Hi Clark, I'm not sure what your post is about?
This is what I was getting at with non technical posts in Segmin being misunderstood and like entering a rabbit hole. My comment in another post on our big box stores was more about how many geoscientists are too individualistic as scientists to be boxed in to a generic mass employment situation. Many value their individuality and free thinking ways over groupthink or generification. Many but not all would rather be individual go-it your-own-way prospecter or contractor types and not want to be boxed in to a generic employment situation. As far as surveying equipment goes it has to be tested out in real world situations where data is produced and results can be presented. We all have histories, part of mine includes being involved in field studies where some gravity surveying equipment was tested, where a couple airborne gravity gradiometer systems were field tested and compared with each other and with ground gravity survey data. Another one was during the same field campaign that lasted at least 5 years, was where an airborne TEM system was compared with a couple ground TEM systems. I was able to author a paper on that one that's published. I've recently tested two very high resolution magnetometers and presented results on them. None of any of that equipment, the gravimeters, the EM equipment, or the magnetometers are big box store generic stuff. All are examples of sophisticated surveying equipment. The data results after field testing showed this. The gravity paper can also be looked up. The big box store comment was more on the lines many geoscientists want to be individual scientists and not cookie cutter scientists, free to go out and explore, do prospecting, or do surveying in general, that was the gist. Sensors in general of all types are getting smaller higher resolution less power hungry and more affordable, just a fact of scientific progress. Please feel free to add your two cents if you'd like. This is my last post this week I have work to do here, Cheers, Ed Ed Cunion Red Rocks Geophysical Lakewood, CO 80228 Mobile/text 720 300 3641 On Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 12:22 PM Clark Jorgensen via SEGMIN < [email protected]> wrote: > Ken, > > I have to disagree strongly with you, at least in regard with ground > contractors. The ETD only includes new innovations. Many of the > "innovations" in ground survey techniques are only marketing techniques > that have little if any chance of improving data quality and in many cases > produce worthless data. The ETD has the veneer of being endorsed by > geophysicists, so it is not surprising that many geologists think it is a > statement of proven survey techniques. > > Clark Jorgensen > > > On 11/16/20 8:15 AM, Ken Witherly via SEGMIN wrote: > > Dear Colleagues > > > > The 2021 edition of the Exploration Trends and Developments is in the > final stages of the ‘request for input’ period, with a hard deadline of Nov > 22 (next Monday). > > > > After a series of discussions with Dr. Pat Killeen, the Northern Miner > Press and DMEC, we have agreed that the ETD is a very important bench mark > piece for the geophysical community and that keeping the publication as a > *physical > publication is important*. > > > > If you provide a product or service which is related to geophysical > applications for minerals exploration or environmental studies, please > consider submitting at an update to Killeen for possible inclusion into the > next edition of the ETD. > > > > The attached request for input states Nov 9 is the close off date but this > has been extended to Nov 22. > > > > A copy of the current edition (March 2020) can be accessed at: > > > > https://www.condorconsult.com/downloads/ETD-2020-Final.pdf > > > > Regards/Ken > > > > *The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery Is Not* > > *Ignorance—It Is the Illusion of Knowledge* > > > > Condor Consulting, Inc > > St. 150-2201 Kipling St. > > Lakewood CO 80215 USA > > T: 303-423-8475 > > > > Condor North Consulting ULC > > 170 - 422 Richards St. > > Vancouver BC Canada V6B 2Z4 > > T: 604-630-8334 > > > > > > > > ----------------------- > SEGMIN community mailing list service ([email protected]). > Change your personal options here: > https://lists.geosoft.com/mailman/options/segmin/clark%40bigskygeo.com > Colleagues can join here: https://lists.geosoft.com/mailman/listinfo/segmin > Archives: https://lists.geosoft.com/mailman/private/segmin/ > NOTE that <Reply> will reply to all members of the list. > > > -- > Clark Jorgensen > Big Sky Geophysics > P.O. 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