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.