Quality Positioning Services B.V. (QPS) software

QINSy is an integrated navigation system software package used extensively worldwide for acquiring and processing multibeam data. The primary philosophy behind QINSy is to save time in processing, and the possible need for re-survey, by providing tools for real-time qualification of the raw data and on-the-fly correcting for offsets, motion, sound velocity refraction and height, to produce “final” xyz soundings as the survey proceeds.

A bundle is a large, pre-fabricated pipe enclosing multiple other pipes and cables of lesser diameter. Ultimately installed on the seabed, these bundles are assembled on land and can range over 7 kilometers in length. When launched, the entire bundle is towed out to the parking location somewhere offshore using tugs deployed on both sides of the bundle. During the tow-out, the bundle is completely submerged, floating a few meters below the sea surface. To mitigate sagging of any portion of the lengthy bundle, it is necessary to make the bundle buoyant over its entire length.