WINOPS Real-Time Dredge Positioning Software

Category:

Navigation/Positioning Systems

Surveying

Description:

"WINOPS" is a data acquisition and conditioning system used to correlate a dredge's position

with the position of a bucket, cutterhead, or draghead. It can accept signals from GPS, and

various pressure, electro-mechanical, or acoustic transducers and hydrographic instrumentation

and provide the dredge operator with real-time dredge position relative to the bucket cutterhead

or draghead locations, all relative to the channel. The system provides channel cross sections and

positions in x, y, and z planes. It can also factor in tidal data when appropriate. The system uses

PC's with Windows 95/NT operating systems.

Reviewer:

J. Lally

Company / Organization(s):

Access Restricted to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Projects Completed:

Pascagoula, MS Submarine Turning Basin

Location:

Pascagoula, MS

Estimated Cost:

$12,000

Comments:

Installed on Manson Dredges "Njord," "Viking," "Newport," and

"Westport," and Dutra Dredges "550," "551," "Super Scoop," and "Paula

Lee."

Information Sources:

Literature:

Title:

"GPS-Based Software Providing Real-Time Position to Dredges, Buckets,

Cutters, and Dragheads"

Month:

Year:

1998

LitType:

Periodical

Publisher:

International Dredging Review

Page:

Interviews:

Interviewee:

Lyman Burk

Interviewer:

John Lally

Interview Date:

6/30/98

Interview Location:

WODCON, Las Vegas

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