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April, 2008 Expanding the boundariesWith global economic growth and demand for mineral and oil resources showing no signs of slackening, exploration technology is now more important than ever. In their April issue, Exec Canada Magazine takes a look at today’s accelerated exploration markets and how Geosoft software and solutions are helping global explorers unleash their potential.
April, 2008 Teck Cominco: Looking to the futureTeck Cominco has taken a new approach to its global exploration technology plans. The company chose a platform based on ESRI’s ArcGIS integrated with Geosoft’s Oasis montaj and Target to analyze borehole data and process geological, geophysical and geochemical datasets.
March, 2008 Exploration and GIS: Closing the Productivity GapGeosoft is working to close the exploration GIS gap entirely with its recent introduction of earth mapping software that has ArcGIS Engine technologies ...
February, 2008 Geosoft 2008 Software Release Delivers Productivity Gains with ESRI IntegrationGeosoft announced the availability of its 2008 software release, which includes Oasis montaj and Target 7.0. This release marks a new generation of Geosoft earth mapping software with ESRI’s ArcEngine technology built-in.
November 2007 Success with Geophysics: Stories from the FieldSolving an Environmental Puzzle Using Geophysical Techniques: using Oasis montaj to map oil spill data in Pennsylvania.
March 2006 Software Innovations in ExplorationNew generation exploration technology solutions are delivering more powerful productivity tools for dealing with large, geoscientific data sets, and maximizing their value in business decision making.
March 2006 Extending the limits of earth data visualization and explorationThe Increasingly powerful tools for geoscientific mapping, 3D visualization, and analysis respond to geoscientists’ rising need for greater power, precision and productivity in accessing, integrating, and understanding large volumes of diverse data. Louis Racic, industry product manager, Geosoft, describes some of the practical implications for the minerals and other industries.
March 2006 Geosoft Shares Global Exploration Expertise at the PDACBuilding on the theme of 'Earth Data Discovery and Exploration without Limits', Geosoft PDAC workshops provide perspective on 20 years of exploration and computers. They include practical software demonstrations and previews of new Geosoft software, as well as strategies for exploration data management.
March 2006 Canadian geoscience companies celebrate anniversariesThe Toronto-based company Geosoft, a provider of software solutions for the geosciences industry, is marking its twentieth year of operations in 2006 with the launch of an international $100,000 software contest as part of its anniversary celebration.
February 2006 Softly Smartly: latest developments from software providersA look at some of the latest developments in mining and exploration software, including Geosoft’s upcoming product updates.
October 2005 Geosoft mission maps out Earth topography in detailGeosoft, a provider of spatial data access and analysis solutions, has added shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM) data sets to its public server.
Summer 2005 ESRI Business Partners Respond to Users' NeedsTarget for ArcGIS, developed by Geosoft, Inc., in Canada, is a surface and drill hole mapping extension to ESRI's ArcGIS Desktop software that simplifies the visualization and analysis of subsurface geology data within a GIS environment.
June 2005 Geosoft Releases Oasis montaj 6.2Geosoft’s Oasis montaj software provides one integrated platform and user friendly interface for productive manipulation of large geophysical, geological and geochemical datasets.
April 2005 Mapping makes a pointComputer mapping and data handling software have revolutionized
Spring 2005 Innovative Software Tool to Improve UXO Detection and DiscriminationThis article describes the ESTCP project Feature-Based UXO Detection and Discrimination (UX-0210). The object of this project is to transfer anomaly characterization and classification algorithms to the user community by creating a UX Analyze module for the Oasis montaj™ software developed by Geosoft Incorporated.
March/April 2005 New Release of Geosoft's Oasis montajGeosoft has upgraded Oasis montaj to deliver high-level performance as a stand-alone mineral exploration mapping and processing system. The system provides geoscientists with new interactive interpretation tools in a workspace management environment.
August 2004 Geosoft Target expedites drilling-intensive projectsA growing number of mining exploration companies are using professional drillhole software, like Geosoft’s Target, to simplify and speed up the generation of sections for their drilling-intensive projects. Streamlining the chores of map creation and revision ensures that geologists are able to focus on formulating and fine-tuning their understanding of their targets, and the end-result is faster, more informed decision making.
March 2004 Benefits of rapid data assessment and visualization prove themselves in exploration scenariosUtilizing today’s visualization tools, geoscientists are able to reduce risk and increase understanding by looking at different data, in many different ways within compressed project time frames. This article describes how some Geosoft customers are adapting to the possibilities.
February 2004 Targeting Exploration Mapping NeedsAs exploration projects get bigger, effective software has become essential for managing and visualizing large and multiple datasets. In this article, junior exploration company, African Eagle Resources, and major gold producer Gold Fields International provide a perspective on mapping software needs in exploration.
February 2004 Exploring in GISThe ability to work efficiently with all exploration data in one environment has become a key consideration for exploration companies dealing with greater digital volumes and diversity of data. This article discusses the benefits of Target for ArcGIS, new exploration software that provides an integrated facility for drillhole plotting, surface mapping, contouring and data treatment in ESRI’s ArcView.
September/October 2003 Software essentials for explorationExploration company Platreef Resources and emerging gold producer Apollo Gold Mining describe how they are using technology to improve visualization of their data for day-to-day exploration and drilling decisions, and to achieve better data management for improved reporting and resource development.
September 17, 2003 Integrated solution simplifies the mapping and analysis of surface and drillhole data in ArcGISGeosoft, a leading provider of geospatial software for earth science industries, announced today the release of Target for ArcGIS, a surface and drillhole mapping extension to ESRI's ArcGIS software. Target for ArcGIS was designed for geoscientists that need to quickly and efficiently produce maps and drillhole cross sections within their ArcGIS environment. It simplifies the manipulation, mapping and analysis, of large volume surface and drillhole data within ArcGIS.
No.285, 2003 Programas esenciales para exploracionLas tecnologias Geosoft y Metech dan soporte a las compañias de exploración, desde la fase inicial de identificación del blanco hasta el desarrollo de sus recursos.
Summer, 2003 Standard QA/QC Software Tool Introduced to UXO CommunityThe quality of field data can be highly variable with regard to navigation accuracy, line spacing, noise levels, and other parameters that affect the usefulness of the data. The ESTCP-funded QA/QC tool set within Oasis montaj™ is meeting government data quality standards for UXO investigations.
August 29, 2003 Geosoft and Metech allianceCanada’s Geosoft Inc. has formed a partnership with Austalia’s Metech Pty Ltd to launch Exploration Essentials™, a suite of software designed to maximize the value of data held by exploration companies of all sizes. The suite combines Metech’s ‘Pocket acQuire’ digital field-data collection software and its ‘acQuire’ data-management system with Geosoft’s Target mapping software and its Chimera geochemical analysis software. According to Tim Dobush, the chief executive of Geosoft: "Exploration Essentials is an ideal solution for junior exploration companies and emerging producers looking for one solution that will take them from exploration through to resource development."
July, 2003 Exploration in Three DimensionsThree dimensional visualization technologies are delivering better insight into our data, reducing uncertainty and helping to improve the quality of exploration decisions. In this article, Tracey Minton and Tim Millis, Geosoft Technical Resource Managers, examine how explorationists working within Oasis montaj’s 3D environment can gain better understanding of the interaction between surface and subsurface features, such as the relationship between mineralization, weathering profiles, and their associated geophysical signatures.
July, 2003 Full data integration boosts efficiency Geospatial software provider Geosoft has launched its new ‘Target for ArcGIS’ programme, a surface and drillhole mapping extension to ESRI’s ArcGIS software. Built on the same technology as Geosoft’s Data Processing and Analysis software, Oasis montaj, Target is expected to add powerful spatial data processing capabilities to ArcGIS. "Our global exploration customers that use ArcGIS as their main software interface have identified data integration as a key opportunity for time savings and work process improvement, said Geosoft chief executive Tim Dobush. Sons of Gwalia has come out in support of the software. "The full integration of exploration data in a GIS environment should deliver greatly improved efficiencies in data manipulation and allow more effective use of our geoscientists’ time," said Sons of Gwalia’s John Jackson.
30 June, 2003 Geosoft on Target Geosoft in Canada has launched Target for ArcGIS, a surface and drillhole mapping extension to ESRI's ArcGIS software. The extension simplifies the compilation, mapping and analysis of geospatial data within the GIS environment. It is built on the same technology as the company's DPA (Data Processing and Analysis) software, Oasis montaj.
May, 2003 Why momentum is building for better data management in exploration The emerging trends in exploration technology are data management, software standardization and integration; and the underlying theme is one of synthesis and simplification within global enterprise. There is no doubt that data access, data quality and data management, across the enterprise, have become more critical with the increasing volumes of digital data available on the Internet and Intranets. This article examines technological advances and trends in a maturing exploration market, and provides an example from the mining exploration industry to illustrate the need for companies to better manage and integrate their data for productivity gains.
May, 2003 DAP customer program Geosoft has launched a DAP (Data Access Protocol) Lighthouse Customer Program to facilitate closed implementation of DAP with select Geosoft customers. The Lighthouse Program will be available to all Geosoft customers and the marketplace during the 1st quarter of 2003. "The development of useful protocols for computers to access and share geo-data, both privately within an organization, and globally on the Internet is key to our ability to use this information efficiently," said Ian MacLeod, chief technology officer. "DAP effectively overcomes current barriers, including insufficient band-width for large data, format incompatibility, lack of standards and map projection incompatibilities, to make the finding, evaluation and retrieval of large volume spatial data more efficient and effective for geoscientists." Customer response to Geosoft DAP has been positive, and projects are currently underway in global mining, government, oil & gas and UXO environments. The Lighthouse Customer will enable Geosoft to effectively meet customer demand for DAP technology in these key markets.
March, 2003 Core advantage from Data Management Every year explorationists, industry-wide, collect billions of dollars worth of data. Yet, when it comes time for geologists to extract value from their information, they often find that value has been lost through poor practices in data management. There is no reliable record of the data that has been collected or data is not where it should be – it has been misplaced or corrupted. This article captures the insight and experience of Rio Tinto’s exploration director for Australiasia, Eric Finlayson and suggests a way for preserving and enhancing the value of exploration data.
7 March, 2003 Rio Tinto deploys DAPRio Tinto plc has deployed Geosoft Inc.’s data access protocol (DAP) as part of its Exploration Data Management (EDM) strategy. According to Kennecott Exploration’s information technology manager, Bill Whalen, ‘our decision to invest in exploration data management was based on the anticipated benefits of improved decision making, process efficiencies and cost savings… with the new system, instead of spending weeks gathering and sorting historical exploration data, geoscientists will be able to access data at their desktops in a matter of minutes." "We are highly dependent on rasters and DAP’s speed in serving up these grids and images from very large databases is very impressive."
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