Spatial Search

With Evo’s spatial search, you can view geoscience objects projected onto a map. Spatial search shows all geoscience objects in workspaces you have permissions for, if those objects contain CRS information. This is useful in understanding what data is available in a region of interest. You can then open the object in the Evo 3D Viewer and inspect it in relation to other data objects in that workspace.

The map displays geoscience objects projected using WGS84. Projected objects retain their original CRS information. Objects that do not include CRS information are not listed and cannot be displayed on the map.

To start searching for geocience objects, click on Search in the sidebar:

The rest of this topic is divided into:

An Overview of the Search Page

The Search page opens zoomed out showing the total number of geoscience objects stored in your workspaces (A), organised by data type (B). The number of objects in each region is shown on the map (C).

Zooming In and Out

If you have permissions for a large number of workspaces that contain many objects, it is easier to narrow the search results by zooming in to a particular area. You can do this by:

  • Using your mouse to zoom in and out and pan the map. As you zoom in to an area, the list of objects will be narrowed.
  • Using the search box to find a particular location.
  • Drawing a bounding box to zoom in on. Click on the Draw button (). Click on the map and release the mouse to add the first corner of the bounding box, then drag the mouse to create the bounding box.

The number of objects in each region is shown on the map, and you can also use these to zoom in to a region. Simply click on a number to zoom in to the region.

Click on an object to learn more about it, including the workspace it belongs to:

The object’s extents are also displayed, which may not be apparent zoomed in close to the object. Click the Zoom to extents button to see the extents.

Browsing the Search Results List

You can also browse the results list to find data objects. Within each data type list, the geoscience objects are organised alphabetically.

Objects that have no CRS information will not appear in the list.

Opening Geoscience Objects in the 3D Viewer

Clicking the Open in 3D Viewer button opens the workspace the object belongs to in the Evo 3D Viewer. The selected object is displayed (A) and you can add further objects from that workspace to the scene from the object list (B):

See the 3D Viewer help for detailed information on displaying geoscience objects.