This document provides detailed examples about how to process swath mapping data using the MB-System™ open-source software package. In addition to step-by-step instructions and explanations, code (scripts), data files and processed results are provided for each example. The examples use real data files, with typical data irregularities.

There are a myriad of data collection systems supported by MB-System™. What is more, MB-System™ supports many of the data format variations that have evolved as commercial vendors and academic designers have made changes over the years. The MB-System™ designers have continually attempted to accommodate these changes and the $mbs; Cookbook is an attempt to document when data formats require special techniques in the processing.