This section presents the installation and use of the software. In particular, we will focus on the installation onboard R/V OGS-Explora. We had the opportunity to produce the software for the Antarctic cruises of Summer 2003-2004 of the PNRA (the Italian National Antarctic Project). OGS-Explora is a multi-purpose research vessel owned and operated by INOGS (Trieste), and was chosen to run seismic (reflection/refraction), morphobathymetric (multibeam), magnetometric and gravimetric data acquisition as well as sampling (coring/dredging).