Original Question:
I would like to hear about others experiences with either creating boring
log drawings in ArcView (3D) or creating boring log drawings in other
applications, then bringing the results into ArcView. We are debating about
whether to create the logs in AutoCad, ArcView, or other software designed
specifically for creating boring logs. And, we are wondering what we can do
with ArcView to display and analyze the data. I"ll sum all responses.
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Here are the responses. Thanks for all the input:
try WinLog 3
- you can access the data directly form ArcView as it uses an
open-architeure
back-end
- you can display the logs in ArcView via a hotlink as WinLog can create
PDFs
Greg Cocks
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As far as I know, there are only two ways to display boring logs within
ArcView 3D Analyst.
1. An extension created by GeoArctic for creating simple, non-patterned logs
and fence diagrams. The website for this product is at the following
address:
2. You can export boring logs to 3D Analyst from the EQuIS environmental
database, with the ArcView interface. Again, the logs appear as simple,
non-patterned logs with no attributes (ie. no curve or histogram data, no
well construction info etc. etc.). More information about the EQuIS database
is found through the following link:
My personal recommendation is to use a stand-alone product. Although
obviously biased, I recommend our stand-alone program, LogPlot2001- it is a
very flexible, powerful, and easy-to-use program. LogPlot2001 allows you to
construct your own templates, so that you can create a standard boring log
form that all the employees in your organization adhere to. The type of data
you can display in LogPlot2001 is limited only by creativity, and includes
well construction diagrams, multiple water table levels, downhole
geochemistry and geophysics data, lithology and stratigraphy data,
aquifer/aquitard (hydrogeologic) boundaries, permeability/transmissivity
values, tip and sleeve stress values, blow counts. The graphical entities
include curves, histograms, symbols, patterns, scale bars, images, text- all
of these are can be edited for font, color, size etc. We offer a
fully-functional download for LogPlot2001 on our website, the download
allows you to test the program for 10 days/25 uses. More information about
LogPlot2001 can be found through the following link:
Currently, the interfaces between subsurface modeling products (such as
LogPlot2001 and RockWorks), and GIS desktop mappers like ArcView are very
poor, although I suspect this will change over the next two years. ArcView
8.1 has a hyperlink feature that allows you to launch a Windows-based
3rd-party application from a hyperlink that's tied to a point, line or
polygon theme- so you could potentially create a 2D site map of boringhole
locations in ArcView 8.1, click on the borehole, and launch your LogPlot
diagram in a separate window- not ideal functionality, but it is an
improvement.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions about any
of the above. By the way, we also are a full-fledged ESRI distributor, and
would be happy to help you determine a software solution that will work for
you.
Sincerely,
Tom Meuzelaar
RockWare, Inc.
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the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has an extension that creates
lithology stick diagrams:
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/lithostick/litho
logy.html
It's pretty slick, but I've found that ArcView is generally pretty clunky
when it comes to things like this.
good luck,
Kathryn Schoephoester
GeoTrans, Inc.
Brookfield, Wisconsin
kschoephoester@geotransinc.com
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and a response from the person who asked the question: I hear the Port of
Seattle contracted to have a review done of boring log software. They might
give out the report if asked.
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Marie Mills, GIS Analyst
Pacific Groundwater Group
2377 Eastlake Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
USA
(206) 329-0141 x207
marie@pgwg.com
http://www.pgwg.com
http://www.tumtum.com/mmills