Posting Text Setup

To open this dialog box, click <Labels/Postings> on the Layer Name Properties dialog box. Use this dialog box to add text to your maps, based on the fields available for the selected layer in GeoVista's database. From each of the eight database field boxes, you can select a separate database element to label on the map.

Posting Text Setup Dialog Box

Follow these steps to add a label to the map:

  1. From the database box, in the position where you want to show your label, select the field you want to display. (For example, UWI.)
  2. If you want to change the label's text color, click Color Pallet beside the database box and choose a new color from the Color dialog box
  3. If you want to label a well's formation top, click <Choose Top> to open the Formation Top Posting dialog box, where you can select a formation top from the list.
  4. Continue to set fields in other database boxes if you want to display multiple labels.
  5. To generate your labels using GeoVista's default label colors, select the Default Colours check box.
  6. By default, GeoVista labels all values in metric. If you want your labels to use imperial measure, select the Imperial Posting check box.
  7. Click <Font> to open the Font dialog box, where you can set how the text appears on all the labels.
  8. Click <Set Precision> to open the Posting Precision dialog box, where you can set how measurements appear (notation and decimal places).
  9. Click <OK> to apply your settings.

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