SCAI’s Mapping-Contouring System (MCS) – is a multi-surface geological/geophysical Contour Mapping Software system that can be applied to Contour map virtually any task: geological, geophysical, environmental and mining. MCS uses the preferred and more accurate direct (triangular, nongridded) Contour Maps software technique rather than the less accurate indirect (gridded) Contour mapping software technique, thereby insuring that all original map data points are always honored, and Contour maps are more accurate, which can result in more accurate drilling, and less bore hole drilling.
MCS Matrix |
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MCS |
Petra |
GeoGraphix |
SMT |
Petrel |
Surfer |
| Honors every data point |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Single Surface Contouring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multisurface Contouring Stacking |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Rigorous Cross Sections |
Yes |
No, Stick Sections |
No, Stick Sections |
No, Stick Sections |
No, Stick Sections |
No, Stick Sections |
| Rigorous Multisurface Faulting |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Rigorous Intergration |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Triangulation Contour map software vs. Gridded Contour maps software
Gridding – Less accurate Contour mapping software - Indirect Technique
Computer contour mapping software methods that use the gridding technique typically start out by using the primary (original) data points to generate a set of secondary (calculated) contour mapping software data points. These secondary points, which are traditionally along an orderly geometric pattern (grid), then replace the primary data in steps that generate the contour maps. All subsequent calculations to locate the positions of the contour maps lines use the secondary data set (the grid), The original data have been discarded. The purpose of using this contour mapping software technique is to simplify the subsequent steps by making the geometry more manageable.
It is easy to ensure that any contour line drawn through a data grid honors its given grid of data points. However, contour map lines that honor the data grid cannot be guaranteed to honor the original (primary) data points.
Grid-based reservoir modeling software can result in inaccurate geological contour maps, which can result in costly drilling expense in to the petroleum reservoir.
Triangulation – more accurate Contour map software - Direct Technique
The SCA MCS triangulation technique is the most common of the direct contour mapping software techniques that interpolate values along a pattern which need not be regular but which is derived from the pattern of the original data. The pattern includes the locations of the original data which are kept throughout the subsequent processing, thus providing the opportunity that all contour map lines will honor all the original data.
For both gridded and triangulated contour maps software programs, many ways exist to solve the basic problem. Our goal is to choose a contour mapping software technique that most nearly fulfills the needs of the petroleum engineer, geologist, geophysicist or reservoir engineer. In general, the computer generated contour maps software program results are more acceptable to the user if it is geologically reasonable and looks as if the geological reservoir contour map has been contoured by hand.