The Internet as a Geophysical Tool

The Internet has gone from fad and fashion to an integral part of the way we do business. Our culture communicates via email and gets informed and entertained on the web. How is the high-tech culture of the geophysical community utilizing this resource?

Our vision for the CSEG website is to develop an online interactive community. The continuously expanding content of the website includes a dynamic calendar-of-events with week- and month-at-a-glance features, a searchable and browsable member database, and information on society publications, social events, and the career of geophysics. For those seeking a higher level of interactivity, volunteer committees currently use password-protected discussion forums to facilitate communication and to electronically share important documents.

Outside of the CSEG website, there is a nearly endless list of geophysical resources on the Internet and a variety of ways to use the Internet to help geophysicist to research, communicate, and do business. The brief overview provided in this presentation will help geophysicists catch a vision for the possibilities with emerging Internet technologies. Applications include working from home, learning new geophysical methods, and keeping closer contact with clients or partners.