Thanks for the info about the stand-alone option for LogM. They don’t seem to advertise that fact–their website only mentions that it’s been integrated into SeisVision, but no mention of anything else (at least that I could see).

Glad to hear that the blog has been worthwhile.

Either way, in order to satisfy my curiosity, I had to make a call and find out about the LogM thing. Turns out, LogM is available both standalone, and integrated (the integration is a bonus if you have both packages).

As for the Landmark bit, I see where you are coming from. The PC-based community would have little or no use for the Linux products.

Last, thanks for doing all this blogging. I have learned a lot from reading your blog. It is a fantastic resource.

Scott

That was fast. Thanks for the reply… I actually had to pick up my phone and make a call to satisfy my curiosity, but I did verify that LogM is available stand-alone. If you have both SeisVision and LogM, you get the benefit of integration.

I understand perfectly why you would have left off the Landmark one. Now that I am seeing the target audience of your blog, the Linux world does not fit.

Also, I am really enjoying your blog. I have learned much since discovering it.

Have a nice one,
Scott

I didn’t forget about Landmark’s Syntool and GeoGraphix’ LogM synthetic software.

Originally, this blog was directed more towards SMT’s Kingdom 2d/3dPak users (but, many of the postings are generally applicable for users of the other interpretation software). As such, I only mentioned SMT’s SynPak module, and other stand-alone software, for those users who didn’t have SynPak.

I left off the high-end, unix-based software like Landmark (and Geoquest), and the PC-based GeoGraphix on purpose, thinking that a user couldn’t just license their synthetic modules, nor could they justify the cost for the entire interpretation packages, just to get the synthetic module, if they already had SMT’s 2d/3dPak. Not to mention that SMT’s software is Windows-based, so a user would probably need a Unix operating system to run the Landmark software.

Also, the LogM synthetic software has been integrated into the SeisVision interpretation package, so again, a user would need to license the entire package, just for synthetics.

LogM from GeoGraphix http://www.geographix.com/ps/viewpg.aspx?navigation_id=1271 and SynTool(?) from Landmark. I am not all that good with Landmark stuff, but LogM, I have seen at the EAGE and the SEG in demos.

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Good question, though. Thanks.

Mike C.