GPSeismic

GPSeismic Version 2010.2 Release Notes

General

1) The display grid (aka, 'modern spreadsheet') has been replaced with a new grid
in all applications. For GPSQL, you can select a primary display grid on the
Miscellaneous Settings dialog, however note that the new grid will replace the
'modern' in an upcoming release. The new grid offers superior cut, copy and
paste capabilities, Excel and PDF export, duplicate flagging routines, a field
update mechanism identical to GPSQL's, and a record adding utility,

2) The Geodetic Utilities Coordinate Conversion utility now includes six file
conversion routines. These include 1) grid/geographics to grid/geographics where the
output is a CSV file containing formatted input and output coordinates, 2) grid 
to grid where the output is via the ASCII Export dialog, 3) ECEF to grid/geographics
where the output is a CSV file containing formatted input and output coordinates,
4) ECEF to grid where the output is via the ASCII Export dialog, 
5) grid/geographic to ECEF where the output is a fixed column TXT file and 6) ECEF
to ECEF where the output is a fixed column TXT file. The sixth utility is for 
unit conversion capabilities. All routines use the ASCII Import dialog. In the
case of ECEF, the XYZ values are mapped to the selected easting, northing and height
fields respectively. Also, with regard to ECEF coordinates, the user selected
units on the Coordinate Conversion dialog are the units expected in the file.

Requested by Glyn Barnes of WesternGeco.

3) The Shape line file to DXF file utility in the Shape Toolbox has been modified
to recognize lines of several parts. This means shape contour files can be
successfully converted. Also, you now have the ability to specify a field in the
DBF file for labeling. The size of the label in map units and the frequency of labels
can also be specified. The frequency is on a line segment basis. For example,
a 1 places a label by every segment, a 2 by every other segment and so on. For
contour shape files, a frequency or 25 or more is suggested since one contour
could conceivably consist of several hundred segments.

4) The Google Maps utility has been changed to disregard "no data" tiles. Prior
to July, Google had sent a predominantly black tile in response to a request for
imagery that was unavailable. This seems to have changed to a gray colored
tile. This new change should handle either case.

5)The track/bin seek value logic for binning has been redefined to accommodate 
more complex designs.  As a result, negative seek values used to achieve odd/even 
parity should now be replaced with values of positive 2.

Requested by Glyn Barnes and Gordon Crook of WesternGeco.

6) The screen capture image routines in QuikLaunch, QuikMap, QuikView, and 
QuikLoad now support multiple monitors.

7) The various geodetic utilities can now be displayed simultaneously. They also now
have minimize buttons.

Requested by Brian Marsh.

8) Added two datums to the geodesy database. The england_wales.gsb and scotland.gsb
are the shift files for the new datums, 'England Ntl Grid Transformation' and 
'Scotland Ntl Grid Transformation' respectively.

QuikLoad

1) Added a new origin menu item in the 3D Pattern Builder. The user is prompted
for a station and then based on the currently entered parameters, the corresponding
coordinates are computed and presented to the user in a message box. The user
can then elect to replace the current station and coordinates.

Requested by Lisa Dambrosia of Lockhart Geophysical.

2) A powerful new utility has been added which can create any number of Trimble DC
files in a batch mode. Each DC file will contain one track (line) where both the
Job name and DC file name will reflect the track number.  User specified prefixes
can also be added.

Requested by Edgar Garcia of Geokinetics.

QuikView

1) The Comment field has been added to the PCR report - this suggestion resulted 
from a recent class given in Bogota, Colombia.

2) Display masks can now be set using a polygon capture technique.  Note that 
the Ctrl key must be pressed when double-clicking to initiate and close the 
polygon as well as when clicking at each vertex.

Requested by Nelson Diaz of Geoespectro S.A.S.

3) Leica CST files for post-processing updates are now sorted by vertical 
precision to ensure that points with multiple CST records receive updates from 
the lowest CQ data.

Requested by Steve Overmeer of Glacier Surveys.

4) The Field Genius RAW import now includes provision for antenna height,
occupation time and base coordinates.

Requested by Steve Overmeer of Glacier Surveys.

5) In Zupt processing, you can now add bulk latitude, longitude and height shift
values.

Requested by Doug Wiggill of GPX Surveys.

QuikMap

1) Added the ability to bring up a popup menu of control bar customization 
commands when you right-click on a toolbar or menu bar in QuikMap.

Requested by Charlie Johnson of RPS Australia.

2) When creating connecting line SHP files, you are prompted for whether to make
the range attribute in the DBF file a 2D or 3D distance.

Requested by Didier Habert of CGGVeritas.

3) Added drag/drop support so that files (coordinate and images) can be opened 
by dragging them from Windows Explorer to the QuikMap main window.  Also added 
smart ASCII Import dialog initialization for files opened via the recent file 
menu and drag/drop.

Requested by Eric Collins of Cenovus Energy.

4) The maximum number of fold analysis layers has been increased to 256.

Requested by various Geophysicists from Colombia's Ecopetrol.

5) In the ruler mode, if you press either the HOME or END key, a dialog will be
shown that displays the distance and direction between points located closest to
the ruler origin and cursor.

Requested by Jonh Socadaqui of Geokinetics.

6) You can now perform an inverse between any two points by entering the station 
names separated by a comma into the Find panel of the statusbar located next to 
the binoculars.  Pressing the binoculars will perform the calculation.

Requested by Jonh Socadaqui of Geokinetics.

7) In the DEM Operations dialog, after selecting an input DEM, a button will be
enabled which will fill/interpolate small holes in the DEM.  Note that 'small'
refers to holes one cell in dimension.

GPSQL

1) There is a new beta spreadsheet you can use to display and edit queries. This
spreadsheet has far superior edit and duplicate finding capabilities and is intended to
eventually replace the current 'modern' spreadsheet (now referred to as 'standard').
In addition, the Miscellaneous settings dialog has an option for which spreadsheet
you want to use when you press the button next to the query name. Note that
eventually the beta spreadsheet will replace the standard spreadsheet.

Note also that there is a separate option on the Miscellaneous settings dialog for using
the Duplicate Manager with the new spreadsheet.

2) A set of controls has been added to the field selection dialog so that you can
save and retrieve up to 30 custom field selections. The controls include a drop
down list of up to thirty names representing the field selections and a save and
retrieve button.

Requested by Michael Schlautmann of DMT.

3) Changed the 'Flag Duplicates' utility on the Updates dialog so that you can
flag only the points you want based on the date or value of another field.

4) Fixed a problem with DBF import in which the first field imported could be missing
a character if the first field was numeric with no decimals.

Spotted by Michael Schlautmann of DMT.

5) You can now import the JPG Exif tag information into GPSQL. Garmin units like 
the Oregon 550 take pictures in JPG format and embed the GPS coordinates. The
import routine requires that you specify the folder where the JPGs are located,
specify a new or existing table for import, and verify the local coordinate system.

The routine computes the local coordinates (Image coordinates in JPGs are assumed 
to be WGS84) and local height from the current geoid model (Height in JPG is 
assumed to be WGS84).

Requested by Michael Schlautmann of DMT.

QuikCon

1) Added a fully customizable toolbar to the beta DCO Editor.

Requested by Jonh Socadaqui of Geokinetics.

2) Added ability to use Delete key in deleting rows in the beta DCO editor. Remember
that this editor will be the only editor supported in a future release.

3) Added print capabilities to the DCO Editor (beta) and the Control Station Manager
(beta). The user is prompted for which columns and rows to print. There is provision
for a title, and whether to fit the spreadsheet to the width of the page.

4) Added the QCN file name to the Misclosures Report that is displayed in the
spreadsheet viewer. It is the last item in the spreadsheet.

5) The default folder for all export files is now dictated by the last opened
QCN file.

6) Added the ability to select all side shot rows that have an alpha character
in them (and remember that selected rows can be deleted).) In this manner you 
could quickly remove any tie points you might have shot.

Requested by Jonh Socadaqui of Geokinetics.

7) Added the ability to launch the sunshot utility from the Edit menu. If there is
a current row in the spreadsheet, the sunshot utility is initialized with the
coordinates of the point and the height is placed in the pressure text box (and
the height option is selected).

Requested by Jonh Socadaqui of Geokinetics.

Project Manager

1) Fixed a problem in which the geodetic settings file (.GDP) for a project was 
not being written correctly. This would not affect any transformations but would 
cause QuikLoad and QuikView to issue a "transformation parameter mismatch" error 
if the Confirm Transformations parameters setting was turned on. You can fix
an existing GDP file by making the relevant project current in Project Manager, 
selecting "Modify Geodetic Settings" and then confirming all existing parameters 
for the project.

Spotted by Jan Quaak of CGGVeritas.

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