Author: Mike Cline, T/X Resources
Have you ever had to plan a seismic survey, or determine a well location prior to drilling? If so, did you use a paper map? Wouldn’t it be better to utilize something more accurate, informative, and realistic-looking, such as a shaded Digital Ortho-Quad (DOQ), similar to the image below?

Author: Mike Cline, T/X Resources
Since the first posting, I’ve gotten nothing but encouraging comments. Here are a few:
“Good work Mike.” (Michael M.)
“This is very interesting!” (David W.)
“Excellent idea.” (Teri B.)
“I think it’s a great idea.” (Sara V.)
“Works!” (Yvon H.)
“Wow! You did it.” (Mark C.)
“Thanks a lot for your blog, brilliant idea.” (Julien F.)
From the sound of it, visitors may be starting to realize the potential usefulness of the blog (at least I hope so), and how the old SMT User email forum might mesh with it. I also just checked my website stats, and the number of “hits” is up by orders of magnitude–so I know it has gotten some interest from viewers.
