Introduzione
in Italiano
A Powerful Contouring, Gridding,
and Surface Mapping Package for Scientists and Engineers
Surfer è
il software leader per il Contouring, Gridding, e Surface
Mapping. Permette di convertire
i dati nei seguenti tipi di mappe: contour, 3D wireframe,
vector, image, shaded relief, post, base.
La mappa può essere scelta tra quelle in archivio o creata
miscelando gli elementi di diverse mappe; può essere poi personalizzata
in tutti i suoi elementi al fine di arrivare al risultato
desiderato.
Con Surfer la produzione di mappe di qualità è non è mai stata
cosi veloce e semplice.
| Surfer is a contouring and 3D surface mapping program
that runs under Microsoft Windows. It quickly and easily converts your
data into outstanding contour, 3D surface, 3D wireframe, vector, image,
shaded relief, and post maps. Virtually all aspects of your maps can be
customized to produce exactly the presentation you want. Producing
publication quality maps has never been quicker or easier. |
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Contour Maps
Surfer contour maps give you full control over all map parameters. You
can accept the Surfer intelligent defaults to automatically create a
contour map, or double-click a map to easily customize map
features.
Display contour maps over any csontour range and contour interval, or
specify only the contour levels you want to display on the map. And with
Surfer you can add color fill between contours to produce dazzling
displays of your maps, or produce gray scale fills for dramatic black
and white printouts.
I work with a lot of LIDAR data and Surfer
has been
outstanding for generating contours quickly and accurately -- Michael
Mayerle, President of JMS Geomatics
Create colorful contour maps with custom levels, colors, and a color
scale!
Contour Map
Features
- Automatic or user-defined contour intervals and ranges
- Full control over contour label format, font, frequency,
placement, and spacing
- Drag contour labels to place them exactly where you want them
- Automatic or user-defined color for contour lines
- Color fill between contours, either user-specified or as a custom
color map of your choice
- Save and load custom color map files for the exact desired display
- Use one of the built-in presets as the color map
- Full control over hachures
- Save and load contour map level files that contain all the level
information, so you can easily and quickly create contour maps with
consistent properties
- Regulate smoothing of contour lines
- Blank contour lines in areas where you don't want to show any data
- Specify color for blanked regions, or make them transparent
- Add color scale
- Create any number of contour maps on a page
- Add base, vector, shaded relief, image, or post map layers to
contour map layers
- Drape contour map layers over 3D surfaces or 3D wireframes for
dramatic displays
- Export contours in 3D DXF, 3D SHP or 3D TXT formats
- Adjust the layer opacity
Individual contour labels can be dragged to a new location,
new labels can be added and individual labels can be deleted.
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3D Surface Maps
The 3D surface map uses shading and color to emphasize your
data features. Change the lighting, display angle and tilt with a click
of the
mouse. Overlay several surface maps to generate informative block
diagrams.
Create exciting 3D surface maps from your XYZ data!
Image courtesy of Igor Yashayaev, Bedford Institute of Oceanography,
Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.
3D Surface Map
Features
- Specify surface color gradation, shininess, base fill and line
color
- Control mesh line frequency, color, style, surface offset
- Set lighting horizontal and vertical angles, ambient, diffuse, and
specular properties
- Overlay contour maps, image maps, post maps, shaded relief maps,
raster and vector base maps, and other surface maps for spectacular
presentations
- Choose overlay resample method and resolution, color modulation
(blending) of surface and overlays
- Save and load custom color map files for the exact desired display
- Use one of the built-in presets as the color map
- Add color scales to explain the data values corresponding to each
color
- Disable the display of blanked grid nodes or map the blanked areas
to a specific Z level
Combining surface maps is an excellent technique to visually compare
data sets.
Image courtesy of Igor Yashayaev, Bedford Institute of Oceanography,
Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.
Overlay surface maps to visually depict changes with depth! |
Image Maps
Surfer image maps use different colors to represent elevations of a grid
file. Surfer automatically blends colors between percentage values so
you end up with a smooth color gradation over the entire map. You can
add color anchors at any percentage point between 0 and 100. Each anchor
point can be assigned a unique color, and the colors are automatically
blended between adjacent anchor points. This allows you to create color
maps using any combination of colors. Add a color scale to show the
values of the different colors! Image maps can be created independently
of other maps, or can be combined with other map layers. They can be
scaled, resized, limited and moved.
Customize your image map by adding color, including a color scale,
and
overlaying it with other map layers to make the map as informative as
possible! The above map is created from an image map of Colorado
elevation overlaid with a base map layer showing the county boundaries.
Image Map Features
- Display pixel maps or smoothed images
- Save and load custom color map files for the exact desired display
- Use one of the built-in presets as the color map
- Create an associated color scale
- Overlay image maps with contour, post, or base maps
- Specify a color for missing data, or choose to make areas of no
data transparent
- Change the rotation and tilt angles
- Adjust the layer opacity
Colorful and smooth image maps can be combined with base maps and
contour maps to create informative displays. Image courtesy of Igor
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Shaded Relief Maps
Shaded relief maps are raster images based on grid files. Shaded relief
maps assign colors based on slope orientation relative to a light
source. Surfer determines the orientation of each grid cell and
calculates reflectance of a point light source on the grid surface. The
light source can be thought of as the sun shining on a topographic
surface. Surfer automatically blends colors between percentage values so
you end up with a smooth color gradation over the map. You can add
color anchors so each anchor point can be assigned a unique color, and
the colors are automatically blended between adjacent anchor points.
This allows you to create color maps using any combination of colors.
Shaded relief maps can be created independently of other maps, or can be
combined with other layers. Shaded relief maps can be scaled, resized,
limited, and moved in the same way as other types of maps.
Create detailed shaded relief maps! This map shows a turbidite
fan
and was created with multi-beam echo-sounder data obtained
in the Caribbean Sea.
Shaded Relief Map
Features
- Create photo-quality relief maps from grid files
- Control light source position, relative slope gradient, and
shading
- Overlay with contour, vector, post, or base maps for highly
effective displays
- Shading calculations based on several shading methods, including
Simple, Peucker's Approximation, Lambertian Reflection, and
Lommel-Seeliger Law
- Set relief parameters using Central Difference or Midpoint
difference gradient methods
- Save and load custom color map files for the exact desired display
- Use one of the built-in presets as the color map
- Specify a color for missing data, or choose to make areas of no
data transparent
- Change the rotation and tilt angles
- Adjust the layer opacity
Create spectacular maps in seconds. This map consists of a shaded
relief
map
overlaid with a contour map detailing the salinity of the Atlantic Ocean
at 100
meters. Image courtesy of Igor Yashayaev, Bedford Institute of
Oceanography,
Canada.
Combine a shaded relief map with contour and base map features.
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Post Maps
Post maps show XY locations with fixed size symbols or proportionally
scaled symbols of any color. Create post maps independent of other maps
on the page, or combined with other map layers. For each posted point,
specify the symbol and label type, size, and angle. Also create classed
post maps that identify different ranges of data by automatically
assigning a different symbol or color to each data range. Post your
sample locations, well locations, or original data point locations on a
contour map to show the distribution of data points on the map, and to
demonstrate the accuracy of the gridding methods you use.
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Use post maps to display the location of your XY data. |
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Different symbols are used to display different ranges of data in
classed post maps. Here, a classed post map is overlaid on a wireframe
map and 3D label lines have been added to lift the symbols up off the
map surface. |
Post Map Features
- Create any number of post maps on a single page
- Post data from any number of files
- Use proportional or fixed size symbols
- Full control of symbol style, color, and frequency
- Post all points, a specific range of points, or every nth point
- Specify custom symbols from the worksheet
- Add labels from a data file and adjust the angle of the label and
the plane in which the label appears
- Drag post map labels to place them exactly where you want them
- Make a classed post map to post different symbols for specified
ranges of data values
- Create a classed post legend to display the symbols and data
ranges
- Save and load classes for a classed post map
- Adjust the layer opacity
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3D Wireframe Maps
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impressive three dimensional display of your data. Wireframes are
created by connecting Z values along lines of constant X and Y. Use
color zones, independent XYZ scaling, orthographic or perspective
projections at any tilt or rotation angle, and different combinations of
X, Y and Z lines to produce exactly the surface you want. Drape a
color-filled contour map over a wireframe map to create the most
striking color or black-and-white representations of your data. The
possibilities are endless. |
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A wireframe map can be used to display any combination of X,Y, and Z
lines.
A USGS SDTS DEM file was used to create this map and color zones were
defined for the X and Y lines. |
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3D Wireframe
Map Features
- Display any combination of X,Y, and Z lines
- Use automatic or user-defined color zones to highlight different Z
levels
- Stack any number of 3D surfaces on a single page
- Optional hidden line removal
- Overlay any combination of contour, filled contour, base, post,
and
classed post maps on a surface
- Views of the top or bottom of the surface, or both
- Proportional or independent scaling in the X,Y, and Z dimensions
- Full control over axis tick marks and tick labels
- Add a base with optional vertical base lines
- Display the surface at any rotation or tilt angle
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Vector Maps
Instantly create vector maps in Surfer to show direction
and magnitude of data at points on a map. You can create vector maps
from information in one grid or two separate grids. The two components
of the vector map, direction and magnitude, are automatically generated
from a single grid by computing the gradient of the represented surface.
At any given grid node, the direction of the arrow points in the
direction of the steepest descent. The magnitude of the arrow changes
depending on the steepness of the descent. Two-grid vector maps use two
separate grid files to determine the vector direction and magnitude. The
grids can contain Cartesian or polar data. With Cartesian data, one
grid consists of X component data and the other grid consists of Y
component data. With polar data, one grid consists of angle information
and the other grid contains length information. Overlay vector maps on
contour or wireframe maps to enhance the presentation!
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A vector map of Mt. St. Helens overlaid on a
contour map (left) and wireframe map (right). Use a color scale bar or
legend to indicate the magnitude of the arrows.
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Vector Map
Features
- Create vector maps based on one grid or two grids.
- Define arrow style, color, and frequency
- Symbol color may be fixed, based on vector magnitude or based on a
grid file
- Save and load custom color map files for the exact desired display
- Use one of the built-in presets as the color map
- Display color scale bars and vector scale legends
- Scale the arrow shaft length, head length, and width
- Control vector symbol origin
- Choose from linear, logarithmic, or square root scaling
methods
- Adjust the layer opacity
This vector map displays the ocean’s surface
currents.
Image courtesy of
Chris Fullilove, Rip Charts.
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Base Maps
Surfer can import maps in many different formats to display
geographic information. You can combine base maps with other maps in map
overlays, or can create stand-alone base maps independent of other maps
on the page. You can load any number of base maps on a page. It is easy
to overlay a base map on a contour or surface wireframe map, allowing
you to display geographic information in combination with the three
dimensional data.
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Display your base maps in Surfer alone or overlay them on other maps. |
Base Map Features
- Edit the line, fill, text and symbol properties for individual
objects in a base map
- Globally edit the line, fill, text and symbol properties for al
objects in a base map
- Import georeferenced images files in real world coordinates
- Manually georeferenced images files in real world coordinates
- Calculate the area and perimeter length of polygons in a base map
- Calculate the length of polylines in a base map
- Copy, paste, reshape, move and delete individual objects in a base
map
- Add new objects to a base map
- Adjust the layer opacity
- Import base maps in several formats: AN1, AN2, BLN, BMP, BNA, BW,
DCM, DIC, DDF, DLG, DXF, E00, ECW, EMF, GIF, GSB, GSI, JPEG, JPG, LGO,
LGS, MIF, PCX, PLT, PLY, PNG, PNM/PPM/PGM/PBM, RAS, RGB, RGBA, SHP, SID,
SUN, TGA, TIF, TIFF, VTK, WMF, X, and XIMG.
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Map Layers
Adding multiple map layers to your map gives you a way
to combine different types of data in one map. For example, you can
drape a georeferenced image over a 3D surface map, overlay multiple base
maps with a contour map, or plot a post map with contours over a
wireframe map. And because you can add any number of map layers to a
map, you can show any amount of data on a single map. You are limited
only by your imagination!
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This map was created by adding two contour
map layers, a base map layer and a wireframe map layer to display
contaminate spread. |
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Overlay several surface maps to generate
informative block diagrams.
(How
do I create a block
diagram?) |
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Effortlessly produce vivid and stunning
maps that display an array of data! Image courtesy of Igor Yashayaev,
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada. |
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Overlay multiple map layers and adjust the
transparency of the upper layers to see the lower layers beneath! This
example shows a partially transparent contour map overlaid with a
georeferenced image file imported as a base map. |
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Stacking Maps
You can align individual maps horizontally on the page by stacking them.
Map stacking was designed to align maps using commensurate coordinate
systems. This command is useful for keeping two or more maps separated
vertically on the page while keeping relative horizontal positions.
Stack multiple 2D maps to see multiple layers!
Stack and rotate maps for the best presentation possible!
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Map Projections!
Surfer now supports map projections! Choose from an endless list of
coordinate
systems for your map to display. Specify the source coordinate system
for each
of the layers in your map, and choose to display the map in any other
coordinate
system! For example, load data and grid files in UTM or State Plane
coordinates,
and display the map in Latitude/Longitude coordinates! It is simply that
easy!
Save the coordinate system information for your grid to an external file
for
future reuse.
This map was created using ten different data sets in more than five
different
coordinate systems! No extra effort is required to convert data sets, Surfer
works
seamlessly with all coordinate systems. Image courtesy of Eric
Dickenson,
Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of
Mines.
Infestation data was obtained from USDA Forest Service,
Forest Health Protection and its partners.
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Customize Your Map!
Make your map look its best by customizing it to fit your needs! Surfer
offers numerous map features to enhance the look of your map. Use
Surfer’s defaults, or customize your map by including scale bars,
editing colors, lines and fill styles, showing only portions of a map,
adjusting the scale and setting axis properties!
Map Features
- Change the tilt, rotation and field of view angle for the map
- Specify the view projection as perspective or orthographic
- Set XYZ scales in map units or page length
- Choose proportional or independent XY scaling
- Display the map using the data XY limits or choose to display the
map using a subset of the data
- Control background fill and line color and styles
- Full control over the axis limits and scaling, axis title, axis
line style, tick labels, tick spacing, tick display, and grid lines
Other Customizations
- Create any number of maps on a single page
- Create independent maps or create a combined map with multiple
types of map layers
- Add scale bars
- Add additional axes
- Add text, polylines, polygons, symbols and spline polylines
- Edit text, line, fill and symbol properties
- Set the transparency for images, fill patterns and most map layers
- Define custom line styles and colors
- Add any number of text blocks at any position on the map, using
TrueType fonts
- Include superscripts, subscripts and Greek or other characters in
text
- Add arrowheads to lines
Customize your map using the abundant options available to you!
Create the most informative maps possible by adding text, scale bars,
location maps, and other details! |
Superior Gridding
The gridding methods in Surfer allow you to produce accurate contour,
surface, wireframe, vector, image, and shaded relief maps from your XYZ
data. The data can be randomly dispersed over the map area, and
Surfer's gridding will interpolate your data onto a grid. Use Surfer’s
default settings or choose from twelve different gridding methods. Each
gridding method provides complete control over the gridding parameters,
so you can produce exactly the map you want. If your data are already
collected in a regularly spaced rectangular array, you can create a map
directly from your data. Computer generated contour maps have never been
more accurate.
Gridding Features
- Interpolate from up to 1 billion XYZ data points (limited by
available memory)
- Produce grids with up to 100 million nodes
- Specify faults and breaklines when gridding
- Choose from one of the powerful gridding methods: Inverse
Distance, Kriging, Minimum Curvature, Polynomial Regression,
Triangulation, Nearest Neighbor, Shepard's Method, Radial Basis
Functions, Natural Neighbor, Moving Average, and Local Polynomial
- Specify isotropic or anisotropic weighting
- You have full control over the grid line geometry including grid
limits, grid spacing, and number of grid lines
- Customize search options based on user-defined data sector
parameters
- Specify search ellipses at any orientation and scaling
- Use spline smoothing and grid filtering to alter the grid file
- Use grid math to perform mathematic operations between grid files
- Use Nearest Neighbor to create grid files without interpolation
- Use Triangulation to achieve accuracy with large data sets faster
- Detrend a surface using Polynomial Regression, generate regression
coefficients in a report, and calculate residuals
- Use data exclusion filters to eliminate unwanted data
- Use duplicate data resolution techniques
- Generate a grid of Kriging standard deviations
- Specify point or block Kriging
- Generate a report of the gridding statistics and parameters
including ANOVA regression statistics
- Specify scales and range for each variogram model
- Generate grids from a user-specified function of two variables
- Calculate grids with Data Metrics including: number of points
within search ellipse, distance to nearest and farthest neighbor,
median, average and offset distance to points within the search ellipse
- Use cross-validation to judge the suitability of the gridding
method for the particular data set
- Save grid files in these formats: ADF, AGR, AIG, AM, ASC, BIL, BIN,
BIP,
BSQ, COL, DAT, DEM, ERS , FLD, FLT, GGF, GRD, GXF, HDF,IMG, LAT, RAW,
and
VTK
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Variograms
Use the variogram modeling subsystem to quantitatively assess the
spatial continuity of data. Variograms may be used to select an
appropriate variogram model when gridding with the Kriging algorithm.
Surfer uses a variogram grid as a fundamental internal data
representation and once this grid is built, any experimental variogram
can be computed instantaneously.
Instantly create variograms in Surfer to quantitatively
assess the spatial continuity of your data.
Variogram Features
- Virtually unlimited data set sizes
- Display both the experimental variogram and the variogram
model
- Specify the estimator type: variogram, standardized
variogram, auto covariance, or auto correlation
- Specify the variogram model components: exponential,
Gaussian, linear, logarithmic, nugget effect, power, quadratic, rational
quadratic, spherical, wave, pentaspherical, and cubic models
- Customize the variogram to display symbols, variance, and
number of pairs for each lag
- Export the experimental variogram data
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Faults and
Breaklines
Define faults and breaklines when gridding your data. Faults act as
barriers to the information flow, and data on one side of the fault will
not be directly used to calculate grid node values on the other side of
the fault. Breaklines include Z values. When Surfer sees a breakline,
it uses the Z value of the breakline in combination with nearby data
points to calculate the grid node value. Unlike faults, breaklines are
not barriers to information flow and the gridding algorithm can cross
the breakline to use a point on the other side to calculate a grid node
value. Use breaklines to define streamlines, ridges, and other breaks in
slopes.
The gridding methods that support faults are: Inverse Distance to a
Power, Minimum Curvature, Nearest Neighbor, and Data Metrics.
The gridding methods that support breaklines are: Inverse Distance to
a Power, Kriging, Minimum Curvature, Nearest Neighbor, Radial Basis
Function, Moving Average, Data Metrics, and Local Polynomial.
Original contour map without faults or
breaklines.
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The same data set gridded with two
faults and displayed as a contour map. |
The same data set gridded with two breaklines
and displayed as a contour map. |
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Grid Functions
In addition to creating maps, you can perform a variety of functions
using grid files. Just a few of the possibilities include:
- Calculating the volume and areas of grid files! You can calculate
the planar and surface area, and calculate the volume between two grid
files, or a grid file and any horizontal plane.
- Applying a mathematical equation to grid files. Examples include
subtracting one grid file from another to create an isopach map,
converting outliers to a minimum or maximum value, or multiplying one
grid file by a conversion factor to convert the Z units from meters to
feet.
- Applying grid filters to emphasize details or remove background
variation in the grid file.
- Blanking specified regions in a grid file to prevent contours or
map data from being drawn through those areas (ie. buildings, roads, or
outside of field areas).
- Creating cross sections and topographical profiles.
- Combining multiple grid files into a single, easy to use grid
file.
- Extracting subsets of grids or DEMs based on rows and columns.
- Transforming, offset, rescale, rotate, and mirror grids.
- Smoothing grid files to create smoother maps.
- Calculating first and second directional derivatives at
user-specified orientations.
- Calculating differential and integral operators utilizing
gradient, Laplacian, biharmonic, and integrated volume operators.
- Analyzing your data with Fourier and Spectral Analysis with
Correlograms and
Periodogram.
- Calculating residuals to find the difference between the original
data point values the interpolated Z values at those points, or to find
the Z values at any specific XY locations.
- Interactively editing individual grid node values.
- Last 10 grid functions are automatically saved.
- Open grid files in these formats : ADF, AIG, AGR, AM, AN1, AN2,
ASC, ASI,
BIL, BIN, BIP, BMP, BSQ, BW, COL, CPS, CPS-3, DAT, DCM, DDF, DEM, DIC,
DOS,
DT?, ECW, ERS, FLD, FLT, GGF, GIF, GRD, GXF, HDF, HDR, IMG, INFO, JPEG,
JPG,
LAT, PCX, PNG, PNM/PPM/PGM/PBM, RAS, RAW, RGB, RGBA, RST, SID, STK,
SUN, TGA,
TIF, TIFF, VTK, X, XIMG, XYZ, ZMAP, ZYC, ZYCOR, and ?10g.
- Save grid files in these formats: ADF, AGR, AIG, AM, ASC, BIL, BIN,
BIP,
BSQ, COL, DAT, DEM, ERS , FLD, FLT, GGF, GRD, GXF, HDF, IMG, LAT, RAW,
and
VTK
Define your section line as a BLN file, slice your grid file, and
show the
results as a cross section.
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Using USGS and SRTM Data
- Use USGS DEM, National Elevation Dataset (NED) and NASA Shuttle
Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) data with any Surfer command that uses
grid files.
- Directly use the files in native format without modification or
conversion.
- Display information about the files, such as X, Y and Z extents or
grid statistics.
- Create contour, vector, shaded relief, image, 3D surface, and 3D
wireframe maps from the files.
The above contour map was generated from a grid file in BIL format,
downloaded from the USGS The National Map Seamless
Server
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Worksheet
Surfer lets you massage your data in many ways to achieve the exact
output you want. Surfer includes a full-featured worksheet for creating,
opening, editing, and saving data files. Data files can be up to one
billion rows and columns, subject to available memory. You can cut,
copy, and paste data within the Surfer worksheet or between
applications.
Worksheet Features
- Open files in ACCDB, BLN, BNA, CSV, DAT, DBF, MDB, SLK, TXT, WKx,
WRx, XLS, and XLSX formats
- Import a database directly into the Surfer worksheet
- Calculate data statistics
- Perform data transformations using advanced mathematical functions
- Sort data based on primary and secondary columns
- Spatially filter data
- Assign a projection or coordinate system to your data, and convert
the data to a new projection or coordinate system
- Select a predefined coordinate system from
Geographic
(lat/lon)
or one of the supported projected systems
(Polar/Arctic/Antarctic, Regional/National,
State Plane, UTM, and
World)
- Define a custom coordinate system by selecting a
supported
projection,
specifying the projection settings, and either choosing one of over 400
predefined
datums or creating a custom datum
- Add a frequently used coordinate system to the Favorites list
to be easily accessible
- Assign which columns in the worksheet contain the
X, Y and Z data
- Use the Find/Replace function in the worksheet to easily find or
replace your data
- Print the worksheet
- Save your data in BLN, BNA, CSV, DAT, SLK, TXT, and XLS formats.
Open, enter, edit and save data in the Surfer worksheet.
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Object Manager
and Property Manager
The object manager and property manager makes the editing of any
object
simple. The object manager displays all the objects in the plot document
in an easy-to-use hierarchical tree arrangement. Double click on
objects in the object manager to easily edit them, check or uncheck the
check boxes next to their name to show or hide them, drag and drop
objects to rearrange the order in which they are drawn, and overlay maps
by dragging and dropping map layers from one map frame into another!
Select any object or map layer in the
object manager for easy deletion.
When an object is selected in the object manager, changes to the
object can
be made in the property manager. The property manager is a docked window
that is always displayed on the screen. You can make the property
manager floating or close it, if you do not want it to display. All of
the properties
for an object are listed in the property manager. For instance, the
Contours
layer is selected in the object manager in the image below, and you can
change
the contour layer properties in the property manager. Once the change is
made in
the property manager, it is immediately applied in the plot window.
Use the object manager
and property manager
to easily
access and edit all objects
in your plot window.
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Automation
Create your own scripts to automate repetitive
tasks! Don’t spend time doing the same process over and over again –
write a
simple script to simplify your life! Operations performed interactively
can be
controlled using an automation-compatible programming language such as
Visual
Basic, C++, or Perl. Surfer includes Scripter, a built-in Visual Basic
compatible programming environment that lets you write, edit, debug, and
run
scripts. Why do more work than you need when you have Surfer working for
you!
The Surfer 10 samples folder includes over 35
sample scripts to help you get started. Some of our most popular scripts
are
also available for download on our website.
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Additional
Features
- Export formats include: BLN, BMP, BNA, BW, CGM, 3D
DXF, DXF, EMF, EPS, GIF, GSB, JPEG, JPG, KML, KMZ, MIF, PCX, PDF
Raster, PDF
Vector, PNG, PNM, RAS, RGB, RGBA, 3D SHP, SHP, SUN, TGA, TIF, TIFF,
WMF, X,
XIMG, and XYZ TXT.
- Reload map data and grid files with a single command
- Substitute a new grid or data file into an existing
map without changing the map properties
- Save a grid from a grid-based map, or save a data
file from a post or classed post map.
- Display the XYZ coordinates of the cursor location in
the status bar
- Windows Clipboard support for copying maps to other
applications
- Use the mouse to resize objects on the screen
- Define Surfer’s default preferences
- Easily find XYZ coordinates by digitizing point
locations
- Automatically save digitized coordinates as BLN or
ASCII data files
- Print to any Windows supported printer or plotter
- Display and print subsets of completed maps, complete
with subset axes
- Adjust the number of Undo levels
- Use the reshape tool to edit areas and curves
- Click on a map and pinpoint the same XY location in a
different map
- Click on a map and highlight the nearest data point
to that location in the worksheet
- Create your own keyboard shortcuts for common
functions
- Customize the toolbars by adding or removing buttons
- Floatable toolbars
- Download free updates automatically
- Install the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Surfer 10
Export your map in KML or KMZ format for convenient
display
in Google Earth!
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We have compiled a list of some of the top new features in
Surfer 10. This list is only a small sampling of the new
features added to
Surfer 10.
Unlimited Map Projections
You’ve waited long enough. Surfer now
supports map
projections! Assign a coordinate system to each of the layers in your
map, and
then choose from an endless list of coordinate systems for your map to
display.
Allowing you to mix and match data and grid files from different
coordinate
systems gives you tremendous flexibility and time savings when creating
your
maps!
I spent about four hours today testing the new Coordinate
System functionality. Wow -- it works great and seems to be very solid,
and is
implemented in an elegant and intuitive manner. -- Brendan Flannery,
Senior
Geoinformation Systems Manager, General Commission for Survey
The above map was created using ten different data sets in more
than
five different coordinate systems! No extra effort is required to
convert
data sets, Surfer works seamlessly with all coordinate systems.
64-bit Installation
Work with all of your large data sets and images without the
worry of running out of memory!
I just love being able to load grids of >500Mb and not just
one of them! I also like the speed it did it in – great – Kim
Frankcombe,
Explore
The data file for this detailed map was gridded 2.5x faster under the
64-bit version of Surfer 10 than the 32-bit version on the same
computer.
See Your Edits
Immediately
Editing your Surfer plots has never been easier with the
new property manager. With a few simple clicks, completely customize
your map
and instantly see the changes in the map!
I really like the shift to Property Manager for creating the
maps for editing. As a user of other Golden Software products that use
Property
Manager, building the maps was much more intuitive. One could see the
changes
immediately and quickly make small adjustments to spiff up the map. This
is a
big improvement. Very welcome. – Steven Schamel, GeoX Consulting
Click on an individual object in a contour map
to edit its properties in the property manager.
Draw Smooth
Curved Lines
You asked for it and we responded! Use the new spline curve tool
to add a smooth, flowing polyline to your Surfer plot.
I was pleased to see the spline polylines option in Surfer
10. – David Holley, Geologist
Use the new spline tool to create smooth lines
mimicking contours in your
project!
Dynamic Digitizing
Need to know the Z values of particular points on a map?
Digitize them! Digitizing points on a grid-based map reports the X, Y
and Z
values.
The feature(s) I like the most are the small additions to
already existing modules of the program to include exporting of Z values
with
the digitizing feature, and the "reverse" function on the advance edits
on the
color scales. – Christopher Buckman, Aecom
Digitize any grid-based map and choose to record the Z value with the X
and Y
values.
Overlay Maps is Back
The Overlay Maps command is back by popular demand! Create
multiple separate maps, select only the ones you want to overlay, and
click to
overlay them.
One of my favorite new features
is
bringing back Map | Overlay Maps!!!! Thanks! – Sandy Hannum, GIS
specialist,
Prewitt and Associates, Inc.
Select the maps you want to overlay (such as 4 of the 6 maps above left)
and go
to
Map | Overlay Maps to combine them all at once (above right)!
Ultimate Data
Compatibility
Import and export in all popular formats! New import formats
include Access® 2007 ACCDB import and database query support. New export
formats
include Google Earth™ KML and KMZ.
I am really looking forward to using it. It is going to be a
great way to communicate things with our clients and project teams.
--
Chuck Spalding, McDonald Morrissey Associates, Inc.
Export directly from Surfer to a KML file
and open
it in Google Earth!
Reverse
Colormap Spectrums
Show the color spectrums you want for your map! Easily reverse
Surfer’s numerous color spectrums with a click of the mouse.
The feature(s) I like the most are the small additions to
already existing modules of the program to include exporting of Z values
with
the digitizing feature, and the "reverse" function on the advance edits
on the
color scales. – Christopher Buckman, Aecom
Reverse the color spectrum by simply clicking a button!
Specify
the Range of Data for Post Maps
Take complete control over your post and classed post maps!
Specify the range of data to plot by choosing the starting and ending
rows to
use from your data file.
Choose what rows and data points are plotted on the post map.
The post map
above displays every 2nd point between rows 13 and 48 in the data file.
Save Grid Functions
Surfer automatically saves the last ten grid functions
you created so there is no need to enter the same functions repeatedly.
Surfer automatically saves up to the last 10 recently used
functions.
Easily
Specify Major and Minor Contour Lines
It is easier than ever to format contour map levels with
Surfer’s new customization abilities. Choose the new simple method
or the
advanced method for editing contour levels.
The simple method allows you to quickly and easily define and
edit basic contour attributes, such as major and minor contour line
intervals,
major and minor contour line properties and color fill. The advanced
method
gives you all the options of previous versions of Surfer and
allows you
to make edits all the way down to the smallest details of your map. The
options
are endless!
The simple contour level method makes it easy to describe
and edit major and
minor contour lines, or apply color fill.
The advanced contour level method allows you to make changes to
individual
contour levels,
such as adding or removing levels, applying gradient colors for
the lines,
and individually adding or removing contour labels and hachures.
Enhanced Grid
Node Editor
All blanked nodes can be identified and edited in a snap! The
symbol for blanked nodes in the Grid Node Editor has been changed to
make them
easy to recognize.
Blanked nodes are shown as blue X’s in the Grid Node Editor for quick
identification.
Export
Contours to 3D Text File
Get the data you need from your contour map! Export the contour
lines to an XYZ text data file.
Enhanced Grid Math
Grid Math is more powerful and flexible than ever! Use as many
files with Grid Math as you want, you are no longer limited to only two.
In
addition, you have to option to reassign blanked grid node values to any
value
you want.
Save
Grid and Data Files from Your Maps
Have a Surfer file but no associated data file or grids?
No problem! Surfer can extract this missing information directly
from the
map so you will have everything you need!
Load
a CLR file for a Contour Map via Automation
For our Scripter users, you will be happy to hear you can create
a contour map with the colors you want by loading a CLR file for a
contour map
via a script. No more complicated workarounds!
Save
Coordinate System Information to a File for Reuse
Work smarter, not harder! Surfer allows you to assign a
projection once and the information is saved for future use. For
example, assign
the coordinate system once to your data file or grid file, then when you
use the
data or grid file, the coordinate system information is automatically
entered.
You don’t have to waste time by re-entering the same CS information each
time
you use the data.
New Grid Mosaic
Option
Use the new SUM overlap method! Mosaic your grid files and add
the Z values in the areas where the grid files overlap.
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- Windows XP SP2 or higher, Vista, or 7 or higher
- 100MB of free hard disk space
- 512MB RAM minimum, 1GB RAM or higher recommended
- 1024x768x16-bit color minimum monitor resolution
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