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Download SRTM and other world data from the Geosoft Public DAP Server.
"People used to spend a lot of time running around looking for stuff they couldn't find, but now they can find it right away because it's all coming from one place. That has improved our effectiveness. It's a one-stop shop."
Peter Thurston, Rio Tinto Exploration
Exploration Data
Distribution and Discovery
Geosoft DAP is server technology for publishing, distributing and discovering exploration data. With DAP, data is secure, organised, easily accessed and shared amongst all the people that need exploration data to make decisions.
Secure Server Technology Optimised for Exploration
Geosoft DAP server technology provides a secure, connected and collaborative environment that turns your disparate exploration data into a secure and shareable information asset that helps you retain knowledge, minimise risk and make better decisions to increase discovery success.
Geosoft DAP server enables exploration organisations to efficiently catalog, manage, deliver and visualise large, geospatial data. It makes your data instantly accessible and easily shared amongst all the people and teams that need exploration data to make decisions within your organisation.
- Build a Managed Exploration Information Repository that’s trusted, organised and accessible.
- Enable rapid and efficient data discovery for project needs and business decision-making.
- Improve opportunity development via data sharing with partners and specialists.
- Provide proven, enterprise-ready services for exploration data delivery.
- Capture and manage metadata to describe corporate data and information assets.
Geosoft DAP server is able to efficiently catalog and deliver a broad range of data file types, including very large geospatial grids, 3D voxels, images and vector data. View full list of supported data types.
Exploration Information  |
Establish and manage a trusted, organised data foundation to reduce costs and increase your discovery potential. |
Efficient Data  |
Search for data based on area-of-interest or metadata keywords. |
Easy Access to Large  |
Find, use, and manage your exploration data that has been extracted, transformed and streamed seamlessly to your desktop application. |
| Powerful Collaboration Tools | Improve team collaboration capabilities enabling geographically disperse staff to perform efficient data search and share information |
| Integration of Data Repositories and GIS | Integrate DAP server and your disparate enterprise data repositories or GIS and deliver data seamlessely to Geosoft Oasis montaj, Target, ESRI ArcMap, Mapinfo and others. |
| Scalable Technology | Scalable technology for cataloguing and managing hundreds of thousands of datasets, with access by simultaneous users. |
Metadata  |
Our metadata technology is integrated within Oasis montaj, Target, ArcGIS and the DAP server technology itself, such that users can create the required metadata at the time the data or interpretation is generated. Use collected metadata to improve the efficiency of finding and interpreting relevant data, thus increase the value of your information assets. |
Administration and  |
Geosoft DAP Administrator Web Portal provides a comprehensive toolset for Data Managers to administer DAP servers and manage user and dataset security settings. |
Reporting  |
Generate reports on your corporate Data Assets and how these assets are been utilised by your geoscientists to make exploration decisions. |
| Custom Development and Security Access | Develop custom interfaces through Geosoft XML interface while maintaining security access and data integrity with supported by MS Active Directory. |
| Data Support | Geosoft DAP server is able to efficiently catalog and deliver a broad range of data file types, including very large geospatial grids, 3D voxels, images and vector data. View full list of Supported Data Types. |
A Geosoft DAP server should be dedicated to providing Geosoft DAP services only in order to provide the required performance and responses to requests from data users. The minimum recommended DAP server configuration for a corporate DAP solution is:
DAP 12 (Server and Administrator)
| Operating System |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard |
| Web Server |
Microsoft IIS 7.5 |
| Database |
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard with SP1 or R2 Standard |
| Memory |
Recommended: 8 GB RAM (Minimum: 4 GB RAM) |
| CPU |
Recommended: Dual processor (Minimum: 2.0 GHz in Speed) |
| Disk Space1 |
50GB for operating system 500GB to 1TB for datasets Physical disk space for DAP temporary files |
|
Third Party Support |
ArcGIS 10 with SP1 acQuire API 4.2.1.4 |
|
Browser2 |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or higher Mozilla Firefox 3.6 or higher Google Chrome 8.0 or higher |
|
1 |
Actual required physical disk space for datasets and temporary files is dependent on unique client configuration and data serving needs |
|
2 |
Applies to DAP Administrator |
DAP 12 Metadata Editor
| Operating System |
Microsoft Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit) Microsoft Windows Vista with SP1 (32 or 64-bit) Microsoft Windows XP with SP3 |
|
Other Applications |
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2010 |
| Database |
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with SP1 or R2 Standard |
DAP Server (all versions)
| Version | OS | .NET | ArcGIS | acQuire API |
|
11.2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit) |
3.5 with SP1 | 9.3.1 | 4.2 |
| 11.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 / SP3 |
3.5 | 9.3 | 4.1.0.2 |
| 11, SP1, 1a to 1d |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 / SP3 |
2.0 | 9.2 with SP5 | 4.0.3.0 |
| 10, 10 SP1, 1a to 1f |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 / SP3 |
2.0 | N/A | N/A |
DAP Administrator (all versions)
| Version | OS and Browser Requirements | .NET | ArcGIS | acQuire API |
|
11.2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows 7 (32 or 64-bit) Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (32 or 64-bit) Microsoft Windows XP with SP3 |
3.5 with SP1 | 9.3.1 | 4.2 |
| 11.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 / SP3 |
3.5 | 9.3 | 4.1.0.2 |
| 11, SP1, 1a to 1d |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 / SP3 |
2.0 | 9.2 with SP5 | 4.0.3.0 |
| 10, 10 SP1, 1a to 1f |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 / SP3 |
2.0 | N/A | N/A |
