SEG-Y FORMAT READER FOR PERSONAL COMPUTER

Abstract

The ainl is to develop software, which could read the Seg-y format and translate it into a format that is readable by a personal cOlnputer. The Seg-y fonnat is used on mainfratne cOlnputers and work stations, these cOlnputers use EBCDIC and IBM 32-bit floating point fonnats and operating systenls such as Unix or Linux, while a personal cOlnputer available to the students neither supports the two above Inentioned format nor are Unix or Linux operating systenls COlnmon on a personal cOlnputer. The software breaks the barrier and allows the user to work with the data on a personal cOlnputer. Seg-y reader has been developed in VC++6.0 the software open the Seg-y fonnat file and allows the user to view the EBCDIC header, binary header, the trace header and the trace data and the plot for the individual traces, further it allows the user to save the file ad a word document, an excel spreadsheet, or a text file. It has help files that guide the user in operating the software and other files that describe the Seg-y fonnat in detail.