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The core software platform for working

with large volume spatial data

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Page 1: ...Oasis montaj 7 0 Viewer The core software platform for working with large volume spatial data QUICK START TUTORIAL w w w g e o s o f t c o m...

Page 2: ...ced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photo copying reading or otherwise without prior consent from Geosoft Inc Program Copyright Geosoft In...

Page 3: ...ication Dialog 3 Internet Trust Relationship Dialog 3 Setting High Resolution Graphics 4 Configuring Oasis montaj Settings 4 Finding More Help Information 5 Contacting Geosoft 5 Tutorial 1 Getting Rea...

Page 4: ...tting Profile Windows 23 Metadata 24 Viewing and Editing Metadata 24 Metadata Tool 26 Drag n Drop 27 Oasis montaj Maps 28 Displaying a Map 28 Adding Map Comments 28 Displaying a ArcGIS MXD File 28 Usi...

Page 5: ...ab 54 3D Voxel Tab 56 Voxel Types 57 3D Surfaces Tab 59 Copying and or Converting Grid Files 60 Grid Properties 61 Sending E maps 63 Unpacking an E map 63 Exporting Data 64 Exporting Databases 64 Expo...

Page 6: ...data 77 Databases and high volume data processing 78 Spreadsheets are the windows to your database 80 How the Spreadsheet Displays Project Data 81 Profiles and viewing your data graphically 82 Maps ar...

Page 7: ...on DGN files Verify data quality analyses and interpretations by tracking processes applied to databases and maps Perform selected processes made available through Geosoft menus or third party GXs Sha...

Page 8: ...ntaj Viewer CD ROM Please note that your installation procedure will vary slightly depending on the operating system you are using When installing Oasis montaj users MUST be logged on as Administrator...

Page 9: ...privacy and security Authorize Internet Communication Dialog This dialog box is displayed when Oasis montaj tries to communicate with an internet server For example when you try to download data from...

Page 10: ...ication with the server to take place With this setting you will not be able to download any data from the server Tip You can modify your Internet Trust Settings at any time by clicking the Global Set...

Page 11: ...es around the world Note that technical support is for Licensed Users Only North America Geosoft Inc 85 Richmond St W 8th Floor Toronto Ont Canada M5H 2C9 Tel 416 369 0111 Fax 416 369 9599 Email info...

Page 12: ...taj You should begin by starting Oasis montaj TO START USING OASIS MONTAJ 1 On the Start menu bar click Programs and then click Geosoft and then click Oasis montaj Viewer Oasis montaj Viewer or 2 Doub...

Page 13: ...To access ArcGIS MXD files in Oasis montaj requires ArcMap or ArcEngine to be installed on your computer Creating a Working Directory The system enables you to access files anywhere but it is a good s...

Page 14: ...ry To streamline your work as well as keep it organized you may wish to make sure that your project file is in the same directory as the other files you want to use We recommend that each project you...

Page 15: ...to start working with the system 5 To close a project on the File menu select Project Close Changing Default Settings The program will work correctly with all of the standard default settings however...

Page 16: ...ing This only effects print configurations that use the Geosoft drivers Enter 0 to use the default which is 33 of the total physical RAM available on the system The Geosoft print driver will slice eac...

Page 17: ...there must be sufficient room to hold the cache plus other Geosoft temporary files The image cache should not be more than 50 of the available room in GEOTEMP Temporary file directory This directory i...

Page 18: ...ics menu can be used to locate quick information as well as access Contents Search and Favorites tools For new users we recommend that you take the online tour included in the About topics which will...

Page 19: ...ontaj Databases One of the fundamental technologies in Oasis montaj is its unique database architecture This architecture is designed to let you display many kinds of data formats ASCII and binary in...

Page 20: ...ng Compression to your Database 1 On the Database menu select Save database as The Save database as dialog is displayed 2 Specify a new database name as casaber_size gdb and then from the Compression...

Page 21: ...u select Import and then select Geosoft XYZ The Open a Geosoft XYZ file into a new database dialog is displayed 2 Using the Browse button locate the Geosoft XYZ file xyz_format xyz in your project dir...

Page 22: ...display data to your specifications TO HIDE A CHANNEL COLUMN 1 Select highlight the channel header cell you want to hide for example Z1 Press the space bar key on the keyboard or using the mouse righ...

Page 23: ...the data channel already you can simply position the cursor on a specific Channel Header Cell type the name and press the Enter key Note The symbol in a channel cell indicates that the data are too wi...

Page 24: ...belled Z1 to select highlight the channel for all of the lines in the database The selected data is the data the system will calculate the statistics on 2 Using the mouse right click and select Statis...

Page 25: ...e channels you have the option of displaying them as a graphical profile line You can display profiles for one or more channels in your database The profile appears in the profile windows directly bel...

Page 26: ...indicating the corresponding area on the profile 3 We recommend you experiment with the various Profile options accessed via the Profile popup menu including Profile Options X and Y Axis Options Hori...

Page 27: ...f each line number as a worksheet in the spreadsheet window When you view a new line number a new worksheet is opened in the spreadsheet window with corresponding line number information 3 Click on L3...

Page 28: ...played in the selected profile window will have the same scale The following list summarizes the different scale options available to you Scale to fit for each line Adjusts the scale in the profile bo...

Page 29: ...wo levels Plotting Profile Windows Oasis montaj enables you to quickly plot your displayed profile windows as an Oasis montaj Map file The map is named using the name of the current database and the p...

Page 30: ...of data are infinitely diverse To allow for this and provide flexibility Geosoft developed the XML Metadata Viewer and Metadata Editor to help you organize your metadata Even though each Geosoft data...

Page 31: ...ew the Metadata associated with the selected database file The Stylesheet dropdown list enables you to select from 3 style sheets Geosoft Geosoft ISO 19139 and Xml 5 To edit the Metadata click the Edi...

Page 32: ...ata dialog and return you to the Metadata Viewer 8 You can review your changes and then click the OK button to close the window Metadata Tool The Metadata Tool is a context oriented interactive method...

Page 33: ...Dropped include database files GDB grid files GRD map files MAP and ArcGIS MXD files MXD Note The installation of ArcMap or ArcEngine is required to view MXD files in Oasis montaj ArcEngine is include...

Page 34: ...2 Select the map file Oasismontaj map and click Open The map is opened in your project Adding Map Comments Map Comments can be included with your map by using your default text editor Map comments are...

Page 35: ...lding the Ctrl key and clicking on the desired items Changing the selection during group editing will end group editing without cancelling any current changes The effect of a double click on any item...

Page 36: ...means it can remain open while you work on your map It can be toggled on or off using the M hot key and can even be docked on the side of your screen or at the top with the toolbars OTHER TOOL OPTION...

Page 37: ...g Add Replace group mask in view VIEWEXTCLIP GX This option enables you to save the mask into the map and activate it on specific groups in the View Transparency Check the Transparency box to enable t...

Page 38: ...Click on the map then while holding down the left mouse button move your cursor in the area of the map you want to zoom click the left mouse button to select the area Click the mouse button again to z...

Page 39: ...om in and increase the displayed map features by 50 You can also access this command by clicking the right mouse button on a map and selecting Zoom In from the popup menu Full Map Default Shortcut F K...

Page 40: ...ation on managing your snapshots see the Manage Snapshots help topic Auto Snap to Grid Click this button to automatically Snap to Grid when working in your map The snapping grid origin is at the lower...

Page 41: ...round the map the value for that same geographic location is highlighted or indicated in all linked databases profiles and maps Note When you open a map the system automatically turns on a map link an...

Page 42: ...ng editing changes You can also access this command by clicking the right mouse button on a map and selecting Redraw from the popup menu Auto Recolour Grids Click this button to toggle the Auto Recolo...

Page 43: ...y map commands to the currently selected map window only Change Extent on All Maps Click this button to apply map commands to all the open map windows in the project Change Extent on Other Maps Only C...

Page 44: ...Each pixel in a bitmap image has a specific location and colour value assigned to it Bitmap images are resolution dependent that is they represent a fixed number of pixels As a result they can appear...

Page 45: ...age File name and File type 3 Click Open The Place an image on a map dialog is displayed again 4 Select the image Location default registration or fit to an area 5 Click New Map the image is displayed...

Page 46: ...s are made to the extents of the viewed area When Auto Recolour Grids is OFF the grids return to their original colours The Auto Recolour Grids option is a temporary viewing tool To save share a recol...

Page 47: ...includes associated Snapshots Right click and from the popup menu select Snapshots A dynamic sub menu will be displayed listing all of the snapshots associated with the current map 2 Select one of th...

Page 48: ...n client web browser Oasis montaj MapInfo and ArcGIS are thick DAP client software applications Thick client applications enable you to download and save the actual data to your hard drive so you can...

Page 49: ...ntists For more detailed information about Dapple visit http dapple geosoft com default asp Dapple includes a set of menus Tools Servers View Settings and Help an interactive Global Explorer window th...

Page 50: ...text box provided To clear the search parameters click the Clear search button 3 In the Search window select the Servers tab and click the Search button The Available Servers will be searched for any...

Page 51: ...re detailed information on the Dapple dialog select Help on the main Dapple menu bar Find DAP Data Use the Get DAP Data dialog to search for data on one or more DAP data servers This tool includes a s...

Page 52: ...ers are provided on the top of the Results tab For more information on using the DAP Data Filters click the Help button 5 The Selected tab enables you to control the both the data to download and the...

Page 53: ...ded data will be displayed in your open map For more information click the Help button on the Get DAP Data dialog Using the Metadata Tool The Metadata Browser is a tool for viewing metadata associated...

Page 54: ...IEW METADATA IN THE GET DAP DATA DIALOG 1 Select highlight a dataset on the Results Selected Datasets or the Get Data tabs in the Get DAP Data dialog right click and from the popup menu select View Me...

Page 55: ...ol will represent whichever Viewer currently has focus For more detailed information on the 3D Tool select highlight the 3D Tool and press the F1 key or use the Search tab in the Oasis montaj help sys...

Page 56: ...lect the Rotate button The curser changes to rotate mode 2 Left click and while holding down on the mouse key move right to left or up and down The grid will rotate in the direction in which you move...

Page 57: ...w ON Off button the auto redraw option refreshes redraws a map automatically after changes are made to it 1 Select the Toggle redraw ON Off button to enable the auto redraw option 2 When the Toggle Re...

Page 58: ...ck inside the inclination box and specify the inclination you want for the 3D grid 2 Check the Fix box and then click the OK button The grid will be redrawn on your map with the new fixed inclination...

Page 59: ...nd colour and add an Axis and or a box around the 3D View For more information see the Help topic Modify Axis Options 3D Tool TO ACCESS THE RENDERING OPTIONS DIALOG Select the Rendering button to disp...

Page 60: ...cify the vertical Scale of the relief grid Specify a minimum clipped value for the relief grid Specify a maximum clipped value for the relief grid Using the 3D Planes Tab TO SELECT THE PLANE TO MODIFY...

Page 61: ...ll be redrawn in the 3D viewer with the new base value TO SPECIFY THE VERTICAL SCALE OF THE RELIEF GRID 1 In the Scale box specify the vertical scale of the relief grid Press the Enter key The relief...

Page 62: ...g Clip Data depending on the voxel type you will have the option to clip the Voxel data range using the slider bar or data boxes or select the Lithology Unit Selection button Specify Transparency of t...

Page 63: ...the Voxel Statistics dialog is displayed 2 This dialog displays the Voxel Name Valid Data Dummies Volume Minimum Maximum Mean Value and Standard Deviation 3 Click the X on the top right corner to clo...

Page 64: ...djusted interactively by moving the slider on the Transparency bar or by specifying a value in the Transparency text box 1 Click inside the Transparency box and specity the transparency percentage lev...

Page 65: ...lay parameters in the 3D tool Select the 3D Viewing Tools Rotate Zoom Pan Centre Redraw Select the Voxel to modify from dropdown list Select check Box to add a box around the Voxel Select check Mesh t...

Page 66: ...slide the bar to the left and to decrease the transparency slide the bar to the right TO CLIP THE X Y AND Z AXIS DATA USING THE SLIDER OR TEXT BOXES Using the Clip Axis you can clip each of the 3D Axi...

Page 67: ...em to locate topics of interest Grid Properties Basic grid property and statistics information can be quickly displayed in Oasis montaj DISPLAYING GRID PROPERTIES 1 On the Grid and Image menu select G...

Page 68: ...tton to view the Grid Statistics dialog 5 Click the Back button to return to the Grid Properties dialog For more information on the Grid Properties and the Grid Statistics click the Help button Click...

Page 69: ...s 1 Select highlight the map you want to send 2 On the Map menu click Send map to 3 A new e mail is composed in your default e mail program with an attached e map file Unpacking an E map If you receiv...

Page 70: ...formats This tutorial will describe how to export to a Geosoft XYZ and CSV Data format file EXPORT GEOSOFT XYZ DATA FORMAT The directions below describe how to export a database as a Geosoft XYZ file...

Page 71: ...mmies comment headers line headers and CSV formatting 4 You can specify a Template name Export_XYZ o0 or use the default default o0 template 5 Click OK to return to the Export XYZ data dialog click OK...

Page 72: ...Include channel names 5 Click the OK button The system exports the data to the designated file name Exporting Maps Oasis montaj Viewer enables you to export Oasis maps to a variety of grid and image f...

Page 73: ...size 6 In the Export to box click File 7 Click OK to export the Oasis montaj map in tiff format The Export file name dialog is displayed 8 Specify a file name for the tiff file and click Save The tiff...

Page 74: ...p or the entire map When plotting you also have the option of scaling the visible or entire plot to cover the entire plot area or to scale the entire plot to a specific range SETTING UP THE PRINTER 1...

Page 75: ...te For more information on page setup parameters click the Help button on the Page Setup dialog or see the Printing topics in the Oasis montaj online help system Print a Map 1 Select highlight the map...

Page 76: ...age depending on the media to which you are printing or plotting 4 In the Panels box select All Note Panel overlap mm If you are printing multiple panels you can specify an overlap in mm This helps yo...

Page 77: ...abases profiles maps and grids as well as Geosoft and third party images including Geosoft PLT AutoCAD DXF MapInfo TAB ArcView SHP ArcGIS LYR and Microstation DGN files Verify data quality analyses an...

Page 78: ...edit attributes assigned to Geosoft data View Group Manager Tool enables users to manage and edit map View and or Groups File locations are displayed in a popup dialog when you mouse over an item in...

Page 79: ...X USGS Show and plot data profiles in upto five database profile windows View data projected coordinate system information View data statistics and historical processing logs Dynamically link data bet...

Page 80: ...connecting you to data and information in these views through a specialized dynamic linking technology By delivering a wide variety of algorithms and techniques By memorizing the processing you apply...

Page 81: ...ch as histograms scatter plots etc licensed version only to the project setup including the menus you have displayed and whether you are working on a map or profile and the state in which you left it...

Page 82: ...n accept any graphics that a map can It can also be saved as a map in which case the map will appear in the Map section of the project explorer What you need to know about Project files You require an...

Page 83: ...data the Metadata is passed on and the lineage of what was done to the data is maintained in the Lineage section Viewing and Editing Metadata Attributes or metadata information about data can be simpl...

Page 84: ...atabases are displayed and organized in Oasis Montaj in the Spreadsheet Window The spreadsheet window organizes and displays data differently than conventional relational spreadsheet and database prog...

Page 85: ...rage areas and then re write them after processing The result is a significant increase in processing efficiency This Geosoft file structure provides additional advantages including Ability to process...

Page 86: ...drillhole plotting Rows and columns work similar to standard spreadsheets in that you can edit and delete them as needed The system also enables multiple worksheets in your database depending on the...

Page 87: ...isplay your data as either values or arrays For surveys where a single value is recorded at each station for example an assay survey each data cell will contain a single value For surveys where a mult...

Page 88: ...y below its corresponding database in a profile window You can have up to five panes with 32 variables in each pane A key point to note about profile windows is that they are linked dynamically to the...

Page 89: ...rmation A View divides the information on a map into a Base view which uses paper coordinates and a Data view which uses ground coordinates Map surrounds north arrows and scale bars are examples of ma...

Page 90: ...you will become familiar with the information that is stored in each type of View and how to manipulate them for example by turning off a map layer for plotting purposes And as shown in the next sect...

Page 91: ...e montaj background to make new maps It is also possible to use drag n drop to place a Geosoft group from the View Group Manager Tool into a MXD map An MXD represents geographic information as a colle...

Page 92: ...p It is also possible to create new MXDs in this menu at some predefined page sizes or to save a Geosoft map as an MXD You can also save a map layer definition as an ArcMap LYR file and add it in an e...

Page 93: ...n your project When you activate links and select any item or position in a database profile or map a cursor automatically connects the item or point in all items This capability gives you an importan...

Page 94: ...ontents and that Geosoft did not test or create this GX Individual users can create GXs using the GX Developer Toolkit Geosoft s own developers also use this product to develop applications The GX Dev...

Page 95: ...sing data the process link is also useful for remembering processing settings This latter capability is particularly effective if you are away from your project for any length of time and want to reca...

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Page 97: ...the name used in the ASEG GDF DEFN file to indicate the data name The channel is a mapping to the channel that will be created in the database And the data type one of BYTE UBYTE SHORT LONG FLOAT or D...

Page 98: ...e is a simple file structure that is intended to be used by programmers as a convenient way to import data into an Oasis montaj database The Oasis montaj GBN GX will import Oasis montaj binary files i...

Page 99: ...ure 05 192 byte parameter record optional parameter settings 04 84 byte array channel record GBN_ArrayChanRec structure 01 or 04 repeated for each channel of data 05 192 byte parameter record optional...

Page 100: ...ouble 8 bytes lLength 42150 long 4 bytes In this example 42150 double 8 byte values must immediately follow the channel data record A carriage return line feed 0D0A is assumed at the end of each comme...

Page 101: ...imes Time data 03 1 5 4610 0 1 0 4215 data data 4215 times X data 03 2 5 4610 0 1 0 4215 data data 4215 times Y data 03 3 4 4610 0 0 1 42150 data data 42150 times Mag data 03 4 4 4610 0 0 1 42150 data...

Page 102: ...ical DEG MM SS SSS end of defines endif simple channel record typedef struct char szName 64 channel name case tolerant NULL terminated If the channel does not already exist the following 4 parameters...

Page 103: ...BN_Data record type 03 Named parameters Database lines and channels may have associated named information which is stored as named parameters and their text string values Any number of these records m...

Page 104: ...ate The following C functions can be used to create GEOSOFT dates and times Note that the GGRAPH format is just a TIME format with hours between 360 and 360 long RoundLong double a if a 0 0 return lon...

Page 105: ...Value to break short psYear Year short psMonth Month short psDay Day double dF dI short sDays const short psMonths short sDay short sMonth short sYear Break in the Integer and Fractional Components i...

Page 106: ...lMin 500000L lMin 0L else while lMin 60L if lHour 0L lHour else lHour lMin 60 if lMin 0L lMin 0L Compute fractional hour dVal dSec double lMin 60L 3600 0 if lHour 0 dVal dVal Compute final value retu...

Page 107: ...sMonth 0 sMonth 0 if sMonth 11 sMonth 11 Get the Day sDay if sDay 0 sDay 0 if sDay psMonths sMonth sDay short psMonths sMonth 1 Add days in the previous months i 0 while i sMonth sDay psMonths i Compu...

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