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Excellent software: easy to use and learn. More limited in functionality than main rivals but trade offs can be worth it
February 06, 2018

Excellent software: easy to use and learn. More limited in functionality than main rivals but trade offs can be worth it

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with GEOVIA Surpac

[I] Used Surpac in order to model iron ore exploration projects. Mapped easily to MS Access database and imported DTMs for fast and accurate drawings of a section.
  • Sections
  • Tracing borehole logs with graphically presented data
  • Linking/mapping of data sets
  • Interface is good, but could always be improved
  • Occasionally a little buggy when mapping DBs
  • Extensive additional module list; can customise experience and therefore cost but some would expect certain features as standard
  • Saved consultancy fees in interp and modelling.
  • Field-based interp made easier with fast and accurate section drawing.
  • Central interface for all data.
  • Datamine
Lower cost and more user-friendly. My understanding is that the functionality is somewhat more limited but for our use in exploration it does the job and does it very well.
I have only used it for exploration projects but understand that with additional modules (such as pit design and production rates) it can be used for production schedules too. The software acts as a central interface for all of the drilling data from the borehole trace with customisable graphics or traces alongside (e.g.: geology, mag sus, assay results, struc info, etc) to the exporting of sections for field interp or planning; and resource block modeling.