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5.2.3 Choose/Create Bathy Layer
The first step of the BathyOne wizard is to create a new bathy layer or select an existing
bathy layer to append to as shown in the image below:
If a bathy layer already existed in the project, it will appear in the upper window under
'Existing Layers'. The user can either select the existing layer if present, or choose to create a
new bathy layer by selecting the 'Create' button.
Note that there are two types of bathy layers that can be created, a DTM or a TPE.
 DTM: This stands for 'digital terrain model' and is the default bathy layer format used
for gridding the depth values from the processing results.
 TPE: This stands for 'total propagated error' and is used for a visual representation of the
possible errors in the data results.
Before moving to the next step of the BathyOne processing wizard, either an existing layer
must be selected or a new layer created for the processing results. If the user selects 'Create',
to generate a new bathy layer, the following window will appear to name the layer and to
select the output directory: