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GeoEngineers Recommends EarthSoft
August 3, 2011
“EarthSoft products are absolutely the best tools for managing environmental data at a project, department, or company-wide level. Mitch and his team provide some of the best service I’ve ever experienced. They are flexible, knowledgeable, and honest. I highly recommend the company and their products.” December 8, 2010
Anthony Battle, of Agip ENI and KCO, Recommends EarthSoft for Data Management and Systems Implementation
July 28, 2011
“After identifying the need to create a standardised and open platform approach to environmental data management at a Euro-Asia scale, I brought in Mitch and Earthsoft to help design, configure, test, deploy and support EQUIS. So successful was the result, that we developed EQUIS to also accommodate our Metocean and Geotechnical data. Earthsoft delivered and now support the best in class EQUIS model. Highly recommended.” July 14, 2011
Mid-Atlantic EQuIS User Group 2011 Meeting
July 22, 2011
The Mid-Atlantic EQuIS User Group meeting will provide environmental data management professionals with an opportunity to share ideas, tools and custom applications, brainstorm and collaborate on data workflows, and present data management success stories. The meeting is limited to 50 registrants. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $25 per person, which includes continental breakfast and lunch. Registration deadline is August 15, 2011.
- Case studies of data management projects
- What’s new in EarthSoft applications
- Laboratory EDDs and data workflows
- Making agency deliverables
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 50 Raritan Center Parkway, Edison, NJ 08837
Office Hours – EQuIS for ArcGIS Group Layer Functionality – July 28, 2011
July 18, 2011
In this Office Hour, Swapna Gogineni, an EarthSoft ArcGIS developer will demonstrate the group layer functionality in the EQuIS for ArcGIS interface.
This session will be held at 10am EDT (-5 GMT) and 11am EDT (-5 GMT) and on Thursday July 28, 2011 and at 10am EDT (-5 GMT) on Friday July 29, if needed.
To sign up for a session, please send us an email at officehours@earthsoft.com or register on the Office Hours page and indicate your session of preference. Note that spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Office Hours – BetaHelp Documentation – July 14, 2011
July 6, 2011
This Office Hours is being given by Jacob Hector, an EarthSoft System Engineer, on our new online documentation center, BetaHelp.
Jake will explain how BetaHelp is organized and how users can find the information on EQuIS products that they need via keywords, tags, and page hierarchy.
This session will be held at 11am EDT (-5 GMT) and 6pm EDT (-5 GMT) on July 14, 2011.
To sign up for a session, please send us an email at officehours@earthsoft.com or register on the Office Hours page and indicate your session of preference. Note that spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
EQuIS Workshop – July 6, Milan, Italy
June 14, 2011
Workshop Description:
This EQuIS workshop will introduce the skills and techniques to load, edit, manage and analyze environmental data using EarthSoft’s Environmental Quality Information System (EQuIS). EQuIS is the most widely used environmental decision support and data analysis system in the world.
The class will focus on the use of Electronic Data Deliverables (EDDs) for the collection of data, and the use of ArcGIS for the visualization of data. Laboratory and field EDDs will be discussed.
Attendees will work with environmental spatial, geology and chemistry analytic data. Attendees will discuss both contractual and technical modification to data collection workflows that have been proven to dramatically improve productivity and efficiency. Among topics of discussion are:
- Laboratory EDD specifications and statements of work (SOWs)
- Use of EDP to enforce and check the EDDs and SOWs
- Field data collection programs and field EDDs
- Workflows to merge field and lab data
- Integration of EQuIS data with EnviroInsite, MODFLOW and other common data analysis and decision support tools
Instructors:
Janet Magurn is the President and Co-Founder of EarthSoft. Ms. Magurn guides all software development at EarthSoft related to EDDs and consults regularly with several US states and EPA Regions, many consultants, industrials and labs. Ms. Magurn has trained over a thousand EQuIS users throughout the world. Most recently, Ms. Magurn trained over 150 labs and consultants on behalf of EPA Region 2, in New York City.
Location:
At the office of Golder Associates:
Via Pier Candido Decembrio 28; 20137 Milano
Cost and Registration:
The workshop fee is €500. To register for the course, download this Training Registration form.
To inquire about the agenda or for further information, please email training@earthsoft.com.
EarthSoft named Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) Business Achiever of the Week
June 9, 2011
Hats off this week to EarthSoft, winner of a 2010 Business Achievement Award in the information technology (IT) category for significant growth in revenues, a rapidly growing client base, and several innovative product introductions. EarthSoft’s hosting revenues grew 187% in 2010, as more clients continued to sign up for EQuIS Online, EarthSoft’s cloud-computing product. Maintenance revenues, approximately one-third of EarthSoft’s overall revenue, grew by 13% in 2010. EarthSoft released several new products, including the Environmental Data Gathering Engine (EDGE), EQuIS for ArcGIS Server (for web GIS), Sample Planning Module (SPM), EQuIS for AutoCAD, and an updated EQuIS supporting ArcGIS version 10. A new Vapor Air EDD was also released. New U.S. clients in 2010 included the State of Iowa, Pace Laboratories, SGS, Louis Berger, Matrix Solutions, and many others. New Australian clients included Golder, URS, 4T, and Syrinx. New European clients included ARCADIS, ERM, and Golder. Worley Parsons in United Arab Emirates, the City of Tacoma, Chesapeake Energy, Maul Foster & Alongi, Weiss Associates, PPM Consultants, Gannett-Fleming, TEI, First Environment, IBM, BASF, Weston, and others were also added to EarthSoft’s large client list.
(Source: Environmental Business Journal)
EarthSoft and C Tech Announce New EQuIS Interfaces to EVS and EnterVol
May 19, 2011
EarthSoft has released new versions of the EQuIS interfaces with EVS and support for the new EnterVol software from C Tech Development Corp. As an ArcGIS extension, EnterVol is easily run from within EQuIS for ArcGIS for advanced data analysis and decision support. This industry-leading product integration provides an expert system so environmental engineers spend their time analyzing data and answering what-if questions instead of endlessly manipulating different file formats required by various software packages.
Streamline your 3D visualization and analyses using EarthSoft and C Tech software. EQuIS Professional or EQuIS for ArcGIS export the following geology and chemistry files used by C Tech’s EVS and MVS software (EVS):
- Pre-Geology (*.PGF), geology (*.geo) & geology multi-file (*.gmf) files.
- 3D Chemistry (*.csv)
- 3D Groundwater Chemistry (*.gwc)
- Groundwater Chemistry Time (*.gwt)
- Soil Chemistry Time (*.sct)
C Tech’s Environmental Visualization System (EVS) and Mining Visualization System (MVS) software and EnterVol for ArcGIS are the worldwide standard for 3D Volumetric Modeling of Earth Science data. C Tech unites state-of-the art analysis and visualization tools into extremely powerful software systems developed to meet the needs of geologists, geochemists, environmental or mining engineers, oceanographers, archaeologists and modelers. C Tech provides true 3D volumetric modeling, analysis and visualization to help you unlock the mysteries and discover the trends in your geophysical data in any environment (e.g. soil, groundwater, surface water, air, etc.). C Tech’s software creates 3D volumetric models based on geologic and/or Earth Science analyte data using advanced gridding techniques and geostatistical analysis driven by a user friendly expert system. C Tech offers a myriad of subsetting and visualization tools (e.g. plumes, slices, cuts, cross-sections, etc.) to investigate your data.
EQuIS for ArcGIS interfaces with EVS in advanced ways. EVS-PRO and MVS can transform EQuIS data into animations and even 3D physical models. EVS plumes, slices, cuts and cross-sections can be exported to CAD or GIS. For organizations focused on ArcGIS desktop, C Tech’s EnterVol offers the fundamental 3D volumetric modeling power of EVS in a true ArcGIS extension. Go directly from your complex geologic and Earth Science data resident in EQuIS to plumes, slices cuts, cross-sections and volumetric and mass computations directly from ArcScene (ArcGIS 3D Analyst) or ArcMap. The 3D Preview Window for ArcMap that is included with EQuIS for ArcGIS allows you to see these EnterVol layers in 3D directly within ArcMap.
For several videos of EarthSoft’s new integration with C Tech software, visit EarthSoft’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/earthsoft.
You can download a pdf of this announcement here.
EQuIS® Open Training August 23-25, at Minnesota PCA
May 16, 2011
Class Description:
This Open Training will provide the skills and techniques for managing and analyzing environmental data using EarthSoft’s Environmental Quality Information System (EQuIS). Attendees will gain experience working with environmental geology and analytical chemistry data. Workflow automation and web reporting will be covered using EQuIS Enterprise. Attendees will learn to use EQuIS Professional with several widely used reporting, visualization, and analysis tools which may include EnviroInsite, HoleBASE, EVS/EnterVol and others.
While the first portion of the class will be focused on the implementation and use of EQuIS, the final day will include in-depth training on the EQuIS for ArcGIS module. Attendees will learn how to import EQuIS data into ESRI’s ArcGIS® application and learn how to present data visually using pie charts, graduated symbols and contours. A site characterization exercise will train attendees to access data in the ArcView GIS spatial environment. Other topics include:
- Spider Diagrams (aka chem data boxes or tabular labels)
- 3rd party interface integration
- ArcGIS 3D Analyst (ArcScene) integration
- Animated graphics and 3D labeling utilities
Location and Requirements
This course will be held at MPCA, 520 Lafayette Rd N, St. Paul, Minnesota (Training Room 1, lower level).
Please bring your own laptop for use during this training class. Instructions for downloading and installing EQuIS, visualization and analysis tools, and ArcGIS evaluation software will be provided two weeks prior to the training.
Cost and Registration
The early registration fee of $1,500 ($1,800 for registration after August 10, 2011) includes instruction, and hand-on use of EQuIS, and class notes. To register for the course, please fill out the included Training Registration form and fax to 503-345-0212 or email to training@earthsoft.com.
EQuIS Open Training Agenda
Day 1 – Getting Started with EQuIS, Importing and Viewing Data
AM Session: EQuIS Database Management Basics
- What is EQuIS?
- Basic Concepts and Terminology
- Data Management Workflow and Planning
- EQuIS Workflow
- Database Setup and Administration
- Creating a new project
PM Session 1: EQuIS Professional EDP
- EQuIS Data Processor (EDP)
- Reconciling Field and Laboratory EDDs
- Submitting and Loading Data
- Rolling Back Data
PM Session 2: EQuIS Professional: Tables, Forms, Action Levels and Groups
- Data and Reference Table Inspections
- Using Data Views
- Creating Analyte, Location and Facility Groups
- Action Levels
Day 2 – Data Retrieval with EQuIS Professional and EQuIS Enterprise
AM Session: EQuIS Professional – Reports and Exports
- Fields and Tools Available
- Crosstab Reports
- Trend and Contour Plots
PM Session: EQuIS Enterprise — Loading Data, Reports and Information Agents
- Enterprise EQuIS Data Processor
- Double Closed Loop Data Quality Checking
- Creating and Using EZView Reports
- EQuIS Information Agents (EIA)
Day 3 – Mapping with EQuIS for ArcGIS
AM Session: EQuIS for ArcGIS
- Connect to your EQuIS database
- Map sample locations, geodatabase output, metadata
- Querying the EQuIS database (EZView)
- Symbology and Style Gallery
PM Session: EQuIS for ArcGIS – Data Retrieval with GIS
- 3rd Party Application Interfaces
- Spider Diagrams (tabular labels) with EnviroInsite
- ArcGIS 3D Analyst (ArcScene) integration
Download the pdf agenda and registration form here.
EQuIS® Open Training June 14–16, Denver, Colorado
May 12, 2011
Class Description:
This EQuIS Training Class will provide the skills and techniques for managing and analyzing environmental data using EarthSoft’s Environmental Quality Information System, or EQuIS. Attendees will gain hands-on experience working with environmental geology and analytical chemistry data. Workflow automation and web techniques will be covered using EQuIS Enterprise. A site characterization exercise will train users to access data in the ArcView GIS spatial environment.
Additionally, this EQuIS Training Class will have a special emphasis on the EQuIS Sample Planning Module (SPM) and the EQuIS Data Gathering Engine (EDGE). Attendees will learn how to use EQuIS SPM to create tasks for the future, add contracts, methods and labs and also create Sample Analysis Plans that comply with USEPA standards. Students will learn how to check the completeness of scheduled sampling and non-sampling field activities. In addition to SPM, the training instruction will also focus on EDGE for collecting environmental field data, creating standardized Chains of Custody and generating Electronic Data Deliverables to import into EQuIS.
While much of the class will be focused on the implementation and use of EQuIS, discussion will also include critical data management principles such as:
- Developing standard operating procedures for data management
- Creating sampling plans
- Working with analytical labs
- Field procedures and data collection
Location and Requirements
This course will be held at 44 Union Boulevard, Suite 300, Lakewood, Colorado.
Please bring your own laptop for use during this training class. Instructions for downloading and installing EQuIS, visualization and analysis tools, and ArcGIS evaluation software will be provided two weeks prior to the training.
Cost and Registration
The early registration fee of $1,500 ($1,800 for registration after June 1, 2011) includes instruction, and hand-on use of EQuIS, and class notes. To register for the course, please fill out the included Training Registration form and fax to 503-345-0212 or email to training@earthsoft.com.
EQuIS Open Training Agenda
Day 1 – Getting Started with EQuIS, Importing and Viewing Data
AM Session: EQuIS Database Management Basics
- What is EQuIS?
- Basic Concepts and Terminology
- Data Management Workflow and Planning
- EQuIS Workflow
- Database Setup and Administration
- Creating a new project
PM Session 1: EQuIS Professional EDP
- EQuIS Data Processor (EDP)
- Reconciling Field and Laboratory EDDs
- Submitting and Loading Data
- Rolling Back Data
PM Session 2: EQuIS Professional: Tables, Forms, Action Levels and Groups
- Data and Reference Table Inspections
- Using Data Views
- Creating Analyte, Location and Facility Groups
- Action Levels
Day 2 – Data Retrieval with EQuIS Professional and EQuIS Enterprise
AM Session: EQuIS Professional – Reports and Exports
- Fields and Tools Available
- Crosstab Reports
- Trend and Contour Plots
PM Session: EQuIS Enterprise — Loading Data, Reports and Information Agents
- Enterprise EQuIS Data Processor
- Double Closed Loop Data Quality Checking
- Creating and Using EZView Reports
- EQuIS Information Agents (EIA)
- Integration of EQuIS Professional reports with EIA
Day 3 – Mapping, Sample Plans, and Field Data Collection with EQuIS
AM Session: EQuIS for ArcGIS – Data Retrieval with GIS
- EQuIS for ArcGIS Integration
- EQuIS for ArcGIS exports and outputs
- Spider Diagrams
PM Session: EQuIS Sample Planning Model and EDGE
- Create Sample Plans
- Sample Planning Outputs
- Collecting Data in EDGE
Download the pdf agenda and registration form here.
