Validating Your Grid Results: Why It Matters & How to Do It Effectively When you create a grid from your data, you're not just producing a surface—you’re shaping the foundation for every map, model, and analysis that follows. That’s why it’s essential to ask: How [...]
The Change Beneath the Surface: Tracking the Decrease of Freshwater Clam Species Diversity in Iowa Archaeologist and Iowa State University Professor Matthew Hill recently completed a research project investigating the health of freshwater clams in the Des Moines River, a 525-mile waterway that eventually joins [...]
3 Types of Scripts That Can Automate Some of Your Map-Making Workflow When it comes to mapping, automation can be a game-changer. But when you hear the word “scripting,” which is the method used to jumpstart automation, your first thought might be, “That’s not for [...]
Show Your Layers Clearly: Bring Your 3D Models Into Full View with Multiple Light Sources Creating clear, accurate, and compelling 3D models is vital when you’re communicating complex subsurface information. But if your model includes multiple layers at different depths—like surfaces, drillholes, or isosurfaces—then you [...]
101 Guide to a Durov Diagram: Its Purpose, Benefits, Use Cases, and the Best Way to Create & Recreate One Quickly Creating a Durov diagram from scratch is no small feat. Even with the right software, there’s still the matter of finding where the plot [...]
Drillhole Contacts and Surfaces are Providing Details About the Underground It’s one thing to analyze subsurface data yourself. It’s another thing to translate what’s happening underground into a clear, compelling, and accurate visualization that others can easily understand and act on. One of the best [...]
101 Guide to a Wind Rose Diagram: Its Purpose, Benefits, Use Cases, and the Best Way to Create & Recreate One Quickly When you open your data visualization software to create a wind rose diagram—also known as a polar wind chart in Grapher—you're usually met [...]
The Latest Features You Can Enjoy in Surfer Beta (September 2025 Edition) At Golden Software, we’re constantly looking for ways to make your work more efficient, intuitive, and impactful. That’s why we’re always refining our tools, and one of the most powerful ways we do [...]
The Latest Version of Surfer Is Enhancing Efficiency and Improving Stakeholder Understanding The newest version of Surfer is officially here—and it’s built with your biggest priorities in mind: working more efficiently and helping stakeholders understand your findings. From time-saving tools to new ways to present [...]
101 Guide to a Ternary Class Scatter Plot: Its Purpose, Benefits, Use Cases, and the Best Way to Create & Recreate One Quickly Creating a ternary class scatter plot can be incredibly rewarding—once you’ve figured it out. But getting to that point isn’t always straightforward. [...]