Society

The Kansas Geological Society is composed of geological professionals from across the country. The Society hosts many educational lectures and social functions and maintains a library of geological data.

The Kansas Geological Society and Library is located in the Landmark Square Building, just north of the corner of Market and First Street in Wichita.

KGS Library is OPEN for business....Please travel with care! - posted Feb. 8, 2010

Bulletin: January - February 2010
KCC Boxes and Logs - Updated December 29, 2009

Library

The Kansas Geological Society Library has the most complete collection of oil and gas well data for the State of Kansas and surrounding areas. Donated by industry since 1923.

Robert F. Walters Digital Geological Library has 1,018,593 digital documents and logs available. See the count by county.

Robert F. Walters Digital Geological Library

Version 1.01
Software Update on February 4

Preview images will load much more quickly now, and some Preview images that were too large to appear before, will appear now.

Software Update on January 12

Tiled TIF images can now be printed at the correct scale without manually setting the resolution. The resolution at which the original document was scanned is now embedded in the TIF file and software that reads and prints TIFs should be capable of decoding this information.

Great Tip for Previewing Images

Thanks go out to Rocky Milford for realizing this cool thing is possible. When previewing images, and enlarging the contents of the screen by holding down the Control key and rotating the mouse wheel, all open windows are affected. It is possible in FireFox to restrict the enlargement to a single window - for example, the pop-up Preview window. Doing so requires changing an obscure default preference in FireFox. Instructions are on the FAQ page.

Software Update on January 4

A new Zoom feature enables you to preview most images at maximum size. Well Logs can be zoomed by the Tile (up to 2 Tiles at once). Smaller documents can be zoomed in their entirety. We welcome Feedback about this feature.

System Requirements for the Digital Library

FireFox on Windows is the recommended browser. Adobe Flash plug-in must be installed on your browser (and a red "X" below the Search Wells form, where you expect to see a list of wells returned from your search, indicates Flash is missing). A PDF reader such as Adobe Reader is required if you wish to view documents in PDF format. (Flash and Adobe Reader can be downloaded for free from Adobe's website.) Software that can read TIF files, such as IrfanView or PhotoShop, is required if you wish to view documents in TIF format. A screen resolution of 1024 pixels wide or higher is recommended. You can change the screen resolution in Windows at Start, Control Panel, Display, Settings (use the slider). Internet Explorer 7 has a known bug that is best dealt with by upgrading to a newer version. Internet Explorer 8 may request to be run in "compatability mode" which you may accept. On 64-bit machines, the software must be run in a 32-bit browser because Flash does not yet support 64-bit.

IOG Cards now cost $2.00 per card

This is our agreement with John Morrison.