MakaiPlan: Subsea Cable Route Planning Demo

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This video shows a screen capture of the cable route planning software called MakaiPlan. Relevant GIS data like topography, bathymetry, and existing cables in the area of the lay have been added.

The next step is to create a route. Use the edit tool in the plan view to easily make changes to the route. You can move a single route point or a group of route points together, add points, delete points, and append points.

As the user makes changes to the route, MakaiPlan automatically computes important route parameters: Route Position Lists, Single Line Diagrams, and bottom profiles are generated and instantly updated. RPLs can be edited further, exported, reversed, or split into separate cable lays. SLDs can be displayed, printed, or exported.

You can automatically calculate the depth and slope profile along the path. A few steps are taken to update the depth and slope profiles.

The Profile view and plan view are tied together so that you know exactly where you are editing the route.

This is useful but the best part is that the Profile View gets updated as you keep editing the path in Plan View.

The real power of MakaiPlan lies in the ease of editing the cable and route information as conditions change throughout the planning and even into the installation process. Editing a route is simply performed by point and drag or precise re-entry of data. As additional information is added to the GIS, the route and cable can be quickly and accurately updated to accommodate for the needed changes. As a result, the plan is interactively created and modified based on the latest available information.

The proper handling of cable crossings is critical during the route engineering stages. When editing your route to accommodate for crossings, you can easily make existing cables thicker or change the color to note its significance during route planning.

You can display the information about existing cables in the lay area using a GIS tool tip which will show all pertinent information stored within the cable’s properties.

The path crossing tool can automatically identify locations where your cable path crosses other database features such as existing cables in the region, restricted regions, marine protected zones, and depth contour lines. The position and crossing angle for each instance is included to help the route planner to ensure that the crossing will be made at the desired location with an acceptable crossing angle. It will also automatically add these points to the path, listing the crossing angle in the respective point of the RPL.

Route Position Lists and Straight Line Diagrams are created on the fly, allowing the user to rapidly optimize their RPL and automatically calculate system costs.

You may also choose to have the selected point circled in the Plan View. As you make manual changes to the point in the RPL, the plan view will be automatically updated.
You can easily customize the fields you’d like displayed in the RPL, add User Defined fields, and export or import RPL’s.

Over the past 20 years, Makai has worked closely with route planning professionals to improve and optimize our software to consistently provide cutting-edge solutions to the subsea cable industry. As the industry-leading software for subsea cable route planning, MakaiPlan is a highly mature tool that greatly streamlines the route planning process, saving you time and money.

Visit us at www.makai.com to learn how Makai’s tools can help with your power, telecom, or seismic subsea cable project!