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Golden Software Improves Surfer® File Handling for Faster Mapping

September 9, 2020 By GISuser

GOLDEN, Colorado, 9 September 2020 – Golden Software, a developer of affordable 2D and 3D scientific modeling packages, has made it faster and easier than ever to create maps in the latest version of its Surfer® gridding, contouring, and 3D surface mapping product. Additionally, Surfer users will find it is simpler to present, share and display their work with the software package.

Create pie charts in Surfer showing proportions of attribute data for each feature.
Create pie charts in Surfer showing proportions of attribute data for each feature.

“We focused on improving mapping functions in this version of Surfer, and we have done it primarily by making files much easier to find and access, and by simplifying and speeding up the process of creating maps,” said Kari Dickenson, Surfer Product Manager.

Surfer has been relied upon for more than 30 years by scientists in numerous disciplines to easily visualize and interpret complex data sets. Known for its fast and powerful contouring algorithms that regularly outperform more expensive packages, Surfer enables users to model data sets, apply an array of advanced analytics tools, and graphically communicate the results in ways anyone can understand.

The Surfer package is used by more than 100,00 people worldwide, many involved in oil & gas exploration, environmental consulting, mining, engineering, and geospatial projects.

Golden Software has made these improvements in the latest Surfer version released today:

Faster Map Creation – Users can now automatically create maps – even contours – from grid and data files simply by opening the file or dragging a file into the Surfer window. In addition, users can select multiple files and open them simultaneously as individual maps or each as a separate layer in an existing map. Contouring has been multi-threaded, so generating contour maps from large detailed grids is much faster and takes a fraction of the time it did previously.

Pie Charts – Attribute data can be used in base layers to create pie charts, displaying the proportions of various components. For example, the proportions of the lithology, geochemistry, or contaminant concentration data for rocks, cores or water samples can be represented in the pie chart. Additionally, the diameter of the pies can be fixed or proportionally sized relative to the total value of the data.

Automatic Scale Change – Users can now resize a map by dragging its corners, and the map scale and scale bar updates automatically and proportionately.

Create 3D PDF – Surfer users can easily share their 3D projects with clients and stakeholders who may not have access to Surfer. The 3D view in Surfer can be exported as a 3D PDF file, a popular and familiar format.

Surfer File Thumbnails – Surfer takes advantage of the preview feature in Windows Explorer to allow users to view their Surfer files as small thumbnail images in the file folder.

Data Exclusion Filter – Users can choose which data points to display in a post map. Any criteria can be used to filter the data in a post map and exclude points. For example, users can exclude data within a date range, above or below a threshold value, or based on data in another column.

Grid Layer Conversion – A grid layer can be converted from one type to another. For example, a contour map can be converted to a 3D surface map and vice versa.

Surfer Beta Available

As is the tradition, Golden Software has released a Beta version of Surfer simultaneously with the new version to give customers a chance to try out new features while they are still in development. Users may find the Beta version by clicking File | Online from within Surfer.

Here are the Beta features that Golden Software developers are working on for the winter 2020/21 release of Surfer:

New Layer Type – Surfer will automatically detect the high and low points, or peaks and depressions, in your grid files and colorize or annotate them with hachure marks. Useful for mapping topographic peaks and sinkholes, this function can be applied to any grid file.

Enhanced 3D Views – There will soon be three new features in the 3D view – color scale bars, exporting to VRML file, and anti-aliasing (smoothing jagged lines in axes and grid lines).

More Automated Features – New functions in recent Surfer upgrades will be added to Automation for creation of scripts and workflows.

About Golden Software

Founded in 1983, Golden Software is a leading developer of affordable scientific graphics software. Its customer base includes over 100,000 users involved in environmental consulting, oil and gas exploration and extraction, mining exploration and extraction, engineering, applied science, business, education, and government in nearly 190 countries and territories. Golden Software offers six products: Surfer® for gridding, contouring and 3D surface mapping; Grapher™ for 2D and 3D graphing; Voxler® for 3D data visualization; Strater® for well log, borehole and cross section plotting; MapViewer™ for thematic mapping and spatial analysis; and Didger® for digitizing and coordinate conversion.

For additional information, visit www.GoldenSoftware.com or call 1-303-279-1021.

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