A2D Technologies' smartRASTER Interchange Format Established as Industry Standard for Depth-Calibrated Well Log Data.Business & Energy Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001 A2D A2D Analog To Digital Technologies, a petroleum well log data, software and data management services company, recently released the smartRASTER(R) Interchange Format (SIF) to be licensed for software other than A2D's smartSECTION(R) interpretation tool. Software developers for the petroleum exploration and production industry such as GeoPLUS, DigiRule, Neuralog and Landmark's GeoGraphix product line will now use A2D's SIF as a standard data type for their image cross-section analysis software packages. "More and more of our users asked us to incorporate the smartRASTER technology into our application," said Bob Meyer Robert Bernard Meyer (born August 4, 1939, in Toledo, Ohio) is a former professional baseball pitcher. The left-hander was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960. , vice president of GeoPLUS. "We worked with A2D to develop the linkage linkage In mechanical engineering, a system of solid, usually metallic, links (bars) connected to two or more other links by pin joints (hinges), sliding joints, or ball-and-socket joints to form a closed chain or a series of closed chains. to smartRASTERS using SIF, and can now batch import thousands of depth registered smartRASTER well log images directly into our software." A smartRASTER is a complete indexed depth-calibrated black and white or color TIF TIF Tagged Image File (file name extension) TIF Tax Increment Financing TIF Temporary Internet Files TIF Transport Innovation Fund (UK) TIF Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (Tagged Image File). SmartRASTER technology integrates the depth track functionality with posting capabilities for production-tests, tops, and other well-related data. A2D's smartRASTER technology reduces costs and project time for companies using large volumes of well log data because it replaces the need to purchase and/or store hard-copy well logs. Because of the functionality and the magnitude of smartRASTER availability, more geologists' interpretations are completed at workstations using powerful PC-applications that are several times more productive than using paper-based methods. "Our goal is to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the way geoscientists work with well logs," said William Ross William Ross may refer to:
Well log data files are instantly accessed on LOG-LINE at A2D's Internet site at www.a2d.com. Formats available include vector files (LAS), image and smartRASTER(R) files. The quick access to these files eliminates traditional time delays in obtaining data. Large volumes of data and basin-wide data sets are available digitally on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). or through secured ftp sites A server on the Internet that maintains files for downloading. An FTP site may be one or more servers or just one or two folders dedicated to file transfer on a single server. See FTP and anonymous FTP. . About A2D Technologies Founded in 1993, Houston-based A2D Technologies pioneered providing high-quality well log data instantly over the Internet when it created LOG-LINE(TM), the petroleum industry's first Internet delivery vehicle for well log data. The company offers a one of a kind integrated solution for well log data sourcing, data management and interpretation with smartSECTION(R), a geologic software productivity tool. Today, A2D provides and manages the industry's largest electronic source of digital well log data for over 250,000 wells from the major basins in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information, call Sue Pritchett at 281/319-4944, or visit www.a2d.com. smartSECTION(R), smartRASTER(R) and LOG-LINE(TM) are trademarks of A2D Technologies. |
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