Viewing Images
The Colorado Oil
and Gas Conservation Commission black and white document images are saved
in TIFF file format with Group IV
compression since other image formats generate significantly larger files. To
view these documents, you must configure your WWW Browser with a viewer that
supports TIFF images and CCITT Group IV compression. Another approach is to use
the new TIFF viewer plugins which will allow you to view TIFF images inline
just like GIF or JPEG. The suggested TIFF
viewers/plugins listed here are to help in your selection and have been found
to work in viewing these charts.
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CASE 1:
If you already have
a viewer installed on your computer, e.g. Paint Shop Pro or Imaging for Windows, all you have to do is know the directory where the viewer resides and
attach it to your browser as a helper application:
For Mozilla:
1. Click
on "Options" or
"edit"
2. Click
on "General Preferences" or
"Preferences"
3. Click
on "Helpers" or
"applications"
4. Scroll
down data type window to "image/tiff"
5.
Click on "edit"
6. Click
on "browse"
7. Locate
the directory in which you placed the viewer - select it and
8. Click
on "OK"
9. When
a TIF file in the future
is selected in Mozilla, the browser will launch the program and display the
image.
For
Internet Explorer:
1. 1. Double-click “My Computer”
2.
2.
On the View menu, click “Folder
Options”
3. 3. On the “File Types” tab, find “TIFF” file type in the Registered File
Types box.
4. 4. Click Edit.
5. 5. Select “Open” under “Actions” and then click “Edit”
6. Browse
the directory until you find the executable to use to view the TIFF images
When you first
click a link to download a file, the File Download dialog box appears. You have
the following options:
·
· Open
this file from its current location
·
· Save
this file to disk
·
· Always
ask before opening this type of file
If you clear the
"Always ask before opening this type of file" check box, you indicate
that this type of file should always be opened with the associated program. The
file is then downloaded to your Temporary Internet Files folder and opened.
CASE 2:
If you need
to download a software package either select one of the example viewers
below or use the keywords TIFF Viewers
in a search engine like Excite. Follow
the distributor’s installation instructions for installing the viewer on your
computer. Most of these applications
will install into your system so that it is already configured with your browser.
If your browser does not allow viewing the TIFF images you may need
to follow the configuration procedures listed above in Case1.
For Windows95 and higher:
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and
Imaging for Windows are accessories in most Windows operating systems. These viewers can be used for many of the documents. For large documents such as well logs it will be necessary to install a TIFF image viewer on your computer. You can search the internet for an acceptable viewer or download one of the viewers listed below. Some viewers work well for well logs but have trouble with multiple-page documents. Some viewers work well with the multiple-page documents but have limitations when it comes to large well logs. It takes some experimentation to find the right viewer for your requirements and computer configuration.
Shareware/Freeware Viewer Plugins for for Mozilla or IE
AlternaTiff by Medical Informatics Engineering
Irfan View 3.99 by Irfan Skiljan
BlueView by Schlumberger
Brava! Reader by Informative Graphics
interneTIFF by The Innomage Group
Commercial TIFF Viewer Plugins for Mozilla or IE
Prism by TMS Sequoia
VuePrint by Hamrick Software
ViewTiff by Accodex Imaging Systems
Shareware viewers for DOS/Windows 3.1
Paint Shop Pro 3.0 by Jasc, Inc. (612) 930-9171
Graphic Workshop v1.1p
VIDVUE v1.1 by L. Gozum
Shareware viewers for OS/2
PMJPEG
PMView v0.9
Shareware viewer for Macintosh
GraphicConverter 2.6