MultibeamConverter

The software Multibeam Converter is a tool to convert files or folders of files (ascii/tab-separated data files with or without metaheader), downloaded from PANGAEA via the search engine or the data warehouse to the ODV import format, e.g. for visualization or further processing. MultibeamConverter is distributed as freeware for the operating systems Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X and Linux.

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Reference and detailed description


Converter tools -> Create multibeam PANGAEA import file Select one or more xyz-files with the file dialog and set the author ID, the reference ID, the event label, the cruise label, and the export filename (see fig. 1).

Converter tools -> Multibeam dataset to ODV import file Open a multibeam import file or a multibeam dataset (e.g. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.758959) downloaded from PANGAEA. The converter tool creates an ODV import file. Drag this file onto an open ODV window and follow the instruction.