GPSeismic Release Notes

GPSeismic Version 2008.1 Release Notes

General

1) The Shape/ASCII File to KML File utility in the Shape File Toolbox now allows
the user to specify all viewing and labeling parameters.

2) The shape toolbox routines for creating one or more polygons from ASCII files 
did not always place vertices in clockwise order. This has been fixed.

3) The NGS recently changed the format of the datasheets available from their
website. The NGSearch application and shape toolbox were affected by this change 
and have been modified to adapt to what now amounts to three datasheet formats.

4) The Shape File Toolbox now includes a GPX file utility. You can open a GPX
and display the contents in a spreadsheet. You can create shape point, line and 
circular polygon files as well as KML Google Earth and delimited ASCII files. You can 
specify what points to use (waypoint or tracklog) and exclude points selectively.

5) The routine in the new geodetic utilities to use a geodesy.dat file for 
retrieving parameters was reversing parameters for specific projection types. 
This was fixed.

6) There is a new toolbar and menubar look for QuikLoad, QuikView, QuikMap, and 
QuikEdit.

7) Corrected a problem in the report builder utility that exhibited itself
when trying to set the justification parameters for a variable column width report.

8) In the modern data viewer, corrected problems related to shortcut keys and 
spreadsheet navigation including the find and find next routine.

9) The Shape File Toolbox now includes the ability to take either a SHP file or
XZO file and create a Google Earth KML polygon file from it.

This was requested by Lisa D'Ambrosia of Lockhart Geophysical.

10) The registration utility was slightly modified to always remember the name
of the last image saved. In this manner, the correct name of any registration files
made will show up in the file dialog automatically.

This was spotted by Cliff Wittig.

QuikEdit

1) Right-clicking in QuikEdit now brings up the normal Windows pop-up menu to 
allow copy and paste operations.  Previously it would bring up a list of running 
applications.

QuikMap

1) A feature has been added to locate specific coordinates to QuikMap.  You will 
see this in when creating a single addback via Ctrl-left-click and when moving a 
single point after pressing the spacebar.  You will notice a binoculars icon next 
to the easting and northing text boxes.  Pressing this will briefly draw circles
around the coordinates entered in the text boxes.  It will also fill the find 
panel in the status bar with the nearest station to those coordinates.

This was requested by Jonh Socadagui of Geokinetics.

2) A feature has been added to animate XPS script files. Animating an XPS script 
is enabled when you have loaded receivers on the initial layer and sources on the 
secondary layer. Once done, choose the 'Script Animation' item in the File-Fold 
Analysis pop-up menu.

When launched you will be prompted for an XPS file. The animation then begins. 
If you look in the statusbar, you will see messages which indicate how to cancel 
(Esc), speed up the animation (arrow keys), and skip through the file (spacebar). 
Note that pressing the spacebar will skip 250 records in the XPS file.

QuikLoad

1) In Trimble mode, when uploading descriptors whose length is greater than 16 
characters, a Trimble type B6 record will be automatically added to allow a 
longer descriptor (feature code) to be associated with the point.

This was requested by John Lepper of WesternGeco.

2) A problem was fixed which occurred if you imported geographic coordinates
and then created an ASCII output file or performed a batch transformation of
geographic coordinates. In those cases, the WGS84 to local datum transformation
was not correctly applied. This problem did not affect the creation of QLD files
or population of the database.

This was spotted by Glyn Barnes of WesternGeco.

QuikView

1) In Trimble mode will look for a type B6 record and, when found, will replace 
the descriptor of the associated point with the entry from this record.

This was requested by John Lepper of WesternGeco.

2) The Utility menu now contains a GPX file input. Before import the user
interface allows you to create shape point, line and circular polygon files as 
well as KML Google Earth and delimited ASCII files. For import or other file 
creation, you can specify what points to use (waypoint or tracklog) and exclude 
points selectively.

GPSQL

1) The seismic report (transform) routine did not work when a shift file was 
specified. This has been fixed.

2) In the Utility menu, there is a new item that displays a SQL Server dialog. This
new utility allows the user to import and export data to SQL Server databases. 
Testing was done on SQL Server Express edition which is free from Microsoft at 
the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/express/

The main emphasis on the initial release of this utility has been to allow the 
user to import data into an SQL Server database from MDB databases, and to export 
data from an SQL Server database to tables in MDB databases. Considering 
GPSQL's current capabilities with MDB databases, it is thought that this interface 
will be more than sufficient to deal with any clients who might want data in a 
SQL Server database, or a client that provides you with data in this format.

Currently, the utility will allow for the following:

- List all SQL Server databases on the system

- Create a new SQL Server database

- Add data to a SQL Server database table by importing tables from MDB databases

- Create and display queries for SQL Server databases using the standard GPSeismic
query builder.

- View and modify SQL Server database data using the modern spreadsheet viewer

- Export the results of a query on an SQL Server database to a table in an MDB
database or a CSV file.

3) Now remember options on the Re-Bin dialog. A check is also now made on any 
existing IsRebinned field to see if it is the same type as is currently selected.

Requested by Polly Propoleen.

4) Added a graph of all heights of the currently selected duplicate in the 
Duplicate Manager utility. Clicking on a height will scroll the spreadsheet to 
the respective record.

Requested by Brian Marsh.

5) Added an import function for XPS files. The table structure consist of source, 
first receiver, last receiver, track of source, bin of source, track of first 
receiver, bin of first receiver, track of last receiver, and bin of last receiver. 
All fields are doubles. It is important that the bin digits be defined correctly 
before importing. It is hoped that this feature will allow some flexibility in
fashioning together a desired XPS file for fold analysis purposes.

QuikCon

1) Added support for TopCon files using an RW5 format. The records utilized include
the following:

OC indicates a new instrument point

LS indicates the current height of instrument (HI) and height of rod (HR)

BD Interpreted as back sight face 1. It contains back sight point name 
and horizontal angle, zenith angle and slope distance to the point.

SS Interpreted as a side shot. It contains the side shot point name 
and horizontal angle, zenith angle and slope distance to the point

FD Interpreted as foresight face 1. It contains foresight point name 
and horizontal angle, zenith angle and slope distance to the point.

BR Interpreted as back sight face 2. It contains back sight point name 
and horizontal angle and zenith angle to point. Since no slope distance is 
contained in the record, it is assumed to be same as face 1.

FR Interpreted as foresight face 2. It contains foresight point name 
and horizontal angle and zenith angle to point. Since no slope distance is apparent
in the record, it is assumed to be same as face 1.

GPArc

NOTE - GPArc version 2008.1 was built and tested on ArcGis Engine 9.2 Service
Pack 5. It appears to work with Service Pack 4. It will not work on an earlier
Service pack.

1) Used tab page control on line properties dialog so the dialog could be made 
smaller. On 1024x768 displays, the dialog obscured most of the screen so it was
difficult to see your rendering changes on the map.

2) The dynamic placement for point labels now ranges from 0 to 3. With a value of
3, labels are essentially fixed at the user specified angle. A low number will result
in labels that rotate to avoid other labels and features.

GPLocator

1) There is now a Vehicle Column Visibility item in the Preferences menu. It 
will display a list of all vehicle spreadsheet columns along with checkboxes.
You can select which columns you want visible using this dialog. the settings 
are persistent.

2) The maximum search radius for points near vehicles has been increased to 
50,000 map units. Also, if the number of nearby points found is greater than 20,
the search is cancelled. Did this so the user could potentially have a top map
layer of one point (base, home, nearest bar, etc.) and the reported range and
bearing for all vehicles would be with regard to this one point.

Items 1 and 2 were requested by Jan Quaak of CGGVeritas.

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