Humminbird SI questions

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08-30-2007, 08:16 PM
Barnacle Bill

Humminbird SI questions

What is the biggest chip you can put in for recording?

How many hours will it record?

Now for the biggie. You are out tolling around recording everything and later when reviewing you see a great crappie condo about 230 ft out. I'm assuming you can put your cursor on it and get the coordinates. Do you put it on the top of it or the bottom? How accurate is it? Does the system do some oblique rectification computations so you can determine the size?

This stuff reminds me of SLAR. Side Looking Airborne Radar developed during the Nam era.
08-30-2007, 08:28 PM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by IBNFSHN

What is the biggest chip you can put in for recording?

How many hours will it record?

Now for the biggie. You are out tolling around recording everything and later when reviewing you see a great crappie condo about 230 ft out. I'm assuming you can put your cursor on it and get the coordinates. Do you put it on the top of it or the bottom? How accurate is it? Does the system do some oblique rectification computations so you can determine the size?

This stuff reminds me of SLAR. Side Looking Airborne Radar developed during the Nam era.

F111 maybe?
08-30-2007, 09:50 PM
Barnacle Bill

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Originally Posted by Cane Pole

F111 maybe?

Probably. We got the film from the Air Farce er Force.;)
08-30-2007, 10:04 PM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by IBNFSHN

Probably. We got the film from the Air Farce er Force.;)

Air France......:p We gonna get in trouble here..:D

F111. McNamaras ploy. Bout like our combat boots he wanted to issue. One size fits all. I always had doubts about his genius.

I think the F18 what he really was trying to achieve, except Air France didn't like it...:D :D
08-31-2007, 07:04 AM
Ranger690

Bill, I haven't recorded video with mine yet. Just snapshots. But you are welcome to come up here and I will take you for a ride on the lake or river to show you what little I know.

Dayton
08-31-2007, 08:37 AM
TAE73

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Originally Posted by IBNFSHN

Now for the biggie. You are out tolling around recording everything and later when reviewing you see a great crappie condo about 230 ft out. I'm assuming you can put your cursor on it and get the coordinates. Do you put it on the top of it or the bottom? How accurate is it?

Yes you can do this even at home, 200 miles away and it will mark the correct spot. I would mark the bottom, it may not get the exact spot but will get you pretty close.
08-31-2007, 04:19 PM
Humminbird_Greg

There were changes in the software a few versions ago that should allow you to use the newer 32GB cards that will be coming out sometime in the future (if they are not already out). The largest card size I have heard used so far has been the 4GB SD cards from San Disk and Lexar. Not sure how many hours of recording time that would give you.
You can Mark Waypoints when viewing the recorded sonar data - just as if you were on your boat at the time it was recorded. Move the cusor over and hit the Mark button its that simple. I would Mark them where the structure contacts the bottom for the best accuracy.

F111's?
F18's??

"oblique rectification"
Can he say that on this board? LOL! I don't know what you said but I also don't know what they use.
08-31-2007, 07:53 PM
Barnacle Bill

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Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg

There were changes in the software a few versions ago that should allow you to use the newer 32GB cards that will be coming out sometime in the future (if they are not already out). The largest card size I have heard used so far has been the 4GB SD cards from San Disk and Lexar. Not sure how many hours of recording time that would give you.
You can Mark Waypoints when viewing the recorded sonar data - just as if you were on your boat at the time it was recorded. Move the cusor over and hit the Mark button its that simple. I would Mark them where the structure contacts the bottom for the best accuracy.

F111's?
F18's??

"oblique rectification"
Can he say that on this board? LOL! I don't know what you said but I also don't know what they use.

Thanks Greg. Did I read somewhere you can't view the recording on your PC?

F111 and F18 are jet fighters. Oblique rectification is a mathematical process for determining the size of something on an oblique photograph. (like the view you see on the SI) We used it when working with aerial photography back in my Navy days.
08-31-2007, 08:31 PM
Cane Pole

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Originally Posted by IBNFSHN

Thanks Greg. Did I read somewhere you can't view the recording on your PC?

F111 and F18 are jet fighters. Oblique rectification is a mathematical process for determining the size of something on an oblique photograph. (like the view you see on the SI) We used it when working with aerial photography back in my Navy days.

Did I read somewhere you can't view the recording on your PC?

Yep. This is my gripe. I just used a lot of words to get to this point.
Seems senseless to have to sit in your boat and view records, but that the way it is.
08-31-2007, 09:56 PM
Barnacle Bill

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Originally Posted by Cane Pole

Did I read somewhere you can't view the recording on your PC?

Yep. This is my gripe. I just used a lot of words to get to this point.
Seems senseless to have to sit in your boat and view records, but that the way it is.

I thought that is what you were saying. I'll keep my Lowrance until they get that fixed. I can record almost 40 hours and view it on my puter to get any coordinates I want.
09-01-2007, 09:36 AM
Humminbird_Greg

Was joking about the aircraft...

I knew what the aircraft designations were and kinda figured the what the onlique rectification was. I don't know if the sizing could be done but I'll pass the suggestion on up to Marketing and Engineering.

Currently there is no way that I know of to view the sonar recordings on a PC. The guys on the Unofficial Humminbird Forums are either very close to cracking this or they may have already done so (I haven't checked today). The ability to do this and to be able to view the screen snapshots that are associated with a waypoint, plus many other features/functions, have already been sent to the Marketing/Engineering groups. Don't know if they are even considering any of these as most fishermen would not use them - heck, most fishermen don't even own a PC yet! Still many of these suggestions would make good features, but than I'm somewhat of a 'gadget freak' myself.

Just wanted to let you guys know that your suggestions were not being ignored so suggest away!