RockWare GIS Link 2: RockWorks cross-section generation for ArcGIS

RockWare GIS Link 2 New Version!
The new RockWare GIS Link v.2 allows you to generate RockWorks cross-sections, profiles and fence diagrams using ArcMap and RockWorks14.

In Version 2, we've added striplogs, contour maps (ground surface and structural elevations), and isopach maps.

Features

* Import your RockWorks borehole locations as a layer in an ArcMap geodatabase.
* The RockWare GIS Link toolbar installs into ArcMap.
* Create Profiles and Sections using the RockWorks engine and any of the following data types: StripLogs, Lithology, Stratigraphy, Interval(I)-Data and Point(P)-Data.
* Point Snapping Tool allows you to snap to the closest borehole or well location when choosing your Section Lines
* Create 3D Fence Diagrams using the RockWorks engine and any of the following datasets: StripLog, Lithology, Stratigraphy, I-Data and P-Data
* Create line- or color-filled contour maps of ground surface elevations or formation tops. The resulting map is displayed as a DXF layer in ArcMap
* Create isopach maps of individual formations or adjacent stratigraphic layers.
* Create 2D striplogs for individual borehole locations, with all available data options.

Related Products

RockWorks14: Project-wide management and interpolation of borehole data, with mapping, cross sections, fence diagrams, solid models, and much more. Shares data with LogPlot.

LogPlot 7: A companion package for generating detailed boring logs, well logs, mud logs, with almost unlimited flexibility in log layout. Shares data with RockWorks.

RockWorks Utilities: A subset of the RockWorks program. Includes gridding, contouring, solid modeling, and general tools. (Does not include the borehole database manager.)
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RockPack III: Rock slope stability analysis

RockPack III
* Kinematic stereonet analyses for rock slope stability
* Markland's test
* Computerized data collection
* Plane Failure Analysis
* Wedge Failure Analysis (Rapid and Comprehensive)
* Toppling Failure Analysis
* Considers water pressures, surcharges, & seismicity
* Includes artificial support design

RockPack III is a package of programs useful for all phases of rock slope analysis and design where stability is controlled by the orientations and characteristics of rock mass discontinuities (joints, bedding, foliations, faults, etc). RockPack III is applicable to practically all rock excavations, including highway roadcuts, quarries, mines, and building excavations.

RockPack III is designed to support the user from data collection through geologic analysis by stereonet to safety factor calculations by limit equilibrium methods and finally to slope design and design of artificial support if required. Capabilities include computerized field data collection, stereonet analyses to identify possible failure types, safety factor calculations for potential failures, and design of rockbolt or cable support, to mention only a few.
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QuickSurf: Fast and powerful gridding and contouring for AutoCAD (any version)

QuickSurf

Looking for a stand alone Windows version of QuickSurf?
QuickSurf DX - gridding, contouring and surface generation for Windows

QuickSurf DX™ was developed using the same proven technology originally developed in QuickSurf™ for AutoCAD® and enhanced in StrataPlay™. On top of that solid foundation QuickSurf DX was further enhanced to include support for today's fast and powerful hyper-threaded and multi-core processors. QuickSurf DX has all new high performance surface paint engine which not only uses Microsoft's DirectX® graphics but actually creates the Pixel/Vertex shaders on the fly! This combination creates a surface paint engine that gives you the maximum capability while keeping the memory overhead at the smallest possible.

* Topography
* Slope analysis
* 3D flowlines
* Thickness maps
* Contaminant modeling
* Cross sections and profiling
* Faulted geology
* Mine planning
* Petroleum engineering/geology
* Site visualization/animation
* Civil engineering - Road design

Examples of using QuickSurf

Quicksurf 6.0 is a fast, powerful general purpose surface modeling system running inside of AutoCAD Release 2009, 2008, 2007 or 2006. Thousands of people use Quicksurf daily for generation and annotation of contour maps, profiles, sections and volumetric computation. Quicksurf converts surface mapping data such as point or break line data into contours, grids, triangulated irregular networks (TIN), and triangulated grids. A suite of sophisticated tools allows you to manipulate modeled surfaces into high quality finished maps and perform a variety of engineering computations.

Quicksurf meets the needs of a broad range of professional disciplines such as civil, environmental, petroleum and mining engineering, geologic mapping and exploration, surveying, photogrammetry and topographic mapping, landscape architecture, oceanography and surface visualization.

* Import XLS (Excel) file data directly
* Import QSX file
* Export QSX file
* Export ArcInfo grid format
* Export Rockworks grid format
* Export Terragen grid format
* Export Zmap-plus grid format
* Export Surfer ASCII grid format
* Export BNA boundary file
* Import BNA boundary format
* Export SHP file contours
* Added a contour to points command
* Updated the DEM import
* Changes and fixes to the QSB save and read
* Fixes to the contour auto label
* Improvements in the surfacing with breaklines
* Menu and lisp changes
* Online documentation will have new pages for all these commands
* All the new commands have also been added to the interface in a lisp callable format
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QuickDip: Dipmeter Interpretation, tadpole plots and more

QuickDip
* Interpretation of dipmeter data using SCAT techniques
* Create Tadpole plots
* Commands accessible from menus or toolbar
* Imports ASCII format dipmeter log data
* Plot dip versus azimuth, tangent plots and longitudinal/transverse projections
* Fit data with theoretical fold curves

QuickDip is an easy to use program for the interpretation of dipmeter data using statistical curvature analysis techniques (SCAT). The main menu items are accessible from the QuickDip Toolbar. QuickDip supports import of dipmeter data from ASCII files and allows the user to save interpretation project files.

Dip and Azimuth versus Depth Plot
The dip and azimuth versus depth plot is useful for identifying dip domains as well as faults and folds. Depth intervals can be color coded by clicking on the color bar and dragging the color boundaries to the desired locations. Horizon labels can be added and displayed to aid interpretation. Specific depth intervals can be displayed using the zoom tool.

Dip versus Azimuth Plot
The dip versus azimuth plot allows the easy identification of fold forms. The "horseshoe" shaped theoretical fold curve can be visually fit to the data by simply clicking and dragging on the plot. The longitudinal direction and plunge of the fold can then be estimated. The histogram on the plot shows the total number of points in each bin.

Tangent Plot
The tangent plot is also useful for identifying folds. Cylindrical folds plot as a straight line on the tangent plot. The theoretical fold curve can be visually fit to the data by clicking and dragging on the plot.

Transverse and Longitudinal Dip versus Depth Plot
The transverse and longitudinal dip versus depth plot shows the dip components in the transverse and longitudinal directions. Crestal and troughal planes are indicated at depths where transverse dip crosses zero as shown in the example below at about 1155 feet (the depth where transverse dip changes direction).

Save and Retrieve Interpretations
The Save Interpretations command saves an all parameters associated with an interpretation including the name, depth interval, colors, and theoretical fold parameters. The Retrieve Interpretation command allows the interpretation to be retrieved by name. All plot parameters are restored for the retrieved interpretation.

Save Project
The Save Project command or toolbar button saves an interpretation project to a project file. The file includes all interpretations and parameters settings.

Zoom, Unzoom and Full Range
The Zoom tool allows the user to zoom on a depth interval on any depth plot. The Unzoom tool returns the display to previous zoom levels. The Full Range tool resets all displays to the full depth range of the log.

Horizons and Formation Tops
Up to 20 horizons may be labeled on depth plots. Horizons can be input from an ASCII file or entered and saved using the Horizons dialog.

Parameter Control
With QuickDip, the user has full control over most parameters including: symbol size, # of colors, colors, # of histogram bins, limit of tangent plot, show tadpoles, show theoretical curves, curve width, and show horizons.
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PetraSim Overview

Interactive model creation for advanced flow, transport and heat transfer models. A preprocessor and postprocessor for TOUGH2, T2VOC, TMVOC, TETRAD and TOUGHREACT.

PetraSim Overview
Solve challenging subsurface flow problems with PetraSim
PetraSim is the graphical interface for the TOUGH2 family of simulators. Developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, TOUGH2 and its derivatives are recognized for their powerful simulation capabilities for fluid flow and heat transfer in porous and fractured media.

The TOUGH2 codes have been applied to problems ranging from Yucca mountain groundwater flow to multi-component environmental remediation. PetraSim makes the power of TOUGH2 accessible to modelers through an interactive 3D environment that includes mesh generation, parameter definition,and display of results. PetraSim significantly lowers the barriers to TOUGH2 use by freeing the analyst to focus on the model, while automatically handling the complex details of TOUGH2 input and output files. PetraSim includes TOUGH2, T2VOC, TMVOC, and TOUGHREACT executables. Read More..

OriginPro 8: Extended analysis tools for statistics

OriginPro 8
OriginPro 8 offers all of the features of Origin plus extended analysis tools for statistics, 3D fitting, image processing and signal processing. With so much analytical power, OriginPro is the software of choice for those who want a single data analysis and graphing solution.

Now you can create programs which use Microsoft COM® to interact with other software applications and even hardware. To provide for sophisticated peak analysis, OriginPro includes the easy-to-use Peak Fitting Module. With OriginPro's Dialog Builder, researchers can build their own highly specialized graphical user interfaces to run their Origin C routines. You can even include ActiveX® controls inside your Dialog Builder tool!
Access Other Software and Hardware Using COM in Origin C

* Communicate with Microsoft Office applications
* Export Worksheet Data to an XML Document
* Import a database using an ActiveX Data Object

Automation Server Support

* Communicate with OriginPro from other applications, such as Microsoft Excel, that support COM programming
* Supports multiple client access
* Create web-based applications for company-wide use
* Use Origin as a graphics server

Peak Fitting Module
* Perform sophisticated peak analysis
* Run preconditioning routines
* Automatically detect peaks
* Initialize and modify peak parameters graphically
* Generate graphical as well as tabular results for a wide range of peak characteristics
Create Sophisticated Custom Interfaces Using Dialog Builder

* Create Dialog Boxes, Tabbed Tools, and Wizards
* Select controls from industry standard development tools
* Include ActiveX controls in your dialog
* Save Wizard procedures as a toolbar buttons
* Add your own menu drop-down lists to the menu bar

GIF Export
* The ability to export Origin graphs and layout pages using the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is only available in OriginPro

Whether used for its analysis tools, graphing tools, development tools or graphics server capability, OriginPro provides ease of use and analysis power to the professional.
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Origin 8: Extensive Scientific Graphing and Analysis

Origin 8
Origin 8 includes a suite of features that cater to the needs of scientists and engineers alike. Multi-sheet workbooks, publication-quality graphics, and standardized analysis tools provide a tightly integrated workspace for you to import data, create and annotate graphs, explore and analyze data, and publish your work.
To ensure that Origin meets your data analysis requirements, intuitive tools for advanced statistics, regression, nonlinear curve fitting, signal processing, image processing and peak analysis are built-in. Since any analysis operation can be set to automatically recalculate, you can reuse your projects as templates for future work, thereby simplifying your daily routine.

Multi-sheet Workbooks for Scientists and Engineers
Origin’s new multi-sheet workbooks with rich-text formatting let you consolidate and manage imported data, images, database queries, related analysis results and graphs.

Graphs, images, and notes can be embedded in worksheet cells, facilitating better project organization, documentation and report generation.

Quickly review the profile of each dataset by glancing at its sparkline1 at the top of each worksheet column.

Origin’s workbooks support multiple worksheets that have header regions for long names, units, user-defined parameters, comments and sparklines. Data columns support mixing text and numeric, or pure n
Origin’s workbooks support multiple worksheets that have header regions for long names, units, user-defined parameters, comments and sparklines.
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Sheets can be dragged and dropped to easily reorganize the active workbook, or to place into another workbook.

Create column formulas that operate on any dataset within the Origin project using built-in mathematical and statistical functions or LabTalk statements that call X-Functions. The column formulas can be set to automatically recalculate the results whenever the source data is changed.

Import your data into Origin
Getting your data into Origin is easy–you can access your data from a broad range of sources by either importing data files, using SQL database queries, or directly opening Microsoft® Excel workbooks. Import file formats include ASCII, ETAS Inca, imc Mess-Systeme GmbH - FAMOS, MDS Analytical Technologies (Molecular Devices) pCLAMP®, Mathematica®, MATLAB®, MINITAB®, National Instruments™ LabVIEW®, DIAdem™ DAT and TDM/TDMS, Princeton Instruments, and Thermo® SPC data files or you can program your own.

For ASCII files with header information or binary files of known structure, an Import Wizard with data preview lets you instruct Origin on how to parse and import your data. Import filters can be saved and used in the future with similar data.

You can either import Excel files into Origin’s new workbook, or open Excel files directly within Origin.

The pCLAMP import routine lets you import multiple files and includes the ability to select which channels (by name) and/or episodes (by number) to import. After importing, each worksheet column can display a sparkline so that you can quickly see the dataset profiles.

Metadata, such as file name, creation date, path, and extracted variables, is stored with the imported data and can be accessed in the Workbook Organizer. You can even add your own metadata.

Publication Quality Graphics
Origin’s wide array of 2D, 3D, statistical and contour graph types can be created with the click of a button. You can even instantly add a data plot to an existing graph using drag-and-drop from any worksheet or Excel workbook.

All elements of your graph can be customized using point-and-click interfaces, enabling you to format your graph as you desire. Formatting in a graph can be copied from one graphical element and pasted onto another or saved as a theme and applied later. A Theme Organizer lets you manage built-in and saved themes as well as apply them to your graphs or set a system theme. In addition, your customized graphs can be saved as graph templates in order to create additional graphs of the same style. The ability to create themes, as well as graph templates, can significantly save time when creating, and recreating, custom presentation quality graphs.

Easily add your Origin worksheets, results sheets, or graphs to technical publications, slide shows, posters, or lab reports.

Copy your graph, and paste or paste-link in PowerPoint®, CorelDraw®, Microsoft® Word, or any other OLE 2 application. Export your graph to a wide variety of formats including favorites such as AI, BMP, EPS, JPG, PDF, TIFF, WMF, and many more. Make graph attribute changes for the exported graph without modifying the original using the Graph Export dialog.

Powerful Data Analysis
Origin provides a wide array of analysis tools, including Descriptive Statistics, Hypothesis Testing, One-Way and Two-Way ANOVA, Baseline and Peak Analysis, FFT, Filtering, Smoothing, Linear Regression and Nonlinear Curve Fitting. You can control all aspects of your analysis using specialized, standardized interfaces. Preferred settings can be saved as a theme for later use.

Analysis results are automatically generated in results sheets that can be placed in the same workbook as the source data. In this way, parameter values, statistics, and related analysis graphs are just a click away when looking at the original data.

Analysis Templates™
Origin 8 can automatically update any analysis operation whenever your source data or analysis parameters are changed.

This powerful feature can be used to create Analysis Templates that are pre-configured to perform analysis and update results. Analysis Templates may consist of either a single Origin workbook or an entire Origin project.

Setting up your Analysis Template...

Set up your analysis the way you want. After your initial analysis has completed, just clear your raw data and save the window to make an Analysis Template.

Using your Analysis Templates is easy...

* Easily access your Analysis Templates by using the Recent Books or recent projects list
* Import new data (e.g. drag and drop data from Windows Explorer) or use the new re-import feature to update an already loaded data file
* Origin recalculates your analysis results automatically, then you can review and export (to Adobe® PDF) or print the results

Programming
Origin offers a full-fledged programming environment plus a new technology, called X-Functions.

X-Functions provide a framework to create custom programs that run within Origin, allowing you to easily develop and share your own field and task specific graphing and analysis operations.

Each X-Function program can be accessed by a dynamically generated, uniform user interface, or can be added as a menu item.

X-Functions are written in Origin’s built-in language, Origin C, and can be compiled, linked and debugged with Origin’s built-in compiler, providing users with a familiar programming environment to access and extend Origin’s data analysis and graphing capabilities.

X-Functions, combined with Origin’s numerical computation and graphing power, provide you with a robust platform for routine data processing, analysis, and custom application development. Read More..

Oriana: Circular data statistics software

Oriana: Circular Data Statistics
Oriana for Windows calculates the special forms of sample and inter-sample statistics required for circular data (e.g. angles or directions measured in degrees, time of day, day of week, month of year, etc.).

The analyses include basic statistics such as mean vector and confidence limits, single sample distribution tests like Rayleigh's, pairwise and multisample tests such as Watson-Williams F-Test and chi-squared test, and pairwise correlations. It also graphs your data in a variety of ways, including rose diagrams, allowing you to easily demonstrate patterns.

Are you working with directional data measured in degrees? Perhaps your research involves looking at patterns in the time of day of events, or things that occur in weekly, monthly or yearly cycles. These are circular data and they require special types of statistics. If you want to analyse this type of data, then Oriana is just what you need.

Oriana is a program written for Microsoft® Windows. It calculates the special forms of sample and inter-sample statistics required for circular data. It also graphs your data in a variety of ways, allowing you to easily demonstrate patterns.
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MapInfo Professional

MapInfo Professional
Comprehensive insight for location-powered decision support and data analysis.

MapInfo - the world's premier desktop mapping application

MapInfo Professional is a powerful Microsoft® Windows®-based mapping and geographic analysis application from the experts in location intelligence. Designed to easily visualize the relationsips between data and geography, MapInfo Professional helps business analysts, planners, GIS professionals - even non-GIS users - gain new insights into their markets, share information-rich maps and graphs and improve strategic decision-making.

MapInfo Professional expands location intelligence:

MapInfo helps you see your business data in powerful new ways

* Discover trends hidden in spreadsheets and charts
* Gain new understanding of your customers and markets
* Perform powerful data analysis and calculations
* Create custom maps and content for analysis

MapInfo allows you to use geographic insights to innovate business processes

* Manage location-based assets, people and property
* Optimize service and sales territories for greater efficiencies
* Deploy networks, infrastructure and utilities with confidence
* Map resources, plan logistics and prepare for emergencies

MapInfo works and plays well with existing IT infrastructure

* Designed and tested with Windows operating systems
* Imports and exports data in a wide variety of formats
* Easily customized to meet your specific needs


MapInfo Professional is a registered trademark provided under license from Pitney Bowes Software Inc.

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LogPlot 7

LogPlot 7 - the standard in log plotting software

LogPlot software has been used by geoscientists since 1983 to display their geotechnical, environmental, geophysical, mud/gas, and mining data as a graphic boring log.

Compile the data into the design at any vertical scale for single-page, multi-page, or continuous logs. Distribute the free LogView program with your logs so your clients can view and print your LogPlot logs. Or, create HTML log pages or JPG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, WMF and EMF images.

Create LogPlot logs in 3 easy steps!

The LogPlot Log Designer
LogPlot offers almost unlimited flexibility for log layout via its easy-to-use, built-in Log Designer. With a revamped point-and-click interface, LogPlot's Log Designer makes it easy to customize logs for different clients and projects.

The LogPlot Data Editor
Field data can be entered into LogPlot's Data Editor using the keyboard, copy/paste, data collection, and/or import tools (LAS, RockWorks, Excel, ASCII, DBF). Multiple libraries of soil and rock types are included with LogPlot, and you can easily customize them to suit your company's needs.

Related Products

RockWorks: Project-wide management and interpolation of borehole data, with mapping, cross sections, fence diagrams, solid models, and much more. Shares data with LogPlot.

RockWorks Utilities: A subset of the RockWorks program. Includes gridding, contouring, solid modeling, and general tools. (Does not include the borehole database manager.)

RockWare GIS Link: Import your RockWorks borehole locations into ArcMap, and generate cross-sections & profiles, fence diagrams, logs, and structural & isopach contours using ArcMap and RockWorks
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Introduction to Topographic Maps

Introduction to Topographic Maps
With Introduction to Topographic Maps you will learn how to read and use these maps to determine elevations, principles of scale, location and more. You will read and draw contour lines, construct topographic profiles and determine slope and relief. Includes full color animations, photos, related topics on Map Projections, U.S. Geological Survey, where to order topographic maps, and more. Intended for grades 8 through introductory college.


Table of Contents

* General topographic map information
* Map scale
* Location: latitude and longitude
* Location: public land survey
* Location: Universal Transverse Mercator
* Principles of contour lines
* Using contour lines
* Topographic profiles
* Drawing a contour map
* Topographic maps, aerial photographs, and satellite images
* Review
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Illustrated Dictionary of Earth Science

llustrated Dictionary of Earth Science
An exciting new geology reference CD-ROM, created by collaboration with the American Geological Institute. Geological terms are easier to understand with full color photographs, movies, and labeled illustrations.
Includes all these valuable features:

* Over 8700 geological terms with definitions.
* Over 2000 terms are illustrated with a full color illustration, photograph, or movie (video or animated illustration).
* Term, definition, and images pop up instantly as you select a term.
* You can click on terms shown in color in the definition to link to that entry in the dictionary.
* You can print definitions, illustrations, and photographs.
* The Power Search feature allows you to type in up to three words or phrases and will display a list of Search Results that you can link to
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HydroGeo Analyst

HydroGeo Analyst - the first truly all-in-one solution

With Hydro GeoAnalyst, you can expect the highest level of performance and a completely scalable solution to meet your groundwater project demands! Hydro GeoAnalyst is an all-in-one desktop concept that provides one-click access to many powerful features (e.g. Data Transfer System, Query Editor, GIS Map Manager, 2D Cross-Section Editor, 3D-Explorer, Template Manager, Report Editor, and much more!)


Hydro GeoAnalyst Flexibility

* Design the data structure, borehole log templates, and reporting styles that YOU want
* Add or remove tables and fields, design an unlimited number of lookup tables and soil specifications, and export the modified database structure and templates for use in all your new projects

Hydro GeoAnalyst Scalability
* Ability to expand the scope, size, and structure of your database at any point in the project, overcoming a major limitation found with other similar database solutions
* Applicable for projects with data sets ranging from 4 to 4000 wells



Hydro GeoAnalyst Expandability
Hydro GeoAnalyst is now integrated with AquiferTest Pro and AquaChem so that you can start your projects in Hydro GeoAnalyst and expand your set of analytical tools as your projects grow to meet all of your hydrogeological analysis needs.


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Hands-On Mineral Identification

Hands-On Mineral Identification
Hands-on Mineral Identification is a multimedia "field guide" helps you to identify over 14,500 mineral names and synonyms for both beginners and serious collectors. Hands-on Mineral Identification provides detailed identification information on 500 of the most common mineral species, background information, full color animations, and photographs on physical characteristics of minerals. Watch actual video demonstrations of physical property tests and read a detailed explanation of crystal classification systems -- all narrated by the author! The searchable database includes physical properties, rotatable 3-D crystal shapes, full color photographs, crystal class, worldwide localities, and mineral associations for each species. You can even print your search results.
Eight Integrated Modules

* Introduction
* Mineral Names, Nomenclature, and Classification
* Color and Streak
* Luster
* Hardness
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GW Contour

GW Contour
GW Contour, developed by Waterloo Hydrogeologic, Inc., represents the first data interpolation and contouring program to also incorporate advanced techniques for mapping velocity vectors and particle tracks all within one, easy-to-use program! GW Contour offers the perfect combination of tools and techniques for groundwater and environmental professionals.

* GW Contour functionality
* Why should I buy GW Contour?
* Applications of GW Contour


GW Contour is ideal for:

* Graphical mapping and reporting of groundwater levels
* Preliminary interpolation and contouring of contaminant concentrations (groundwater, soil, or air)

* Assessing groundwater flow direction and magnitude

* Contouring data obtained from pumping tests, dataloggers, groundwater monitoring events, weather stations, groundwater models, borehole logs, etc.

* Gridding ground surface elevations or hydrogeologic layer for use in groundwater flow models, or GIS
* Analyzing exposure when assessing human health or ecological risk
* Comparing conceptual interpretations with calculated interpretations


Whether contouring elevations, contaminant concentrations, or other spatially variable data, GW Contour has the techniques and tools necessary to map and report your data in a professional manner.
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GS+ Geostatistics Software

GS+ Geostatistics Software
GS+ is a comprehensive geostatistics software program that is fast, efficient, and easy to use. GS+ provides all geostatistics components, from semivariance analysis through kriging and mapping, in a single integrated software program widely praised for its flexibility and friendly interface. Many users are surprised that geostatistical analysis can be so easy and intuitive.

What is geostatistics? Geostatistics is a class of statistical techniques developed to analyze and predict values of a variable distributed in space or time. It begins with a type of autocorrelation analysis called variography or semivariance analysis, in which the degree of self-similarity is displayed as a variogram. The variogram model is used to predict unsampled locations by kriging or conditional simulation, which produces estimates of the variable across the entire spatial or temporal domain.


GS+ software was first introduced in 1988. Geostatistics is not an add-on feature of GS+ - it is at the heart of the software. Many of our users have access to other geostatistics tools within their favorite GIS or mapping programs but come to GS+ for their serious geostatistical analyses, especially for exploring geostatistical relationships within data sets. Because GS+ output is compatible with industry standards, GS+ can be used directly with many of these other programs. Or it can be used standalone - GS+ has its own data worksheet (which also accepts MicroSoft® Excel®, Access®, and other types of data files) and produces its own maps for those users who are not working with other mapping programs.

GS+ is compatible with modern Windows platforms (see system requirements) and accepts data files with as many as 2 billion records. Algorithms are fast and dependable. Geostatistical analysis is computationally intensive - prior to 1988 most analyses had to be performed on supercomputers, but GS+ allows the Windows environment to handle most data sets with ease. Written in a combination of Visual Studio and Fortran, and drawing on GSLIB subroutines, GS+ shows that computation speed, flexibility, and an intuitive interface are compatible.

Numerous scientists, engineers, and students worldwide are using GS+.

Take a look at the GS+ overview for a quick tour of the software's main features, including pictures of all major windows. See featured statistics for a quick listing of the various statistics provided.
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Groundwater Vistas software

Groundwater Vistas software
Groundwater Vistas is a state of the art software package for 3D groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling, calibration and optimization using the MODFLOW suite of codes. The advanced version of Groundwater Vistas provides the ideal groundwater risk assessment tool. Groundwater Vistas is the modeling software of choice for the Environment Agency of England and Wales and has become the leading MODFLOW pre & post processing solution worldwide.

Groundwater Vistas comes in 3 versions:

* Standard - basic 3D groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling, calibration and optimization
* Advanced - includes Monte Carlo versions of MODFLOW, MODPATH and MT3D, plus some new stochastic processing features
* Enterprise - includes everything in the Advanced version, along with the GW3D visualization tool, and a license for Remote Model Launch.


Groundwater Vistas main features

* Supports MODFLOW2000, MT3D'99, MODPATH, PATH3D, MODFLOWT, and MODFLOW-SURFACT
* Displays both plan & cross-sectional views
* Run all supported models from within GV
* Supports PEST & UCODE model-independent calibration software
* Automated parameter sensitivity analysis
* Imports-exports data from ArcView
* Imports existing MODFLOW, ModelCad & Flowpath files
* Imports data from SURFER & ASCII files
* Export results to SURFER, Slicer, DXF, BMP, WMF, EarthVision, EVS, Tecplot, & ASCII files
* Overlay maps in DXF & SURFER BLN formats
* Full on-line context-sensitive help
* WYSIWYG printing with print preview
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Global Mapper

Global Mapper
Global Mapper is more than just a viewer capable of displaying the most popular raster, elevation, and vector datasets. It converts, edits, prints, tracks GPS, and allows you to utilize GIS functionality on your datasets in one low cost and easy to use software package. Global Mapper also includes the ability to directly access the entire TerraServer database of USGS satellite imagery and topographic maps free of charge and to view elevation data in true 3D with any loaded raster imagery and vector data draped on top of it!

Your data files can be loaded as layers, for example a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) can be loaded with a scanned topographical map to create a 3D view of the map. A digital aerial image can be draped on the surface together with vector contour mapping to create a stunning and informative graphic. The results can be printed, or the workspace can be exported to a high resolution raster image for use in a presentation or report.

Have you ever received a dataset that does not match the projection of your current project? Simply load the dataset into Global Mapper, change the projection, and save the file to match your coordinate system. If the dataset is larger than the area you are interested in, export the data using the crop feature and change the projection and format of the data at the same time.








Global Mapper is more than just a utility; it has built in functionality for distance and area calculations, raster blending and contrast adjustment, elevation querying, line of sight calculations, cut-and-fill volume calculations, as well as advanced capabilities like image rectification, contour generation from surface data, view shed analysis from surface data, and triangulation and gridding of 3D point data. Repetitive tasks can be accomplished using the built in scripting language or comprehensive batch conversion functionality.
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