1. PaleoGIS: Overview and Update
Karen Meinstein, Sales Engineer

2. What is PaleoGIS?
 A GIS application that performs spatial analyses of plate
tectonic motion over time
 Provides fast, easy-to-use, dynamic plate-tectonic
reconstructions
 An industry standard software package
- Used by most of the world's largest global oil, gas and mineral
exploration companies
 Operates on ESRI's ArcMAP platform as a
fully integrated extension

3. Reconstructions
 "Reconstruct" plate models to any specified age within
the model's range
 Reconstruct any user data to the desired age
- Visualize vector and raster data in a paleogeographic context
 “Un-reconstruct” data from known paleo-location to
present day position
Present Day
80 MYA

4. Animations
 Create high-quality animations for use in presentations
and other media

5. Analysis Tools
 Includes tools for performing specialized plate
motion analyses:
- Point Path Visualization and Azimuth & Rate vs. Time - show
a plate’s direction and speed over time
- Instantaneous Motion - shows relative plate motion at a
specified age
 Custom analysis solutions available on a consulting
basis

6. Plate Models
 PaleoGIS is compatible with major commercial and
academic published plate models
- Provides a unified platform for plate tectonic analysis
 Supports rigid and deformable models
 Supports plate-model-vendor time slices
 Includes tools for plate model editing and development

7. Upcoming Releases
 PaleoGIS v4.2.1
- Compatible with ArcGIS 10.1
- Currently in Beta testing
- Release date: End of Q4 2013
 PaleoGIS v4.2.2
- Compatible with ArcGIS 10.2
- Release date: Q1 2014
Note: v4.2.x requires Dot Net Framework 4.0, which is available as a free download

8. New Raster Method
 Converts raster to point
feature class and then
reconstructs the points
 Raster is re-sampled to
user-specified resolution
before conversion
 Converts reconstructed
points back to a single
raster

9. New Raster Method
 Works on rasters that cover large areas, including
global rasters
 Provides results that are consistent with vector
reconstructions
 Accepts all coordinate systems, not just WGS 84
 Old method is still available

10. New Raster Method
Raster size = 798 MB, Cell size = 0.017 x 0.017 degrees

11. New Raster Method
Resampled to 1% of original resolution (cell size = 0.17 x 0.17 degrees)

12. Un-Reconstruct Improvements
 Rasters now supported!
- Allows scanned images to be un-reconstructed
 Results can be saved by saving the reconstruction
data frame that contained the original layer
 Original symbology (vector and raster) is preserved

13. Other New Features
 New data frame added when models are loaded
- Existing layers are no longer removed from map
 All user settings are persisted between sessions
 One-click enable/disable of proxy server settings
- Simplifies work environment transitions
 Ability to change output name when saving
reconstructions
 Two updated demo models
- Scotese Model v2d3
- Earthbyte (Seton 2012)

14. Other New Features
 Ability to change feature symbology based on age
using time-dependent joins
 PaleoClimate launcher added to Analysis Tools toolbar
 Assorted bug fixes including:
- Ability to save reconstructions that contain time slices
- WMS time slice layers are only added to map once
- Undo/Redo functions work correctly for Enter Pole tool

15. Questions?