The BioBase trip viewer

A tool used to manage a processed sonar log. Learn how to use the different options and menus available in the BioBase trip viewer.

The BioBase trip viewer displays an interactive view of reports processed by BioBase EcoSound.

A	Waterbody name A name assigned to the bodies of water where the trip has been recorded. The waterbody name is automatically displayed according to the names displayed in Bing Maps. If there is no name displayed, or it is wrong, then the user should use the "Ask the Experts" button to send the proper name of the lake or pond.
B	Report buttons View report – used to generate the EcoSound summary report as static html stored on BioBase servers. This link can be shared with others and recipients will not have access to any other content in the senders BioBase account.. Download report – used to download the HTML EcoSound summary report. For more information, refer to the Processing sonar/echosounder log files section described in this manual.
C	Trip list If you have more uploaded log files in your account, you can directly select the log file from the list under the waterbody to display the trip in the BioBase trip viewer.
D	Ask the Experts Used to report any issue or ask any questions about a selected trip. Refer to Quality control section described in this manual.
E	Home (house) icon Used to access your BioBase dashboard.
F	Track Displays the track with bathymetry as the default overlay.
G	Layers Includes buttons used to manage the displayed overlays. Refer to Managing the displayed overlays section described in this manual.
H	Tools button Used to access the toolbar. Displays the list of options used to manage the processed data.
I	Sonar tab Displays the georeferenced sonar/echosounder image.
J	Polygons tab Used to access the GIS Polygon tool.
K	Waypoints tab Used to access the Waypoint upload tool.
L	Manual offset Displays the number of manually added offset depth used in the calculation.
M	Primary tab Displays the traditional sonar/echosounder image.
N	Overlay A processing preference that allows the user to overlay vegetation height (green) and depth (red - downscan or blue - primary) on the top of the sonar image. The overlay will only show on the channel processed for vegetation.
O	DownScan tab Displays the available DownScan image.
P	Depth tab Indicates the depth of the associated GPS coordinate data.
Q	Vegetation tab Indicates the percentage biovolume of the associated GPS coordinate data.
R	Composition tab Indicates the bottom hardness of the associated GPS coordinate data.
S	Modify coordinates Select a range of coordinates for each layer to delete, or delete and replace with user-specified values. Press and hold Shift then click and drag a box around a track to bulk delete all coordinates along the track.
T	Notifications area Displays any notifications that may not require acknowledgment. It is recommended to pay attention to the importance and occurrence of the notifications.