The following links are downloadable software -- programs, Perl scripts, and so forth -- that may be useful when dealing with WHOI SeaBeam 2100 data. Nothing fancy, just some of the things collected over the years, that are used in addition to MB-System. You will almost certainly need to edit some of these for your particular installation, as no attempt has been made to assemble things into nice, tidy bundles that can be installed with a mouse click. You may have to read the source to see how things work. Everything here is provided "As-Is." If you download and use any of these, drop me a note and I will inform you of updates, bugs, and so forth.
| Link | Date | Description |
| XseMatlab.tar.gz | Sep-2006 | Gzipped tar file containing xse.m Toolbox, which is a set of MatLab M-Files for reading SeaBeam files in XSE Format. This is the format used on R/V Knorr after July, 2006. Needs MatLab v5 or higher. |
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| sb21.tar.gz | Apr-2002 | Gzipped tar file containing sb21.m Toolbox, which is a set of MatLab M-Files for reading and writing SeaBeam 2100 files. Needs MatLab v5 or higher. A few demos provided. |
| netLog.tar.gz | Apr-2001 | Gzipped tar file with some Perl scripts useful for logging Seabeam 2100 data from a network socket. Not very useful except on a ship. Implements a functioning datalogger in 89 lines of Perl, including blanks and comments. You could add "noss" if you wanted to not log Sidescan. |
| sonrec2cb | Jul-1997 | A Perl script which reads Seabeam 2100 files and outputs date, time, lat, lon, and centerbeam depth. You can do this easily with MB-System's "mblist,", but this is much faster if you have a lot of files. |
| sb21Nav.tar.gz | Apr-1997 | Gzipped tar file of a Perl script "sb21Nav", which reads Seabeam 2100 files and outputs text that can be piped into GMT's "psxy" and "pstext" in order to make track lines. There is also a man-page, though not sure how up-to-date it is. |
| noss | Feb-1997 | Perl script to remove Sidescan records from SeaBeam 2100 files. Reduces size by half. Gzipping the output yields 80% reduction from original, making e-mail reasonable. |