Geosoft Oasis Montaj 7.0, Quick Start Manual

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Tutorial 2: Working with Data 43
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Safe and Efficient Data Transfer: DAP data transfer technology provides direct
DAP client/server communication enabling the transfer of compressed data that
maintains original data integrity.
The DAP menu includes two options for finding data, Find Data with Dapple and Find
Data.
Find Data with Dapple
Use the DAP|Find Data with Dapple option to search for data with Dapple . Dapple,
Geosoft's global data explorer, enables you to browse, discover and display graphically
rich data from global and corporate spatial servers – Geosoft DAP servers, NASA servers,
USGS servers, and the many, many WMS servers currently available.
The Dapple project is an open-source activity sponsored by Geosoft and derived from the
NASA World Wind ( http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ ) open source project. Dapple
represents our effort to make this powerful technology accessible and useful to
professional earth scientists. 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 that displays the selected data layers, a Search window that
enables you to define your ‘Area of Interest’ via Servers or the Web based on spatial
extents and keywords, a Data Layers window that displays the selected data, an Overview
Map window that displays your current spatial extents, and a Metadata window that
displays the metadata for the currently selected Data Layer.
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The ability to access data from global and corporate spatial servers (Geosoft DAP servers,
NASA servers, USGS servers, and WMS servers) along with the Internet is a powerful
and insightful way to work with spatial data. Dapple provides effective data browsing
tools for locating geoscience data, satellite imagery, remote sensing data, geology maps,
geophysical data, and many other data sets of interest to geoscientists.
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On the DAP menu, select Find Date with Dapple and the Dapple dialog will be
displayed.