Comments on: Challenges In Earth Science Visualization http://www.vizworld.com/2009/06/challenges-in-earth-science-visualization/ Covering everything about Visualization & Computer Graphics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:08:00 -0600 hourly 1 By: Stephenhttp://www.vizworld.com/2009/06/challenges-in-earth-science-visualization/#comment-1204 Stephen Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:10:32 +0000 Petrel is now much stronger in Geophysics than either GigaViz or GeoProbe, you should check it out if you get a chance. Many students are coming out of university with a good knowledge of the the Windows based applications and some companies are starting to reflect that in there application choice. I completely agree with you data is king, you can not do 3D just for 3D's sake that is why it is important that when we develop applications we have a full depth of functionality with the option to see (or interpret) the data either in 3D or 2D. Petrel is now much stronger in Geophysics than either GigaViz or GeoProbe, you should check it out if you get a chance.
Many students are coming out of university with a good knowledge of the the Windows based applications and some companies are starting to reflect that in there application choice. I completely agree with you data is king, you can not do 3D just for 3D’s sake that is why it is important that when we develop applications we have a full depth of functionality with the option to see (or interpret) the data either in 3D or 2D.

]]> By: Maitrihttp://www.vizworld.com/2009/06/challenges-in-earth-science-visualization/#comment-1135 Maitri Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:11:45 +0000 Stephen,Thanks for the observation. Generally, I agree that the younger generation picks up on 3D tools and incorporates them into the workflow quicker, but there is a roadblock and that is mentoring: Young people are mentored in concepts & tools by those who are used to working with an older set and, to get up to speed and begin producing work, the younger workers mimic what their mentors do. I see this cycle breaking but it requires some adventurous young workers.GigaViz, which I mentioned in the post, is the Schlumberger 3D volume interpretation tool. Petrel is good for geological modeling, but is lacking in geophysical robustness. Again, data is king - I'd much rather work in 2D and honor the data than leave the science behind to do 3D for 3D's sake. Stephen,

Thanks for the observation. Generally, I agree that the younger generation picks up on 3D tools and incorporates them into the workflow quicker, but there is a roadblock and that is mentoring: Young people are mentored in concepts & tools by those who are used to working with an older set and, to get up to speed and begin producing work, the younger workers mimic what their mentors do. I see this cycle breaking but it requires some adventurous young workers.

GigaViz, which I mentioned in the post, is the Schlumberger 3D volume interpretation tool. Petrel is good for geological modeling, but is lacking in geophysical robustness. Again, data is king – I’d much rather work in 2D and honor the data than leave the science behind to do 3D for 3D’s sake.

]]> By: Stephenhttp://www.vizworld.com/2009/06/challenges-in-earth-science-visualization/#comment-1130 Stephen Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:17:13 +0000 Good article. I find that some parts of the earth science workflow have been predominantly 3D for some time, a good example of this is 3D geological modeling which in it nature needs to be in 3D. This is a fairly new domain so no precedent was set to work in 2D. It also tends to be done by a new generation of geoscientists. Many older geoscientists learnt to work in 2D and feel more comfortable there, it is my experience that the younger generation pick up working in 3D more easily. In the past compute and graphics restrictions lead to the development of specialist 3D visualization tools to work also side the existing tools. Now fast compute and graphics make 3D visualization available at every desktop the time of specialist 3D applications is over, the trick is to make software that provide both 3D and 2D windows for viewing the same data. This type of visualization will 'ease in' the older generation while enabling the benefits of 3D visualization and enable work to be done in 3D not just visualization. Check out Schlumberger's Petrel for a good example of this Good article. I find that some parts of the earth science workflow have been predominantly 3D for some time, a good example of this is 3D geological modeling which in it nature needs to be in 3D. This is a fairly new domain so no precedent was set to work in 2D. It also tends to be done by a new generation of geoscientists. Many older geoscientists learnt to work in 2D and feel more comfortable there, it is my experience that the younger generation pick up working in 3D more easily. In the past compute and graphics restrictions lead to the development of specialist 3D visualization tools to work also side the existing tools. Now fast compute and graphics make 3D visualization available at every desktop the time of specialist 3D applications is over, the trick is to make software that provide both 3D and 2D windows for viewing the same data. This type of visualization will ‘ease in’ the older generation while enabling the benefits of 3D visualization and enable work to be done in 3D not just visualization. Check out Schlumberger’s Petrel for a good example of this

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