15 May 2009
Geotrace, a leading reservoir services company that provides subsurface imaging solutions to the oil and gas industry worldwide, has released GeoBrowse 3.2, the latest version of its geographical integration system (GIS). The updated version has extended functionality and compatibility with commonly used technologies, such as Google Earth, Virtual Earth, Petrel, Petrosys and Kingdom Suite.
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| GeoBrowse display showing cultural data for Mozambique, overlain on a satellite image |
Designed for the hydrocarbon exploration and production industry, GeoBrowse uses a rich geographical display to let users capture, manage and analyse multiple forms of geographically-referenced information. Building on the earlier version’s ability to compile information from Tigress, Finder, OpenWorks and other data stores, GeoBrowse 3.2 adds access to Petrosys and SMT’s Kingdom Suite data.
"The industry's need for robust data management and data access within a secure environment has continued to increase, resulting in a dramatic growth of GIS systems," said David Sullivan, managing director of Geotrace Data Integration Services. "Geotrace has run this new release extensively at client sites and we've received great feedback on the program's ability to work with a wide variety of data types and databases."
Users can now build map montages, as well as generate reports and comparative assessments by making live queries across these disparate data sources. From the desktop, GeoBrowse gives the user a map-driven access point to see what data is available where across the enterprise without resorting to complex, domain-specific software interfaces and searches. Users can also locate supporting reports and related information, and open them in their native format (such as PDF, Word and Excel, with links to popular shared information sites like YouTube and Flickr) via the GeoBrowse window.
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| The GeoBrowse GIS display integrates geo-referenced data in the map display. Here a regional structural map underlies the cultural data. |
The 3.2 release also adds a new data transfer capability for data administrators and key users, who can use the map to select and build projects using bi-directional links between the main databases, or to capture new interpretations and bring the latest results and reports back into the main corporate domain.
Other new functionalities in the 3.2 release are editing and saving geo-referenced objects as shapefiles, including saving shapefile subsets, for sharing with other GIS systems or quick restoration of selected views. The new KML file generation capability means that subjects held in the various data stores can now be quickly added to increasingly popular Google Earth and Virtual Earth displays and animated fly-bys. Traditional images can be geo-referenced, allowing them to be added as a scalable backdrop to key maps for greater overall understanding of the regional settings of any given display.
Further information
For more information on GeoBrowse v3.2 please contact Paul O’Neill at Geotrace Data Integration Services.
Email: poneill@geotrace.com
Telephone: +44 (0)1628 402 400
Alternatively you can download the GeoBrowse brochure from our website at www.tigress.co.uk/products/data_management/geobrowse.aspx
About Geotrace
Geotrace is an independent, integrated, reservoir services company that provides subsurface imaging solutions to the oil and gas industry worldwide. Geotrace's suite of proprietary technologies assists clients in the optimisation of oil and gas production and exploration risk management. Based in Houston, Texas, Geotrace's customers include international, domestic, foreign national and independent oil and gas producers throughout the world.
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