OceanView 2.0 User Manual

Version 2.0 | Last Updated: April 2026

3. Key Updates in OceanView 2.0 (Per Manual)

The manual highlights the following new features:

• Live Bathymetric Mapping: Displays real-time depth contours with a refresh rate of 1.5 seconds (improved from 5 seconds in v1.0).
• Automated Alerts: Configurable threshold alarms for temperature, salinity, and pressure.
• Multi-Platform Sync: Native support for Windows 11, macOS Ventura+, and iOS/Android tablets.
• Data Export Module: One-click export to CSV, NetCDF, and JSON formats.

First Run / Project Structure

• Project = folder containing:
  • project.ovproj (metadata)
  • data/ (raw imports)
  • cache/ (tiles, thumbnails)
  • exports/ (images, packages)
• Create project: File → New Project → choose folder and coordinate reference system (CRS).
• Open project: File → Open Project → select project.ovproj.

Release Notes (2.0)

• New: 3D Globe, animation export, interactive HTML packages.
• Improved: NetCDF import robustness, EOF module performance, GPU-accelerated rendering.
• Fixed: memory leak on large time-series plots; various crash fixes.

Supported Data Formats

• NetCDF (CF-compliant) — multidimensional variables, time, depth, lat/lon.
• CSV — point/time series tables; require header with lat, lon, time.
• GeoTIFF — gridded raster/bathymetry.
• Shapefile / GeoJSON — vector layers (coastlines, AOIs).
• GRIB — weather/ocean model outputs (limited support). Import notes:
• CF-compliant NetCDF is preferred.
• Time parsing supports ISO 8601 and epoch seconds.