You can use any combination of source and destination formats (although it doesn't make sense to set the source and destination formats to the same). All you have to do is to select a source and destination format. The 'Geoid Converter' utility can be launched from the 'Tools' menu.Ĭonverting geoid files with the 'Geoid Converter' Utility is very straightforward. Alternatively, you can start the 'Geoid Converter' utility by selecting 'External Tools' => 'Geoid Converter.' option from the 'Tools' menu in Hydromagic Survey or Hydromagic Dredging. It can be started using Windows Explorer, or by locating the software under the Windows Start Menu. The tool is installed in the 'Program' folder under the installation folder of the software. The 'Geoid Converter' utility allows you to convert geoid data to another file format. AusGeoid File Format (Australian Geoids).Surfer V6 Binary Grid Files (GRD Files).Natural Resources Canada Files (BYN Files).US National Geodetic Survey (NGS) File Format (BIN Files).Eye4Software Geoid File Format (GEO Files).The following geoid file formats are currently supported: There are so many different geoid file formats around that we decided to use our own format, and create an external tool to get files converted to our internal format. The main goal of the software is to enable Hydromagic users to convert third-party geoid files to a format which can be read by the Hydromagic software. Although the utility is shipped with Hydromagic it can be used as a stand alone tool as well. The 'Geoid Converter' utility is a freeware utility, shipped with Eye4Software Hydromagic, which can be used to convert geoid files between different formats.

Manual geoid model reader