User's Manual

3D database & PBG
3D database Overview
(Exclusively included in MaxSea Explorer)
MaxSea TimeZero is delivered with a World wide 3D database, when purchasing new chart areas, the
3D Chart database will be automatically updated.
The best way to proceed is first to import more precise 3D data such as MapMedia 3D Chart database
on your fishing area. Now that you have more references in your 3D database, you can enhance it with
your own files (imported from a previous MaxSea V12 version) or Real Time sounding data using
MaxSea's PBG (Personal Bathy Generation) capabilities.
This way you will be able to enhance the quality of the database as you navigate by correcting the
chart values with your own measurements.
There are three available 3D database formats:
o The “3D Chart Database” uses the “.dbt” files from the MM3D charts (stored in:
C:\ProgramData\MaxSea Int\DATA\Terrain\ )
o The “Static Database” stores the depth information that has been imported (either from a
“PTZ” or “XYZ” file). Basically, this database will hold the PBG data that was created using a
previous version of MaxSea. Note that when you import 3D data in the static database,
MaxSea creates an individual file (ending with “.ptz2”) for each import. This allows (advanced
users) to “remove” an import. Simply remove the corresponding file from
C:\ProgramData\MaxSea Int\DATA\PTZ2\.
o The “PBG database” is the current or active database that stores the depth recorded in
MaxSea TimeZero. This database is “more powerful” because it will allow advanced
edition/transformation of the data in the future (for example “erase all the PBG recorded in
between two dates”). The active PBG data is stored in the same file as the tracks:
C:\ProgramData\MaxSea Int\DATA\Tracks2.mdf.
MaxSea TimeZero allows to merge together the three databases in the display on screen The 3D PBG
database is displayed in the foreground overlaying the others database.
PBG Real Time and 2D/3D view
(Exclusively included in MaxSea Explorer)
The PBG Real Time Real Time allows to get depth data from a sounder in real Time. When the function
is activated, depth data are automatically recorded in the database and the 2d or 3D displays are
updated in real time. The 3D PBG Database can be merged in real time on screen with the other 3D
database but the information data coming from your sounder are not merged with the other 3D data
sources.
Click on the PBG button to activate or deactivate the real time recording of depth data.
As recording ship's track the PBG's tracks are automatically recorded in real time and the 2D and 3D
displays are simultaneously updated depending on the display configuration.
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