EcoSound™

Track aquatic vegetation coverage and biovolume over time with automated mapping powered by BioBase. Receive GIS ready vegetation maps in minutes. Detect and map submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Quantify biovolume and coverage trends across multiple seasons. Export shapefiles and layers for ArcGIS, QGIS, or other platforms. Visualize treatment effectiveness with before and after maps.


Golf Course Pond Aerial 1
Map any kind of waterbody from a coastal reef to a golf course pond (shown here).
Golf Course Pond Aerial 2
Record sonar passively from your onboard Lowrance or Simrad device while traveling.
Golf Course Pond Aerial 3 Test
Upload your sonar to BioBase cloud servers to generate detailed bathymetry.
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Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Cover and Biovolume.
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And bottom hardness!
Maps, Data, Reports, Organized in a Cloud Account

All interactive maps, processed data, and data reports are archived in an easy to browse dashboard.

Data reports are created automatically and available for sharing.

Before Vegetation Management
Invasive aquatic plants growing to the surface
After Vegetation Management
After a management intervention

By the end of this project we were collecting [EcoSound™] data via navigation of the point-intercept grids that allowed rapid and relatively passive whole-bay mapping of SAV in each bay

There is significant promise for resource managers to incorporate this [EcoSound™] technology to generate large-scale, low-cost maps of SAV distribution and abundance through time

Netherland and Jones 2015 - Lake and Reservoir Management

Assessment and Management Solutions
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Monitor change in aquatic plant growth over time and the effects of invasive species.

View article published in the Journal of Aquatic Plant Management. View Article


Create polygons around an area of interest and generate local statistics like water volume or aquatic vegetation cover; Export Polygon Data and Outlines to a GPS file.


EcoSound™ Polygon Outline
Automated Summary Reports of Bathymetric and Submerged Vegetation Attributes
BioBase Vegetation Analysis Report
Verify Outputs with Trip Viewer
Your maps, sonar log (both Sonar and Downscan channels), and data along your track are synced so you can verify and edit your outputs
Trip Viewer
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