Author: Mike Cline, T/X Resources
How fortuitous! I received my version 8.2 update of SMT’s Kingdom software this afternoon, and just got it installed. One of the new features that has been added to this version of 2d/3dPAK, is the ability to display the Shaded Relief of a grid. So, I thought that this would be a good time to introduce the technique to those viewers not familiar with the general concept. However, since I haven’t had a chance to get completely familiar with this newest feature in the SMT software, the surface and map displays shown below were created in my normal work flow using Golden Software’s Surfer program. As time permits, I’ll try to review, and compare, SMT’s new feature.
What is a Shaded Relief display? It is a map view of an artificially illuminated 3D surface whereby shadows are cast by minor deflections in the surface (shadowed deflections are facing away from the illumination source). This type of map is an excellent way to highlight smaller faults which may not have been seen, or noticed, on the vertical seismic displays.
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Author: Mike Cline, T/X Resources
From time to time, we all have had a need for programs to view/manipulate geoscience data. Over several years I have collected a few website links that may be useful.
Here are a few links to free segy viewers that I’m aware of. Some of these are just basic segy viewing programs, but some also have editting capabilities:
1) Kogeo– Seismic data viewing, import/export, editing, navigation tools, and 3D visualization.
2) GSEGYView– Seismic data viewing, and some processing.
3) SeiSee– Seismic data viewing, import/export, editing, and plotting.
4) SeisVu– Seismic data viewing, import/export, editing, and plotting.
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?
