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Please contact us as soon as possible. We will walk you through the process of loading the data.  In some cases you may be referred to your 3rd party software provider.

All US Land Grid comes in a selection of Shapefile, File Geodatabase (FGDB), CDF file for GeoGraphix and Petra (Cartographic Digitizer Format), DAT file (T/R Digitizer), KML, DXF file format (Kingdom and CAD)  and other file formats. We support such applications as ArcMap, Petra, GeoGraphix, AutoCAD, Kingdom SMT, Surfer, and other software packages. Please contact us if your format is not available.

There are three ways to import shapefiles into Petra;

- Overlay>Import

- Thematic Mapper to Map

- Overlay>Import Shape Files

Please download this document to get the detailed instructions.

Firstly, you must have Google Earth installed. You can download it here. Once Google Earth is installed, you can simply double click on the KML file, or load multiple KML files from within Google Earth itself.

To open shapefiles in Esri ArcGIS Arciew, launch the ArcGIS application, and select the option to start using ArcMAP with A NEW EMPTY MAP, then hit OK

click on the PLUS SIGN icon to ADD A LAYER to the existing map view.

The opened GIS layer will appear on the list in the layer bar, and will appear as a map in the map view.

You can find some better instructions here.

The best file format for culture files when it comes to GeoGraphix or Petra is CDF files. Both programs allow you to load CDF files as visual only layers. Our CDF culture files come with a file name "XX_XXX_COMBINED_XXX.CDF". By loading this file you capture all available culture layers within the dataset while still controlling the layers individually.

1. In GeoAtlas, click AOI >> Redefine. Select the AOI.
2. Click the Edit button to enter the coordinates.
3. Click Draw to redefine on the map. The AOI cannot be active when performing this task.

In Landnet click File > Import > Geographix CDF Import.

In ProjectExplorer click File >Imports >Land > Geographix CDF Import.

In order to correctly transform the X/Y data in the file to the database coordinate system of your project, you need to specify the coordinate system of the data in the file. By default, the Import coordinate system on this page of the import displays your database coordinate system. If you imported this data without specifying the actual coordinate system of the data in the file, you could get incorrect results.

Go to:

• Overlay – Import
• Browse to the \CDF\(Appropriate Datum) NAD27 or NAD83

• And Choose the “Display_Combined” folder for the import.

• Limits tab: (use Do Not Restrict Data By Limits, you will get EVERYTHING in the State Level file – all Counties, Township and Ranges, Sections, etc.)

• Misc tab: make sure NOTHING is turned on here:

• Translate tab: TURN ON “Use Entity Code Translation File” and browse to the USLandGrid file – “Petra_Translation_USLandGrid_LONG.DAT (and _SHORT.DAT)” (notice it is in the Parms folder of PetraSRV as it is not meant to be stored within a particular project)
• Choose the LONG version if you want every possible layer imported for that file/area – all the way down to Tracts or Subdivisions (Land Dept uses this) – TYPICALLY FOR GEOLOGY PURPOSES, we will want to use the SHORT version – stops at Subsurveys or Lots the Tracts or Subdivisions; they only add to the size of the layer/project unneccessarily (we can always import the more detailed layers later if desired)

• Press Import -

• The progression window may pop up behind the Import window, if so, just move the Import window over:

Texas:

Layer – Line Thickness – Line Color - Text Size – Text Color – Font

State – User 1 – Black – 100,000 – Black – Arial Bold – Text Justify:  Middle Center

Districts (must be imported separately into Layer #12) – User 1 – Brown – 100,000 – Brown – Arial Bold – Text Justify:  Middle Center

Counties – Extra Wide – Royal Blue – 20,000 – Royal Blue – Arial Bold Italic – Text Justify:  Middle Center

Blocks – Wide – Black – 2,000 – Black – Arial Bold Italic – Text Justify:  LEAVE AS Bottom Left

Abstracts – Normal – Gray – 500 – Gray – Arial – Text Justify:  Bottom Center

Surveys – (Turn off lines, or use Narrow – use Abstract lines) Narrow – Gray – 450 – Gray – Arial Italic (Post layer order underneath Abstracts) –

Test Justify:  Bottom Center

Sections –(Labels ONLY) Gray (3^rd from top of array) – 500 – Gray – Arial Bold – Text Justify:  Middle Center

Subsurveys – Narrow – Black – 250 – Black – Arial Italic – Text Justify:  Bottom Center

Lots – Narrow - Gray – 200 – Gray – Arial

Tracts – Narrow - Gray – 200 – Gray – Arial

Subdivision – Narrow - Gray – 200 – Gray – Arial Bold – Text Justify:  Bottom Center

Go to:

• Overlay – Import
• Browse to the \CDF\(Appropriate Datum) NAD27 or NAD83

• And Choose the “Display_Combined” folder for the import.

• Limits tab: (use Do Not Restrict Data By Limits, you will get EVERYTHING in the State Level file – all Counties, Township and Ranges, Sections, etc.)

• Misc tab: make sure NOTHING is turned on here:

• Translate tab: TURN ON “Use Entity Code Translation File” and browse to the USLandGrid file – “Petra_Translation_USLandGrid_LONG.DAT (and _SHORT.DAT)” (notice it is in the Parms folder of PetraSRV as it is not meant to be stored within a particular project)
• Choose the LONG version if you want every possible layer imported for that file/area – all the way down to Tracts or Subdivisions (Land Dept uses this) – TYPICALLY FOR GEOLOGY PURPOSES, we will want to use the SHORT version – stops at Subsurveys or Lots the Tracts or Subdivisions; they only add to the size of the layer/project unneccessarily (we can always import the more detailed layers later if desired)

• Press Import -

• The progression window may pop up behind the Import window, if so, just move the Import window over:

The template attributes for the various layers are as follows – (Petra defaults to importing label positions as “Bottom Left”, so we need to adjust for that setting as indicated below)

PLSS States (non-Texas):

Layer – Line Thickness – Line Color - Text Size – Text Color - Font

State – User 1 – Black – 100,000 – Black – Arial Bold – Text Justify:  Middle Center

County – Extra Wide – Royal Blue – 20,000 – Royal Blue – Arial Bold Italic – Text Justify:  Middle Center

Township/Range – Wide – Black – 2,500 – Black – Arial Bold Italic – Text Justify:  Middle Center

Sections – Normal – Gray (3^rd from top of array) – 500 – Gray – Arial Bold – Text Justify:  Middle Center

Lots – (if available – Geology does not normally plot Lots in PLSS states) Narrow – Gray – 250 – Gray – Arial

Land Grid Import for GeoGraphix

NOTE: Import well data first before importing land grid or culture. The well data will set your extents in GeoGraphix.

After importing your wells, go to:

• File – Import – Land – GeoGraphix CDF Import
• Browse to the \CDF\DISPLAY_COMBlNED (Appropriate Datum) NAD27 or NAD83 - Choose the Display_Combined (you do not need to choose all the files in the directory)
• Select "Display Layer" only
• Give the group layer a name,in this case it is "Land"
• Choose either GeoGraphic Latitude/Longitude NAD 1927 – North American or GeoGraphic Latitude/Longitude NAD 1983
  o Mainland United States (Lower 48 and offshore)
  o Hemisphere: Northwest
  o Finish

Once done, lets import the smart land grid database into Land Net (this is optional)

• File- Import- Land- GeoGraphix CDF Import
• Browse to the \CDF\LANDNET_COMBINED (Appropriate Datum) NAD27 or NAD83 - Choose the LandNet_Combined this time to load into the land grid database. o Select "LandGrid database" only
• Choose either GeoGraphic Latitude/Longitude NAD 1927 – North American or GeoGraphic Latitude/Longitude NAD 1983
  o Mainland United States (Lower 48 and offshore)
  o Hemisphere: Northwest
• Click on the LandNet module to view the land grid database

Labels and sizes can be changed easily in the map

• Go to: Layers – Edit Display Attributes

WB4 Well Import Instructions

1. Open GVerse from Start Menu, the select Project Explorer..

2. From Project Explorer Create New Project from File New Project

3. Select the Project Location in relevant folder and name it accordingly

4. Select Coordinate System, this can be filtered through choosing the Country, and select Datum (NAD83) and Projection (Geographic Latitude/ Longitude). Then select the preferred Projection for display, then Extents as Not_Set, which will make the extent derive from input data then click finish. It will take a moment to create Database for project.

5. Now Project is ready for data import, Select File  Imports  Well  Geographix ASCII4 Import .. for importing WB4 file

6. Please click Next directly for DefCon window

7. Now we shall import our relevant WB4 file from the file system, and uncheck Perform bulk load import  Next, then nothing to select in Zone Aliasing options-- Next

8. Click Next in Boundary entity action with “Exapand PROJECT EXTENTS to include all wells; then select input file coordinate system (Geographic Lat/Long and Nad83)

9. Importing may take couple of mins to load data

10. After Successful completion of import, data can be viewed via WellBase

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Before installing the update, please create a full backup of yourdata. Backups can be used to quickly restore your data if there are some issues after update installation. Data and spatial modifications are key components of the updates, some current data most likely will get overwritten. Please contact us if you want help with your update. We may also decide to contact your 3rd party software provider.

Updates are available as add-ons at the time of purchase . All updates are for the period of 12 months after the original purchase date. Update frequencies vary by availability and by product type. After the original update period expires, the update is usually available to you with at 25% of the current product price.