How Peaks and Depressions Maps Help Model Water Availability More Effectively Water availability is never static—it shifts due to precipitation, runoff, evaporation, seepage, and discharge. Understanding these changes is critical if you’re a hydrologist, environmental scientist, or engineer managing water resources, predicting flood risks, or [...]
Need Inspiration to Create Your Graph? Look to Great Examples. When you’re about to create a graph, do you already have a clear vision of how it should look? Sometimes the answer is yes—but let’s be honest, sometimes it’s not. Designing a compelling, effective graph [...]
The Benefits of Software Beta Programs: Why Your Participation Should Be a Priority Any good software company continuously tests and improves their product. It’s one of the best ways to stay ahead of the curve. That’s why, at Golden Software, we don’t just have one—we [...]
How Point Cloud Layers Are Helping Showcase Insights Efficiently & Clearly More than ever before, professionals are turning to drones equipped with LiDAR sensors to gather high-resolution data. But collecting LiDAR data is just one part of the equation — visualizing it effectively is another. [...]
How a Single High-Profile Plot Evolved Over a Quarter of a Century: The Technology & Approach Igor Yashayaev Used To Build and Enhance One Visual Some visuals are so compelling they stand the test of time, evolving alongside the science they represent. Igor Yashayaev, PhD, [...]
How Drillhole Maps Provide Clearer Insight into the Subsurface When working with drillhole data, you’ve likely used post maps or base maps to visualize your drillhole locations. After all, post maps let you plot XY coordinates to show where drillholes are located, while base maps [...]
Ultimate Guide: 20 Tips to Make Your Data Visualizations Better for Any Audience As a geoscientist, your job isn’t just about analyzing data—it’s about communicating it effectively. Whether you’re showcasing groundwater contamination plumes or drillholes for resource exploration, viewers rely on your data visualizations to [...]
A Short Guide: The Purpose of Mainstream and Specialized Map Types Maps are at the core of what you create as a geoscientist. Whether you’re tracking environmental changes, highlighting geological formations, or analyzing elevation for infrastructure planning, you typically have to create maps to communicate [...]
6 Factors to Consider to Ensure Effective & Accurate Volume Calculation For geoscientists, volume calculations play a critical role in environmental assessments, excavation planning, and resource management. Whether you’re determining the volume of contaminated soil, calculating material removal from a pit, or assessing changes in [...]
Understanding the View: Helping the General Public Enjoy the Geology in Their Surroundings When you look out at a stunning landscape—towering cliffs, winding valleys, and expansive plateaus—most people don’t think about the forces that shaped it over millions of years. But for retired geophysicist and [...]