Introduction


This disk contains various files associated with the transcription job indicated on its label. To view a file, click on the file in the browser and the default viewer for that file type will be invoked. The files are divided into the following categories:


Explanation Notes – This directory contains several PDF documents, which explain how to interpret our Transcription Reports, Transcription Listings and QC Displays. PDF documents are veiwed with Adobe Acrobat Reader.


Transcription Reports – The transcription report(s) provide a concise summary of the input and output transcription details. In general a separate report will be generated for each survey. The report is typically provided as a PDF document.


Transcription Listings – The listings are generated by our transcription software and detail which data was processed and whether any errors were encountered reading the data. The listing will typically only be provided if errors were encountered or upon client request. Best viewed using Wordpad but any text editor will suffice.


Seismic QC Displays – Digital Seismic Displays are typically provided in TIFF format. The displays will always represent a subset of the data, typically 2 to 10% and are not generated for all transcription jobs. In general the displays, unless requested by the client, will only be created when transcribing multiplexed field formats and read errors have been encountered. These can be viewed using most graphics-viewing packages.


Database Export File – Is a dump of SEISTORE's fields as an Excel spreadsheet (other formats can be accommodated upon request). This file can be found in a separate directory "Database Export File" within the directory "Transcription Reports".


Tape Labels – For some transcription jobs a scanned image of the input tapes labels is provided. This is usually done when many tapes, containing a variety of formats, data types and numerous lines are compacted to high-density media such as 3590. In this scenario it is difficult to create a label for the 3590 which will show sufficient detail with respect to the input data, hence the scanned labels can provide a convenient reference.


For further details concerning the different file types please refer to the Explanation Notes section.