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Tools

Augers
  • Hand augers
Binoculars
  • Surveillance binoculars
Calculators or accessories
  • Scientific calculators
Calorimeters
Clinometers
Conductivity meters
  • Terrain conductivity meters
Desktop computers
Digital cameras
Distance meters
  • Electronic distance meters
Drying cabinets or ovens
  • Laboratory drying ovens
Geological compasses
  • Directional compasses
  • Pocket transits
Global positioning system receivers
  • Global positioning system GPS devices
Gravimeters
  • Gravitational field indicators
Hammers
  • Geological hammers
Height gauges
  • Abney levels
  • Survey altimeters
Hydrometers
  • Digital hydrometers
Infrared spectrometers
  • Fourier transfer infrared FTIR spectrometers
Jaw crushers
Laboratory bailers
  • Water sampling bailers
Laboratory crushers or pulverizers
  • Laboratory pulverizers
Laboratory sifting equipment
  • Sieve shakers
Levels
  • Electronic digital levels
  • Hand levels
Magnetometer geophysical instruments
  • Magnetometers
  • Proton magnetometers
Magnifiers
  • Hand lenses
Map measurers
  • Planimeters
Measuring rods
  • Stadia rods
Multi gas monitors
  • Carbon hydrogen nitrogen CHN analyzers
Notebook computers
  • Laptop computers
Peristaltic pumps
  • Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
Personal computers
Picks
  • Rock picks
Pneumatic rock drills
  • Power rock coring drills
Portable data input terminals
  • Portable dataloggers
Radarbased surveillance systems
  • Ground penetrating radar GPR systems
Rangefinders
  • Laser rangefinders
Rock cutters
  • Rock saws
Seismic recorders or seismographs
  • Digital seismographs
Soil core sampling apparatus
  • Earth drills
  • Hydraulic vibracorers
  • Sample microsplitters
  • Soil augers
  • Soil core samplers
Still cameras
  • 35 millimeter cameras
Sulfur dioxide analyzers or detectors
  • Total sulfur analyzers
Test sieves
  • Laboratory sieves
Theodolites
  • Electronic digital theodolites
  • Total stations

Technology

Analytical or scientific software
  • Halliburton ProMAX
  • IHS PETRA
  • Landmark Graphics GeoGraphix software
  • Landmark SeisWorks
  • Parallel Geoscience SPW software
  • Petroleum Software Technologies software
  • petroWEB software
  • Schlumberger GeoFrame software
  • Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM
  • Techsia Techlog
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD software
  • Dynamic Graphics EarthVision
  • Midland Valley 2DMove
Data base reporting software
  • SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
Data base user interface and query software
  • Database software
  • Microsoft Access
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
Map creation software
  • Clark Labs IDRISI Andes
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS* software
  • Golden Software Surfer
  • Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
  • Surface III *
Mobile location based services software
  • Juniper Systems LandMark Mobile
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word

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