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Environmental ManagementMining companies use GIS to actively monitor the environmental impacts that may be caused by their activities and conduct reclamation. GIS is used for monitoring and reclamation by analyzing and mapping soils, vegetation, surface hydrology, and groundwater. Performing advanced analysis and visualization of environmental and geologic data can be done easily and quickly using the EQuIS ArcView GIS Interface. This solution involves the integration of several industry-standard applications, such as ArcView 3.x, ArcGIS 8, EQuIS, RockWorks, EVS, and more, to produce a world-class, customizable solution for subsurface investigation and analysis. EarthSoft's EQuIS family of environmental quality information systems is among the most popular in the world for management of environmental sampling data. A standard for many consulting firms and regulatory agencies—both in the United States and overseas—EQuIS is a favorite among data managers, but even the most junior staff can easily produce reports and results using the suite of interfaces to many industry-standard tools for visualization and analysis. EarthSoft's EQuIS for ArcGIS, an extension for the ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo 8.x Desktop applications, allows users to query, report, and map the data managed in EQuIS. The EQuIS for ArcGIS extension integrates the leading environmental software packages for specialized tasks. For example, contours created using EQuIS for ArcGIS and Surfer are brought back into the GIS, where they can be used in further analyses with output from other non-GIS applications, such as RockWorks for geologic cross sections. Similar tools are also available for the ArcView 3.x platform. GIS In Action |
