News from Olex   

• Latest Olex version:
  17.9 - January 23 2026
  

  New adjustable VRM. First official support for Jotron AMRD. Outputs TTM to steer experimental searchlight. Supports NMEA GNS for modern positioning. Supports 460800 Baud, for ShipModul MiniPlex-3USB-N2K. Choice of mousewheel zoom direction.

Version history







• New depth database
  March 2024
  

  Latest issue of the shared depth database was launched in March 2024. Share your own depths and get free access to the seafloor map.



• Press release regarding the introduction of our OS1.




• VNC - operate Olex from other computers

Create your own seabed charts

Olex is a unique survey- and mapping system developed by Olex AS in Trondheim.
The system is used, among other things, in fisheries, aquaculture, port work, and subsea piping. Using GPS and sonar, depth data is collected which is continuously calculated and added to previous measurements. The result is visualized, in real time, as a realistic 3D map of the seabed. The system has advanced navigational features and can be upgraded with software extensions to interface with relevant hardware like AIS, multibeam sonars and trawl/ROV positioning systems.

Shared data is back!

We had a meeting with our Ministry of Defence, where they said we could share data inside Norwegian territorial waters we had shared previously. Future datasets will be vetted first. Access is controlled by username and password, which we will disclose to our contributors.