Transinsight IGMAS and Java

Java Helps Give Meaning to Field Data

With the help of Java, Interactive Gravity and Magnetic Application System (IGMAS) modeling software provides physicists with an interactive, graphical modeling system for 3-D interpretation of field data from gravity and magnetics. IGMAS offers full tensor gravity, and can deal with all magnetic components. It enables integrated processing of geoid, gravity, and magnetics fields, which improves geological interpretation. The software features easy 3-D modeling of complex structures, an intuitive user interface, and advanced algorithms that save time and improve productivity.

Transinsight, a partner and sponsor of the IGMAS project, is using Java Runtime Environment 1.6 (JRE) in IGMAS for interactive 3-D modeling of triangulated and voxelized polyhedra, with a complex distribution of physical parameters inside the polyhedra. The interactive 3-D modeling geometry and distribution of physical parameters can be modified, and the software then recalculates the responses of the models in real time. These are complex calculations, and JRE provides the fast, optimized algorithms and code for managing the data flow.

The company chose Java for several key reasons: a vast open-source community and ecosystem; fast and effective 2-D and 3-D rendering of the UI and graphics; and the stability and power of the platform. But the best part about Java, according to Christian Plonka of Transinsight, is that every update improves the application, making it better and faster.