When I first started working with web-based GIS, oooh, back in 2001 or so, it seemed that ESRI was attempting to deliver “desktop-GIS-in-a-browser”, and as we know now, generally coming up short. Since the birth of ArcIMS, ESRI invested heavily in ArcObjects and ArcGIS Server, presumably to deliver on the aims of its original internet…
Read detailsWith the UK’s 26th Licensing Round expected to be announced in January 2010 its likely that the thoughts of the petroleum companies operating in the North Sea will soon turn to figuring out what the best acreage likely to be on offer is. Coincidentally, Nursultan Yakhiyayev, one of our 2009 summer students from the Imperial…
Read detailsExploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) is a group of techniques used to describe and visualize spatial distributions, to highlight patterns affecting the distribution of observations and to identify outlier values. Each interpolation technique has its own advantages and disadvantages, depending on the characteristics of the input dataset. ESDA techniques provide the GIS user with guidance…
Read detailsWelcome to the first of our Petroleum GIS Tips series, where members of our training team will explain how to perform a common E&P task or petroleum GIS workflow using ArcGIS Desktop. First up is an old chestnut – georeferencing an image. Georeferencing Images One day you are lurking by the coffee machine discussing your…
Read detailsAt Exprodat we often have to communicate the value of training, especially when times are hard (hello credit crunch). A while ago I came across an interesting blog post on the ESRI Training Matters website which summed this up nicely. It being some months since it was posted, and ESRI being enthusiastic bloggers, it has…
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