Welcome to Arc-WofE, v. 1.0, a Weights of Evidence extension for ArcView 3.0 and Spatial Analyst 1.0.

• General information
• Acknowledgements
• Organization of CD
• The web site

General Information

This CD is the first release of Arc-WofE, an extension for ArcView 3.0 and Spatial Analyst 1.0 that performs Weights of Evidence modeling. It is available for the exclusive use of the following organizations for a one year period from the date of release:

• Barrick Gold Corporation
• BHP
• Freeport Indonesia
• INCO Limited
• Placer Dome Inc.
• Western Mining Corp.
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Geological Survey of Canada

For more information, please contact:

Acknowledgements

The Arc-WofE extension was developed by Laura Kemp under the direction of Graeme Bonham-Carter, Gary Raines (USGS), Danny Wright, John Broome and Jeff Harris at the Geological Survey of Canada.

A weights of evidence extension developed by Robyn Gallagher was purchased as part of this project. Part of the code from this extension has been incorporated into the Arc-WofE extension. Robyn also provided very useful guidance and suggestions early on in the project.

We would particularly like to acknowledge and thank Gary Raines, USGS, and Lyle Burgess, of Prospectivity Mapping, Australia, for their review, testing and feed-back during the development of the extension.

Organization of the Arc-WofE CD

Directory structure

windows/ -- The files you need to install and run Arc-WofE on system running Windows 95 or Windows NT.

• install.txt / install.htm -- installation instructions
• WofE.avx -- Arc-WofE extension
• avdlog.dll -- ArcView dialog driver file
• avdlog.dat -- ArcView dialog driver file
• avdlog.exe -- ArcView's Dialog Designer Extension installation file

UNIX/ -- The files you need to install and run Arc-WofE on a UNIX system. The files needed to support dialogs created with Dialog Designer (avdlog.dll and avdlog.dat) are included in the ArcView 3.0b upgrades for UNIX systems. If the upgrade is installed on your system, these files are likely installed already. If you require the upgrade, refer to ESRI's web site at http://www.esri.com/base/products/arcview/avunix30b.html#3.0b to get the upgrade for your version of UNIX.

• install.txt / install.htm -- installation instructions
• WofE.avx -- Arc-WofE extension

documentation/ -- A set of HTML and GIF files that comprise the on-line documentation for Arc-WofE. An MSWord document of the HTML content.

• wofedoc.zip -- all documentation files, zipped
• wofe-ug.doc -- the user guide in MSWord format
• HTML documents and supporting GIFs

ns/ -- An ArcView project file and data sets for Nova Scotia.

workshop/ -- The collected notes, as available in digital format, from the training workshop for Arc-WofE, held April 2-3, 1998 at the Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

• workshop.htm/workshop.txt -- Workshop programme and participants
• wofewksp.ppt -- Introduction to Weights of Evidence method, presentation by Graeme Bonham-Carter.
• wofetran.ppt -- Introduction to Arc-WofE, software demonstration by Laura Kemp.
• WofE.ppt -- Weights of evidence application, presented by Gary Raines.

Arc-WofE Web Pages

A web page, http://gis.NRCan.gc.ca/restricted/woe , was used during development to deliver current 'beta' versions of the extension along with installation instructions and sample data sets. The page will be maintained for at least one year after release of the extension to project partners. Access will remain restricted to the partners.

Please refer to the web page for any new information, fixes and the most current version of the extension. All information on this CD will also be available from the web page. Notice of significant updates to the web page, such as a new version of the extension, will be e-mailed to contacts and workshop participants. For information about access to the web page, please contact John Broome, broome@NRCan.gc.ca. For information about the content of the web page, please contact Laura Kemp, kemp@gis.NRCan.gc.ca.