May 2010
Contents:
- Echoview 4.90 has been released!
- Plans for Echoview version 5 and beyond
- A welcome to new and returning staff members: Michelle and Bernd
- Fisheriesacoustics.com forum update
- New scripting-support page added to the Echoview website
The full version of Echoview 4.90 is now available - head here to download our latest and greatest release! Echoview 4.90 contains many new improvements across a broad range of program features. We are excited to bring it to you in the knowledge that it is almost guaranteed to improve the depth and efficiency of your acoustic data post-processing, regardless of your processing methodology. Please read the New in Echoview 4.90 page of the help file for full details on the new functionality. Happy processing! Since we brought you Echoview 4.00 in September 2006, we’ve been building on implemented technological changes to bring you major new features such as COM automation; region classification; improvements to single beam, multibeam and imaging sonar; improvements to lines and line editing, performance, and calibration; support for new instruments and formats, and user interface and usability changes in many areas. We aim to provide the best new features we can for a wide range of customers, and keep Echoview on a solid technological and scientific foundation. Michelle Jones: Michelle started at Myriax on the 7th April 2010 in the role of Sales Administration Assistant. Before her current role, she was working for a telecommunication company within their inbound call centre. Bernd Wechner: Bernd re-joins the Echoview team as a Systems Specialist. Bernd first worked with Echoview in 2002 as manager of Customer Support and Documentation. He designed and delivered the first Echoview training courses in Seattle and Anchorage late in 2002. These courses have grown and evolved and been delivered to over 90 Echoview users since then. Bernd moved to the role of Echoview Quality Assurance manager in 2003 when he had a child and wanted to reduce his travel commitments and managed the Support, Quality Assurance and Documentation needs for Myriax Software group for many years. He was commissioned as Project Manager to fast track our Eonfusion project in 2006 and introduced industry standard estimation, tracking and management systems prior to the Version 1 release in 2008. He delivered regular quarterly updates to schedule since then. Bernd is welcomed back to Echoview team as Systems Specialist to bring his experience and rigor as project manager back home to Echoview. The Hydroacoustic User Forum at www.fisheriesacoustics.com is going strong, with conversations on a wide range of topics from people using acoustics all over the world! Some of the recent topics that have been discussed: Happy posting! Scripting is a powerful but under-utilized component of Echoview, allowing you to automate repetitive tasks and increase the objectivity of your analyses. We'd love to help you to get familiar with this awesome tool, so please be sure to check out our new Automation via Scripting page on the Echoview website.Echoview version 4.90 is now available
Plans for Echoview version 5 and beyond
After four years of working on Echoview 4, we are now planning Echoview Version 5! As with the release of Echoview 4, we intend to focus on the core technological architecture of Echoview to give us a solid base for the next five years of development. We want to keep bringing you the most useful and advanced acoustic visualization and analysis software in the world.
New features to appear in the next release are still under consideration, but some specific features that we are currently planning to focus on include:
• Fundamental changes to take advantage of modern multi-core hardware. This will result in massive performance improvements, especially for virtual variables, over the next versions of Echoview.
• Fundamental changes to Echoview’s architecture. Most of these changes are unlikely to be very visible but will result in great improvements in what we can create within Echoview.
• A review of all technical terms in Echoview. The aim is to bring consistency to terminology and updates to match any recent changes in the acoustic community.
• User interface changes. To ensure you get clear and accurate access to your data, and let you perform data analysis and manipulation easily and simply.
Echoview 5 is currently planned to be released in late 2010.
We are interested to hear your opinions on features, if added to Echoview, which would enhance your work or provide avenues to expand your work.
As always we will be implementing a range of specific requests and other useful items with general appeal. We look forward to bringing you yet another value-packed Echoview release.
We also seek feedback about your requirements and future plans. Suggestions for specific features and outlines of your future data processing priorities are always welcome, and can benefit the whole community. Please continue to send your suggestions and ideas to Echoview support.A welcome to new and returning staff members: Michelle and Bernd
She is really enjoying her new role because there is so much to learn. She loves being able to interact with people from a diverse range of backgrounds and locations; from right here in Australia to the US and Europe as well.
Michelle is looking forward to continuing to learn all that she can and building fantastic working relationships with not only her colleagues, but our customers too.
Fisheriesacoustics.com forum update
New scripting-support page added to the Echoview website
