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Abstract

Midland Valley Exploration Ltd. (MVE), a world leader in structural geology modeling and analysis, faced a challenge. Customers demanded their 4DVista structural geology viewer software on multiple platforms. MVE also required the ability to develop advanced 3D visualization capabilities, while still delivering a consistent user environment. Their engineering resources were finite. The solution? Qt®, the award winning cross-platform development framework from Trolltech, and the advanced Coin3D graphics toolkit from Systems in Motion (SIM).

Colin Dunlop and Bruce Hargan from MVE will discuss the challenges they faced in their 4DVista project. With input from Trolltech and SIM, they will then discuss how Qt and Coin3D addressed their challenges, allowing MVE to deliver advanced 3D visualization capabilities across multiple platforms, saving development time and costs in the process.

Speakers

Bruce Hargan - Senior Software Engineer Bruce has a broad background in geophysics and software development. His geophysical experience includes government research, mineral exploration in the western U.S., petroleum exploration in Saudi Arabia and technology development in gravity gradiometry and AVO. On the software development side he has worked on military, geologic, geophysical and reservoir engineering applications.

Colin Dunlop - Principal Software Engineer Software hacker and strategist. Colin's main roles are application design and software development for the 4DVista product. His interests and expertise include authoring 3D visualization software, which he developed previously at Cambridge Animation Systems and a spell in ETH Zurich.