FarSounder Inc.
FarSounder Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of a patented 3D forward
looking sonar technology that reliably detects in-water obstacles and shallows. Their Argos
Forward Looking Sonars are the only products capable of generating a true, 3D image ahead of
a vessel at navigationally significant ranges with each ping of the sonar. Though Argos sonars’
core value proposition is looking forward, they also have the ability to build a map of every
where the vessel goes called Local History Mapping™ (LHM™).
By default, each vessel’s Local History Map lives onboard on the FarSounder bridge computer.
FarSounder systems also have the ability to share this data across the fleet expanding access
to this data. Program participants are able to backup their LHM data to FarSounder’s cloud
service, and anonymously share their LHM data with other FarSounder customers. In turn, they
receive a tide corrected, aggregate map built from the fleet of LHM contributions.
Additionally, from FarSounder’s cloud service, contributions will also be shared with the global
community via the IHO’s crowd sourced bathymetry database and Seabed 2030. To learn more
about how FarSounder data contributions are shared with the global community, please visit our