HydroStar by Carlson Software
Release 2.0 6 December 1999
Overview:
HydroStar is a software product developed by
Carlson Software for positioning of barge-
based pile driving. It uses the Global Posi-
tioning System (GPS).
Enter the desired pile position, either by North-
ing and Easting, or Station and Offset from a
specified centerline, and HydroStar will guide
you to that position.
One GPS receiver is set up at a fixed point on
land and serves as the base station. It broad-
casts corrections to the two GPS receivers
mounted on the barge. The two receivers on
the barge are attached by serial cable to the
computer running HydroStar. HydroStar uses the centimeter-accurate positions from the two receivers
to determine the exact position of the pile driving equipment.
HydroStar can be set to work in any State Plane Zone, both SP27 and SP83. UTM coordinates can also
be selected to work anywhere in the world. You can choose whether to work in either English or Metric
units.
Currently HydroStar
works with the following
brands of GPS: Ashtech,
Leica (MC1000), Novatel
& Javad.
A depth sounder can be
added to the system to en-
able HydroStar to collect
data for mapping of under-
water terrain.
