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 Target Surface and Drillhole Plotting
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None |
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| Duration: |
2 days |
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| Overview: |
The Target Surface and Drillhole Plottingcourse is for those who are new to Target or would like a refresher and introduction to new tools.
This course focuses on handling drillhole data for quick and easy plotting of plan maps, section maps, drillhole logs (strip logs) and 3-D maps. Basic surface mapping tools are also covered. Drillhole logs and composites are part of the course. It may be combined with a course on the Geochemistry Package for processing of downhole geochemistry data. |
| Key Topics: |
Getting Started in Target:
- Software and hardware requirements
- Becoming familiar with the electronic licensing
- Configuring Target settings
- The Workspace – An integrated Working Environment
- Understanding Geosoft eXecutables (GX)
- Getting Help
- Changing Default Settings
Surface Mapping:
- Creating a Database
- Importing Data into a Database
- Projections
- Displaying and Editing Data in the Database
- Displaying and Editing Profiles
- Dynamic linking between Profile Window and Database Window
- Applying Functions to Channels (e.g. math expressions, interpolation, etc.)
- Importing and Exporting Various Formats
Creating Grids and Maps:
- Types of gridding (minimum curvature and krigging)
- Choosing a Correct Cell Size For Your Grid
- Other Considerations When Gridding (e.g. blanking distance, tolerance, etc.)
- Displaying Grids (Single Grid vs. Colour-Shaded Grid)
- Determining Grid Statistics
- Understanding the Parts of a Map
- Creating a Map
- Creating a Basemap
- Plotting Survey Lines
- Plotting Profiles, Posted Values and Symbols
- Dynamic Linking Between the Map, Profile and Database Windows
- Editing Maps and Drawing (CAD) Tools
- Plotting Contours
- Converting to and from other Grid Formats
- Image Colour Tool and Dynamic Shading
- 3D Surface Maps
- Importing and Exporting in the Map Window
Drillhole Plotting:
- Managing drillhole projects and database structure
- Importing collar, survey, from-to, and point data
- Reviewing Projections
- QA/QC of drillhole data
- Refreshing your databases with newly added data
- Profile review with assay data
- Rock code tables
- Selecting drillholes to plot
- Drawing drillhole locations on plan maps
- Creating a Target plan map including:
- Plotting hole traces
- Including gridded surface data (geochem or geophysics)
- Adding legends
- Creating a Target section map:
- Displaying data along hole traces
- Gridding in section
- Adding a plan view
- Adding profiles from other surface data
- Dynamic linking in plan and section maps
- Creating a strip log
- Compositing on strip logs
- 3-D Drillhole maps
- Presenting downhole data
- Printing the results
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Target for ArcGIS
| Prerequisites: |
Working knowledge of ArcGIS |
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| Duration: |
2 days |
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| Overview: |
The Target for ArcGIS course is for those who are new to Target for ArcGIS or would like a refresher and introduction to new tools.
Topics include some integration with ArcGIS mapping capabilities to create and display raster grids and contour lines. Import and handling of drillhole data in the Target database is an essential component. The course focuses on working with data to create plan and section maps with shape files and quick map layers, querying these layers, creating drillhole logs (strip logs) and 3-D mapping. |
| Key Topics: |
Surface Mapping:
- Importing and displaying data
- Gridding (minimum curvature and krigging)
- Contouring
Drillhole Plotting:
- Managing drillhole projects and database structure
- Importing collar, survey, from-to, and point data
- Reviewing Projections
- QA/QC of drillhole data
- Refreshing your databases with newly added data
- Profile review with assay data
- Rock code tables
- Selecting drillholes to plot
- Drawing drillhole locations on plan maps
- Creating a Target plan map including:
- Plotting hole traces
- Including gridded surface data (geochem or geophysics)
- Adding legends
- Creating a Target section map:
- Displaying data along hole traces
- Gridding in section
- Adding a plan view
- Adding profiles from other surface data
- Dynamic linking in plan and section maps
- Quick Map and Shape files Sections
- Stacked Sections
- Creating a strip log
- 3-D Drillhole maps
- Presenting down hole data
- Printing the results
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Introduction to Oasis montaj | Prerequisites: | None |
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| Duration: | 2 days |
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| Overview: | Introduction to Oasis montaj is for users with little or no experience with Geosoft. This course is for those who are new to Oasis montaj or would like a refresher and introduction to new tools. |
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| Key Topics: | Oasis montaj Concepts: - Software and hardware requirements
- Becoming familiar with electronic licensing
- Configuring Oasis montaj settings
- High-volume data processing architecture
- The Project File - An Integrated Working Environment
- Spreadsheets - Windows to Your Database
- Profiles - Viewing Data Graphically
- Maps
- Dynamic Linking - Linking Spatial and Tabular Data
- Understanding Geosoft eXecutables (GX)
- Where to Get Help
Getting Started in Oasis montaj: - Creating a Project
- Changing Default Settings
- Creating a Database
- Importing Data Into a Database
- Displaying and Editing Data in the Database
- Displaying and Editing Profiles
- Dynamic Linking Between Profile Window and Database Window
- Applying Functions to Channels (math expressions, interpolation, and more)
- Creating Reports
- Projections and Warping
- Windowing the Database
- Importing and Exporting Various Formats
Creating Grids and Maps: - Types of gridding
- Aliasing
- Choosing a Correct Cell Size For Your Grid
- Other Considerations When Gridding (blanking distance, tolerance, and more)
- Displaying Grids (Single Grid vs. Color-Shaded Grid)
- Creating Composite Grids
- Determining Grid Statistics
- Converting from Other Formats
- Basic Grid Utilities (windowing, sampling, and more)
- Advanced Grid Utilities
- Filtering Grids
- Understanding the Parts of a Map
- Creating a Map
- Creating a Basemap
- Using Map Templates
- Plotting Survey Lines
- Plotting Profiles, Posted Values, Symbols
- Plotting Contours
- Dynamic Linking Between the Map, Profile and Database Windows
- Editing Maps
- Image Colour Tool
- Dynamic Shading
- CAD Tools
- Creating 3D Surface Maps
- Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Maps
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Working in the 3D Oasis montaj Environment
| Prerequisites: | Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: | 0.5 days |
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| Key Topics: |
- Creating Voxels
- Draping 3D Images
- Orienting grids and images in 3D
- 3D Math functions
- Voxel-Grid Clipping
- Creating Section Grids
- Viewing drillholes, boreholes, and wells in 3D
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Oasis montaj Tips and Tricks
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5 Days |
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| Key Topics: |
- What's new in the current version
- How to check for updates & Firewall/IT restrictions
- New Map Making Capabilities - Map Templates
- Timesavers
- Scripting
- Creating Custom Menus
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Geochemistry Package
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5- 1 day |
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| Key Topics: |
Data Preparation:
- Importing geochemical data
- Survey data
- Lab analyses (assays)
- QA/QC data handling
- Merge and verification of the data
- Profiles, x-y plots, data linking
- Extraction and comparison of the standards and duplicates
- Data and Map Projections
- Database utilities
- Applying math expressions
Data Analysis:
- Analyzing Histograms
- Pearson correlation
- Bi-variate analysis - Scatterplots
- Multi-variate analysis – PCA
- Creating subset datasets (masking)
- Spatial classification of data
- Classification by code
Creating Grids and Maps:
- Understanding gridding methods and their differences
- Minimum Curvature
- Tinning
- Kriging
- Effective Display Techniques
- Generating contour maps and colour shaded images
- Creating customized colour distributions
- Plotting Symbols
- Creating Colour and Size Classified Symbols
- Creating Multi-element Symbols
- Appling statistics to create symbol maps
- Editing Maps
- Importing other data formats
- Printing the results
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Geophysics Extension
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5 - 1 Days |
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| Key Topics: |
- Applying Spatial 1D filters and 1D Non-linear filters
- Applying 1D Fast Fourier Domain (FFT) filters, including regional filters, upward/downward continuations and vertical and horizontal derivatives
- Applying Lag, Heading and Base station corrections
- Perform profile-based processing for interpretation and modeling purposes
- Perform multivariate analysis using histogram, scatter and triplot statistical analysis tools
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Airborne Quality Control Extension
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5 - 1 Day |
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| Key Topics: |
- Survey Planning
- Database Statistics Reporting
- Airborne Quality Control tests, including altitude derivation, flight path deviation, flightline separation, sample spacing, diurnal drift, and magnetic noise
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Geophysics Levelling Extension
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5 - 1 Day |
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| Key Topics: |
- Evaluating data for systematic error and noise
- Line levelling correction
- Finding and editing intersections
- Performing statistical levelling of tie lines
- Lag, heading and base station corrections
- Correcting systematic errors in geophysical data (magnetic base station, lag, heading, and International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF) correction)
- Perform microlevelling corrections on line-based data
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MAGMAP Filtering Extension
| Prerequisites: | Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: | 0.5 - 1 Day |
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| Key Topics: |
- Processing and enhancing gridded data by applying two-dimensional Fast Fourier Domain filters (FFT Filters)
- Applying multiple filters
- Interactively modify selected filter parameters using the Spectral Filter Builder
- Define and apply custom filters
- Interpret grids using spectral analysis products
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Gravity/Magnetic Interpretation Extension
| Prerequisites: | Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: | 0.5 - 1 Day |
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| Key Topics: |
Application of the following structure and depth determination methods:
- 3D Euler processing routines
- Keating Magnetic Correlation Coefficients
- Source Edge Detection
- Source Parameter Imaging
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Gridknit Extension
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5 - 1 Day |
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| Key Topics: |
- Stitching of multiple grids together, automatically or interactively, and weighing options
- Calculating trends using all, edge, or overlapping points combinations
- Preprocessing: 0, 1st, 2nd and 3rd order trend removal and trend area specification (overlap, all, edge points or overlap edge points)
- Regional trend removal
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256 Channel Radiometrics Processing Extension
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5 - 1 Day |
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| Key Topics: |
- Importing and viewing spectra
- Subsetting (windowing) spectra using sample ranges)
- One dimensional Non-Linear Filters
- Radiometric Processing Functions
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Gravity and Terrain Correction Extension
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5 - 1 Day |
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| Key Topics: |
- Correcting base station data
- Manipulating calibration data
- Merging X and Y location data with survey data
- Applying drift and atmospheric tide corrections
- Computing anomaly values and terrain corrections
- Compute free air and bouguer anomaly values
- Computing terrain corrections
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UX Detect Extension
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
1-2 Days |
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| Key Topics: |
- Target analysis and location based on magnetic and electromagnetic (EM) data
- Applying 2D Euler Deconvolution function for depth, size and weight calculations
- Applying lag, heading, sensor offset, and base station corrections
- Automatically located targets from magnetic and EM data
- Interactively select targets from profiles and grids
- Interactively move, merge, and/or remove targets from maps
- Measuring anomaly sizes
- Applying 1D and 2D spatial filters for processing data
- Calculating depth to source from EM response
- Creating audit logs to track all data processing
- Creating 3D maps
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Oasis montaj GX Developer
| Prerequisites: |
- Familiarity with Oasis montaj
- Prior programming experience: preferably in C, C++, and/or C#; alternatively, experience in FORTRAN, Visual Basic, or any higher level programming language
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| Duration: |
2 days |
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| Description: |
This introductory GX Developer course teaches you how to create and access customized GXs in the Oasis montaj environment. You will learn how to access the GX Developer programming tools, build your own or modify existing Oasis montaj dialog boxes, automate repetitive tasks, and link to your existing proprietary routines. You will also compile & debug your custom GX tools at run-time. This hands-on course will help you extend your Oasis montaj tools by teaching you how to take advantage of the over 10 megabytes of GX source code with the GX Developer installation. |
| Key Topics: |
Overview of GX Developer
- General overview
- History
- GX structure
- Applications
Creating Your First GX
- Creating a custom data import GX
- Importing data using loops
Creating a Second GX
- Searching the function library
- Creating a GX to filter data
- Handling error
- Debugging a custom GX using the GX run-time debugger
Creating a Third GX
- Creating gridded data
- Creating a map
- Editing the map layout
Compiling Proprietary Code
- Understanding compilation calling conventions
- Compiling C source code into a DLL
- Accessing other programming languages, such as FORTRAN and MatLab
Accessing Proprietary Code
- Creating a GX wrapper to call proprietary code
- Calling the GX wrapper in your GX
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DAP Administrator
| Prerequisites: |
Knowledge of Oasis montaj and/or a GIS application is an asset |
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| Duration: |
2-3 Days |
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| Key Topics: |
- General IT and network concepts and useful tools
- DAP architecture and Geosoft data management solution
- Best practices for preparing DAP data file system
- DAP data types and data source connectors
- Installation and configuration of DAP Server software
- Installation and configuration of DAP Administrator software
- Enabling DAP security
- Preparing and cataloguing DAP datasets
- DAP client applications
Basic IT Knowledge:
- Windows 2003 Servers
- Domain controller, Domain Name Server and Active Directory
- Internet, Intranet, VPN and network bandwidth
- Firewalls and Proxy Servers
- IIS and its configuration
- IT utility tools
DAP Server Architecture:
- An introduction to DAP server architecture
- Middleware technology
- Integration with third party solutions such as acQuire and ArcServer
DAP Data File System:
- Review of best practices for creating a DAP data file system
- Hands-on creation of a test file system
DAP Data Types and Data Source Connectors:
- Geosoft grid files
- HyperGrids
- Geosoft maps
- HyperMaps
- Geosoft databases
- HyperXYZs
- Geosoft 3D data files - Voxels
- Raster image files
- MapInfo Tab Files
- ArcView Shapefiles, LYR files and MXD files
- ERMapper ECW files and ERS files
- acQuire Databases
- Geodatabases and ArcSDE
- Document files
- Other files and custom DAP extensions
Installation and Configuration of DAP Server Software:
- Installing and licensing DAP server software
- Configuring DAP server
- Configuring IIS
- Testing DAP server
- Enabling OGC WMS support
- Review DAP server software folders
Installation and Configuration DAP Administrator Software:
- Installing DAP Administrator software
- Review of the DAP Administrator GUI
- Creating configuration files and cataloging datasets
- Viewing and modifying the DAP Server properties from DAP Administrator
- Using DAP virtual folders
- Adding multiple file systems
- Using redirect images
- Supplementary metadata support
- Enabling DAP security
- Catalog a DAP file system on a network computer
- DAP Administrator scripting
DAP Client Applications:
- Thick DAP client interface in Oasis montaj, MapInfo and ArcMap
- GeoDAP
- Dapple
- Custom DAP XML clientsXxx
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Customized Training & Consulting
Custom training can be developed to meet your organization's specific requirements. We can help you meet multi-disciplinary team needs, extend your knowledge to advanced applications, re-define a dedicated workflow, or work through an immediate project challenge.
For customized training, Geosoft recommends that you provide your own data to use during the course, rather than using generic training data.
Oasis montaj Workflow Analysis
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
0.5 - 1 Day |
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| Description: |
One of our Technical Analysts will work with you to asses your daily processing, mapping, and interpretation activities. From this assessment, our Analyst provides some solutions to your daily problems and options for generating your end products.
Results could include generating an Oasis montaj menu to map out your workflow.
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Customer Data Consulting
| Prerequisites: |
Introduction to Oasis montaj or equivalent experience |
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| Duration: |
Varies |
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| Description: |
Your data and project are the focus of the consultation. A Geosoft Subject Matter Expert consults with you about your exploration data to understand:
- processes and analyses you apply to your data
- data presentation requirements for extracting the knowledge from your data
- your organization's requirements for data outcomes
Your Subject Matter Expert considers the participants' background and experience in the assessment.
From the assessment, the Subject Matter Expert designs a customized training course to suit your requirements and a Geosoft Technical Analyst is assigned to deliver the course.
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Self-Guided Courses
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