marine and Geospatial divisions are actively showcasing PDS integrations at 2025 events:

  • Geo Week 2025 (February 10–12, Denver, CO): Demonstrations of PDS alongside airborne LiDAR solutions like Galaxy Edge for coastal mapping and topo-bathymetric data fusion. Sessions include case studies on aerial bathymetric LiDAR from the Great Lakes.
  • InterGeo 2025 (October 7–9, Frankfurt, Germany): Focus on geospatial innovations, including PDS for land-sea mapping, BIM, and UAV integrations in sustainable land use projects.
  • DSEI 2025 (September, London, UK): Related showcases of Teledyne FLIR’s SkyCarrier for autonomous UAS operations, which can interface with PDS for search/recovery workflows.

Videos and tutorials, such as those on the Teledyne Marine YouTube channel, provide hands-on demos of 2025 features like multibeam processing and dredge controls.