Does AI Make Mistakes? What to Know Before Creating AI Maps AI can generate a map in seconds. Upload a dataset, type a prompt, and suddenly you have contours, color gradients, labels, and even a summary of trends—all neatly packaged and presentation-ready. For busy geoscientists and [...]
Examples of Women in STEM Fields: Inspiring Stories from Geoscience and Beyond Women play a major role in advancing STEM fields. Through discovery, innovation, and leadership, they’re solving challenges and driving progress forward in technical disciplines. But what are the specific contributions they’ve made in recent [...]
How to Balance Work and Family Life When the Job Rarely Stops Your work rarely stays contained within a standard workday. Between field schedules, tight deadlines, training new hires, and mentally demanding technical work, it can feel like your job is always asking for more attention. [...]
Webinar Recap: Mastering Coordinate Systems & Map Projections in Surfer Coordinate systems and map projections are foundational to every mapping project, yet they remain a common source of frustration for geoscientists, engineers, and GIS professionals. Data that won’t align, maps that display in the wrong location, [...]
Workplace Productivity Hacks During High-Volume Months For many geoscientists and engineers, the busiest time of year is from May through September. Fieldwork ramps up. Data flows in. Deadlines pile up. And what begins as a manageable workload quickly turns into multiple overlapping projects that are all [...]
Choose a Great Licensing Model: One-Time Fee vs Subscription When it comes to software, choosing the right licensing model can make a big difference in your experience. Two of the most common options are one-time fee and subscription licenses. At Golden Software, we offer both so [...]
Unpacking 3D Data Visualizations: 3D View vs 3D Surface Maps In geoscience and engineering, 3D data visualizations are essential. Whether you’re modeling subsurface geology, evaluating terrain, or presenting volumetric data to stakeholders, the way you visualize spatial relationships directly influences how well you understand and communicate [...]
Best Practices for Training New Employees So You Don't Get Pulled Back Into the Field Hiring a skilled geoscientist or engineer is the first step to strengthening your team. The next step is getting the new team member trained in a way that sets them up [...]
Celebrating Leadership Legacy: Honoring Dennis Seger’s Retirement In the middle of busy projects, product releases, and tight deadlines, it’s easy to move from one milestone to the next without pausing to reflect. But some moments deserve intentional acknowledgment, and retirement is one of them. Oftentimes, retirement [...]
What Damage Can a Tornado Cause? Visualizing the Answer to Improve Planning & Resilience Tornadoes vary in path, intensity, and duration. Some carve narrow corridors of extreme destruction while leaving nearby structures largely untouched. Wind speeds fluctuate along the track. Debris disperses unevenly. Damage patterns shift [...]