Explore Your Data Like Never Before: Insights from a Grapher Guru Sifting through vast datasets is essential to uncovering and visualizing insights that lead to informed decisions. But with thousands of data points collected for a single project, traditional methods of analysis can be time-consuming. [...]
PFAS in the US (Part 1): Making Its Presence and Impact Understandable to Researchers and the General Public Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are an increasingly urgent concern across the United States. These persistent chemicals—often referred to as “forever chemicals”—are being detected more frequently in [...]
Tackling the PFAS Crisis with Surfer: A Webinar on Contamination Modeling Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are an urgent environmental and public health concern, contaminating water, soil, and air across the globe. Known as “forever chemicals” for their persistence in the environment, PFAS compounds demand [...]
Building Social Connections That Soar to New Heights: An Inside Look at Our Team’s Latest Hangout At Golden Software, we thrive as a remote team—but that doesn’t mean we pass up opportunities to connect face-to-face. In fact, we plan times to do so! Whether it’s [...]
Unpacking Surfer’s Gridding Algorithms: How They Work & Mistakes to Avoid Gridding is one of the most essential—and sometimes most misunderstood—parts of the mapping process. Whether you're modeling groundwater flow, visualizing soil contamination, or creating elevation maps, the quality of your final output depends heavily [...]
Should You Use 3D View or 3D Surface Maps? Here’s the Definitive Answer For years, you may have relied on 3D surface maps to represent elevation, topography, and subsurface features. And it makes sense—3D surface maps have been around for a long time, becoming an [...]
How Watershed Maps Are Helping Stakeholders Manage Water Resources Better Water is one of our most valuable resources, and managing it effectively is more critical than ever. With increasing worries about water scarcity, persistent contamination concerns, and the growing threat of extreme flooding events, stakeholders [...]
Streamline, Explore, Discover, and Reuse: The Top Enhancements in the Latest Grapher Release It’s release day—and this one’s all about making your workflow smoother, faster, and more creative. The latest update to Grapher is packed with enhancements designed to help you move more efficiently from [...]
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 [...]