MB-System is a collection tools used to process research grade swath mapping sonar data in more than four-dozen formats from sonar equipment manufactured and operated around the world. MB-System is typically used in conjunction with the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) created by Paul Wessel of the University of Hawaii and Walter Smith of Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. GMT is a powerful set of processes used to manipulate data and to create Encapsulated Post Script maps and charts.