Colleen Peters
Tuesday, 10th Mar, 10:00 - 11:00
South Gallery Room 13
Colleen Peters is an experienced ocean mapping specialist and product leader with a career spanning extensive at‑sea operations, advanced sonar systems integration, and the development of modern mapping software. She has spent much of her professional life acquiring, processing, and managing marine geospatial data using a wide range of scientific instrumentation and positioning systems.
Her background includes years of seagoing technical work as both a survey technician and a lead marine technician, where she supported multidisciplinary expeditions and managed end‑to‑end data workflows. Colleen’s hands‑on experience with shallow, medium and deep‑water multibeam systems, positioning systems, and uncrewed survey platforms informs her current work designing tools and features that enhance data quality, operational efficiency, and the overall user experience.
Colleen holds advanced degrees in Oceanography and Business Administration, combining scientific expertise with product strategy and systems‑level thinking. She has contributed to the integration and remote operation of state‑of‑the‑art sonar systems on crewed and uncrewed platforms and has played a key role in implementing new capabilities, improving user interfaces, and shaping the evolution of next‑generation seafloor mapping software.
Best practices when configuring a Seapath for a bathymetric survey with an EM
⏰ 10:00-11:00
📌 South Gallery Room 13
This workshop provides a practical, engineer focused walkthrough on how to configure a KONGSBERG Seapath system to achieve optimal performance when paired with an EM multibeam echosounder for bathymetric surveying. Participants will learn about the essential configuration steps, recommended data outputs, and integration considerations needed to ensure high-quality positioning, motion compensation, and timing—key components for generating reliable seafloor mapping results.
Through real-world examples and guidance from experienced system specialists, the session will cover:
- How to set up and validate Seapath outputs for the EM processing unit
- Recommended navigation and attitude data streams for robust survey performance
- Integration nuances between Seapath, SIS/K-Controller, and EM multibeam systems
At the end of the workshop, attendees will have a clear understanding of how to confidently configure Seapath for different platforms and survey conditions, ensuring accurate and consistent bathymetric data acquisition.
