Geosoft Incorporated is a

software Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware, hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. ...

development and services company headquartered in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

, Canada. The company provides

geophysical Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. The term ''geophysics'' some ...

and

geological Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other E ...

software and geospatial server technology for professional geoscientists involved in

natural resource Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest and cultural value. ...

exploration Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most ...

and related earth science disciplines.

History

Geosoft was founded in

in 1982 as a partnership between Ian MacLeod and Colin Reeves to develop

software for

geophysical exploration Exploration geophysics is an applied branch of geophysics and economic geology, which uses physical methods, such as seismic, gravitational, magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic at the surface of the Earth to measure the physical properties of ...

and geotechnical engineering applications. The interests of the partnership and the

trademark A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from othe ...

"Geosoft" were purchased by Paterson, Grant and Watson Ltd. in 1984, who continued to develop Geosoft branded software for geophysical applications. The software interests of Paterson, Grant and Watson were spun off to form Geosoft Incorporated on February 1, 1986. In July, 2007, Geosoft acquired the software rights to the potential-field modelling program GM-SYS from Corvallis, Oregon company Northwest Geophysical Associates . As part of the acquisition the research company Geosoft (USA) Research Inc. was established in Corvallis, Oregon to employ the GM-SYS development team and continue development of GM-SYS and related technologies. In December 2018, Geosoft was acquired by Seequent

Products

Geosoft develops software products which operate on desktop, server and internet

cloud In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may ...

platforms. The following are the primary product brands owned and developed by Geosoft:

Mapping Software

Oasis montaj is a spatial information processing and mapping software platform for

exploration geophysics Exploration geophysics is an applied branch of geophysics and economic geology, which uses physical methods, such as seismic, gravitational, magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic at the surface of the Earth to measure the physical properties of ...

and geological modelling applied to resource exploration. The system is extended by users to meet specific exploration requirements using the GX Developer Geosoft's Target is used in

mineral exploration Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, and ...

to manage, view and

model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure. Models c ...

exploration drilling information as part of defining economic mineral deposits for

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic ...

ArcGIS Extension Software

Target for ArcGIS is an

ArcGIS ArcGIS is a family of client, server and online geographic information system (GIS) software developed and maintained by Esri. ArcGIS was first released in 1999 and originally was released as ARC/INFO, a command line based GIS system for manipul ...

extension that processes exploration drilling data and generates maps for presentation, adding exploration spatial data compilation, mapping and analysis of geospatial data capability to the GIS environment. Geochemistry for ArcGIS is an

extension that enables geoscientists to import, validate and analyze surface or drillhole geochemical data within the ArcGIS environment.

3D Modelling Technology

GM-SYS is geological modelling software for gravity and magnetic geophysical data. VOXI Earth Modelling is a

cloud computing Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage ( cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over mu ...

software service that generates 3-D

voxel In 3D computer graphics, a voxel represents a value on a regular grid in three-dimensional space. As with pixels in a 2D bitmap, voxels themselves do not typically have their position (i.e. coordinates) explicitly encoded with their values. I ...

physical property models from gravity and magnetic geophysical data.

Unexploded Ordnance Detection Software

UX-Detect is an Oasis montaj module that processes and analyzes unexploded ordnance (UXO) data.

Server Technology

Geosoft's DAP server is

enterprise software Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software (EAS), is computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organization rather than individual users. Such organizations include businesses, schools, interest-based user groups, ...

that provides services to catalogue, manage, deliver and visualize large spatial exploration data sets. It is considered

middleware Middleware is a type of computer software that provides services to software applications beyond those available from the operating system. It can be described as "software glue". Middleware makes it easier for software developers to implement c ...

technology, designed to deal with spatial data security, stability, retrieval and reliability across an organization.

Organization

Geosoft Incorporated's international subsidiaries include: :Geosoft Europe Ltd., Wallingford, UK :Geosoft Latinoamerica Ltda.,

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

, Brazil :Geosoft Australia Pty.,

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

, Australia :Geosoft Africa Ltd.,

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...

, South Africa :Geosoft (USA) Research Inc., Corvallis, USA.

Recognition

*2012 Ranked 131 in the Branham300 Top 250 Canadian ICT Companies *2010

Esri Esri (; Environmental Systems Research Institute) is an American multinational geographic information system (GIS) software company. It is best known for its ArcGIS products. With a 43% market share, Esri is the world's leading supplier of GIS ...

International Partner of the Year award *2009 Ranked #6 best place to work in Canada by the Great Place to Work Institute *2007

International Partner of the Year award

References

{{reflist

External links

Geosoft
site Software companies of Canada Companies based in Toronto Companies established in 1986 1986 establishments in Ontario