Multiple Views into
Your Drilling Projects

Exploration Geology

Target provides a complete solution for exploration geology, enabling you to visualise and manage drilling projects for mineral exploration and other subsurface investigations. Using Target you can effectively visualise thousands of drillholes, and conduct integrated analysis of surface and subsurface geochemistry, geophysics, and geology data within a single, interactive 3D environment.

With Target, you can:

• Process large volumes of drillhole data and validate your data, identifying and correcting discrepancies between different types of data.
• Visualise your surface and subsurface data by creating plan maps, profiles, sections, fence diagrams and borehole (strip) logs. View surface maps, subsurface drillhole traces, sections, voxels and ore bodies (isosurfaces) in 3D.
• Conduct integrated analysis of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, GIS data, satellite imagery and more to enhance subsurface insight.
• Generate and easily update maps and reports using templates and automated tools, to make daily targeting and drill decisions.
• Import and work with more than 50 supported data types and formats including CAD, GIS, mine planning and modelling.
• Share results and information more efficiently via visually rich e-maps, 3D PDFs and Map Snapshots that bookmark areas of interest.
• Work seamlessly across your exploration and GIS environments with built-in ESRI integration and plug-in connectivity with MapInfo.

View the Target Video to explore what it can do for you.

Core Capabilities

Powerful data processing	Process and map large volumes of mineral exploration data, combining multiple datasets with different coordinate systems.
Dynamic data linking	Analyse and interrogate your drillhole data in real time by dynamically linked sections, plans, 3D, maps and database views.
3D Subsurface Views	Zoom, pan, rotate, slice and interact with 3D views of drillholes and geophysical models, including Surpac STR or DTM and Datamine wireframe models.
Drillhole Plans and Sections	Use the Graphical User Interface (GUI) with sensible default setting to create and recreate drillhole sections and plans with a few mouse clicks.
Surface Mapping	Use design wizards and function rich gridding routines to simplify the creation of grids and contour maps from stream, soil, rock and geophysical data.
Strip Log and Fence Diagram Visualisation	Display drillhole data in strip logs and fence diagrams, backed with dynamic data linking capabilities for visualising locations in 3D.
Drillhole Data Integration	Combine drillhole data with all other surface data and information to create detailed, integrated surface and subsurface maps.
Map Snapshots	Easily bookmark areas of interest, such as potential target locations, and share them with your colleagues.
Built-In Search Technology	Use Geosoft Seeker search technology to find, display and extract geospatial data from internal and public servers without leaving the Geosoft environment. View the Seeker Video.
Spatial Data Cataloguing	Build organised catalogues of all spatial data on your local disks using Geosoft Dekstop Cataloger. View the Desktop Cataloger Video.
Compatibility with Mine Planning Formats	Use any of the major mine planning formats to update, modify or enhance your data, including Surpac STR, DTM and Datamine Wireframe models.
Seamless interoperability	Import and work with more than 50 supported data types and formats including CAD, GIS, mine planning and modelling.
Unicode multi-language support	Display plan, sections and strip logs as well as Geosoft database data in foreign language character sets.

Optional

Geochemistry Analysis	A Geochemistry extension is available for analysis of all components of geochemical sampling in context with the geology and geophysics within a fully integrated mapping environment.
Data Sharing	Plug-ins and data conversion options provide superior connectivity between Oasis montaj mapping and GIS or specialized modelling applications. See free software downloads available for Oasis montaj.

Recommended hardware and software requirements for Target 8.0

For information on requirements for previous versions and operating systems, see the system requirements page