GPSeismic

GPSeismic Version 2009.4 Release Notes

Highlights

QuikMap now has enhanced exclusion zone from raster image capabilities. You can now
specify numerous colors as exclusion zones. You also have the ability to save,
retrieve and modify these selections.

The GPX import capabilities of QuikView have been enhanced to accommodate Garmin
550 files that could include the name of an image you have taken with this 
camera-enabled GPS receiver. Once you populate the project database with this
information (including picture name), a new Image Report utility in GPSQL can
instantly produce a Word-ready report with embedded images. This is the perfect
solution for jobs which entail associating a picture with coordinates. This
could include well locations, pre-planning or any field inventory jobs.

General

1) The ASCII import dialog used throughout the GPSeismic applications will now
report the number of invalid (and thus skipped) records by displaying a small
fading message box at the conclusion of import.

Suggested by Eric Collins

2) QuikLoad and QuikView now support the Leica Viva GNSS system.

3) The ability to convert CAD files to shape files has been added to the shape
tool box. Up to three files are created containing areas, line and point entities.

QuikMap

1)  There have been a significant number of changes to the exclusion zone utilities. 
The Search menu has been slightly redesigned. The top item is called 'Search Now'
and immediately executes a search for points within an exclusion zone. Prepare
Raster Image still works as before for the initial selection, that is, draw a
box around the color(s) to be considered an exclusion zone. However the Prepare
Raster Image menu item remains enabled and prior to subsequent color selections
you are presented a dialog which shows which colors are selected. You can clear
all colors, de-select specific colors by clicking on them in the dialog, or select
additional colors.

It is now possible to import more than one image and select exclusion zone colors.
You would make the image that was to have exclusion zones the top layer (using the
Layers dialog).

To save your exclusion zone colors for one or more images, save a COL collection
file after your color selections are made. When you retrieve the image(s) using the
COL file, the exclusion zones will be remembered. Current exclusion zones are
for the top layer image.

2) In the DEM conversion utilities, the output status window now shows the executing
routines in an order that places the last action at the top. So if you are batch
processing, you don't have to scroll down to see when processing is finished.

Requested by Eric Collins

3) Added the really widely used PCX UTM format to Specific ASCII outputs.

4) One of the more subtle exclusion zone creation utilities is available when you
display the inverse dialog by using the Home/End key method. The 'Zone' toolbutton
allows you to create parallel rectangular exclusion zones of user defined width
and spacing. This utility has been enhanced by allowing zone attributes to be
incremented from a starting numerical value.

Requested by Lisa Dambrosia of Lockhart Geophysical

5) One of the many point lasso utilities is one in which you can create an
exclusion zone (or shape file) from the points lassoed. The bounding polygon
created differs in its final shape by selecting one of three options now on the
Lines/Labels tab page of the Miscellaneous dialog. These options include rectangles,
ellipses and circles. This routine has been optimized for increased speed as well.

Requested by Richard Fitzwell

6) The Garmin IMG upload routine has been modified to allow you to specify up
to 10 IMG files. The files will be merged and uploaded to a Garmin connected
by USB or serial comms.

Requested by Brian Marsh.

7)When performing a batch search, the reporting is now more comprehensive when 
exclusion zone limits are reached.

Requested by Eric Collins

8) The Dynamic search routine to create an exclusion zone by clicking on a 
vector layer has been enhanced to accommodate shape files with holes.

QuikLoad

1) Added the ability to create Carlson CRD files. This is available from the 
Utility menu.

2) QuikLoad now supports the Leica Viva GNSS system.

QuikView

1) For any RW5 import, there is now a checkbox on the Specific ASCII dialog which 
can be selected to use note (.NOT)) files for comments. If checked, the utility 
looks for a '.NOT' file in the same folder as the RW5 file and with the same name, 
differing by only the extension. It assigns a comment based on a match between 
'PT_ID:' record in the '.NOT' file and the second delimited item in the RW5 file 
of the 'GPS' record (minus the character 'PN'). Apparently the .NOT file is created
by the data collector when a user enters a comment. this should not be confused
with the 'NOT file created by QuikView.'

Requested by Justin Brown of Maverick Surveys

2) Added another three Specific ASCII formats. The new import formats are for 
Trimble 69 records in Trimble DSC files, TDS48 CR5 files and Carlson CRD files. 
These files include local grid coordinates and elevations.

Requested by several clients

3) When importing a CVX file, QuikView will now prompt for a coordinate system 
if the one found in the CVX header is not in the local geodesy.mdb database.

4)Fixed a problem in which the user added post processing fields when a 
project was created but did not update with post-processing with a data
collector file. An error would be issued when populating the POSTPLOT table.

Spotted by Bernard  Selinger of Paladin Positioning

5)QuikView now supports the Leica Viva GNSS system.

6) Added options for HI units for all RW5 import routines.

Requested by Justin Brown of Maverick Surveys

7) The GPX import in the Specific ASCII utility now handles Garmin 550 receiver
GPX files. Previously, there was a problem in missing waypoints. Also, the
utility now recognizes the 'link' element which could hold the name of an
image taken by the camera in the 550. (See the description of the new GPSQL
utility that can create image reports.)

GPSQL

1) There now is provision for creating an image report. To use this, you would
first have to specify the folder that contains the images on the Miscellaneous
Settings dialog. Then you would select Image Report from the QueryB menu. The
selection of fields include all position fields and a field that contains the
image name. A dialog will be displayed with the report and allow you to save 
as an RTF file, a format that can be opened by Word or any other standard
word processor application.

2) When point, line or polygon shape files are created, a thumbnail preview
will now be created. This default behavior can be changed on the Miscellaneous
Options dialog.

Project Manager

3) The Swiss Oblique Mercator parameters were not being displayed. This has been 
fixed.

Spotted by Michael Schlautmann of DMT.

QuikCon

1) Added a right click popup edit menu to Control Manager. Note that this addition
is to the 'beta' Control Manager. Users should note that the older Control Manager
will be removed in a future release.

Requested by Jan Quaak of CGGVeritas.

2) Added the ability to save all QuikCon settings to a file with the extension
'QBK'. There is a companion utility to restore settings using a 'QBK' file. This
gives users the ability to configure QuikCon on one system and create a file
that can be sent to another user to configure his system identically.

3) An option has been added to select all rows that are checked (using the QC 
checkbox). Once selected, you could use the 'Delete Rows' Edit menu item to delete
them. (Note that this was done for the new beta DCO editor.)

4) Fixed a problem in which QuikCon could crash if you processed many files and
kept alternating between using scale factor and not using scale factor.
 
Spotted by by Jan Quaak of CGGVeritas.

5) Added the ability to retrieve sunshot observations from Topcon files. The 
Topcon file must be edited for successful import. An observation directly from
the system is as follow:

SS      1000,1.500,S
HV      49.0759,75.0430

The record must be edited to include time. The time is added to the 'SS' record
as fourth comma delimited item:

SS      1000,1.500,S,17:10:12
HV      49.0759,75.0430

So above the 'SS' record is used as the time in the 'HV' record that follows. The
'HV' record contains the horizontal and vertical observation in DD.MMSS format.

Requested by S. Rahardja of Exsol Innovindo

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