Software Available from the KGS
The Kansas Geological Survey has long been involved with software and the use of computers in geosciences. These pages describe the software available from the Survey and technical publications on these topics.
Software being actively developed and supported by the KGS
- Barometric Response Function Software
- The KGS Barometric Response Function software computes a function describing the influence of barometric (atmospheric) pressure variations on water levels in wells and uses that function to filter atmospherically induced fluctuations from observed water levels. The software can also compute earth tide response functions and correct water levels for the influence of earth tides.
- LEOWEB
- LEOWEB 11 is a web based version of the most recent development efforts to convert geographic coordinates to PLSS legal land descriptions. The project has been funded by Kansas GIS Policy Board and the Kansas Geological Survey. The application runs via contemporary web browsers with server side interaction thru the Oracle APEX 4.0 environment.
- LEO 7.0
- LEO 7.0 is a JAVA application that converts Kansas Public Land Survey System (PLSS) legal land descriptions to geographic coordinates and vice versa. The program is designed to run as a stand-alone application allowing users to perform conversions without access to a networked environment. The application is not a surveying tool and only provides an approximate conversion.
- SurfSeis
- SurfSeis© is software for multichannel analysis of surface waves, compatible with Microsoft® Windows(tm). A new demonstration disk is available. Version 2.0 is now in release.
- WinSeis
- WinSeis Seismic Processing Software is for use with Microsoft Windows on 386, 486, or Pentium personal computers. Features include filtering, statics, muting, format conversion, geometry, data display, and printing.
The following software is no longer being developed or supported
- GEMINI Project
- GEMINI (Geo-Engineering Modeling through Internet Informatics) is an interactive, integrated Website designed to construct real-time geo-engineering reservoir models.
- CORRELATOR
- User's Manual for CORRELATOR, Version 5.2, by Ricardo A. Olea and Robert J. Sampson, KGS, Open-file Report 2002-51
- Surface III software
- Available for Macintosh computers, Surface III is a gridding and contouring program.
- WHEAT
- WHEAT is a set of user-friendly Windows programs for computer-based mapping and geographic analysis designed for ease of use by natural resource scientists. FREE.
Web software resources from sites other than the Kansas Geological Survey
- National Energy Technology Laboratory
- The U.S. Dept. of Energy's NETL has a software web page with simulators, predictive models, and other software.
- Macintosh Geological Software
- This list of software for Macintosh computers is sponsored by Texas Christian University.