Search Criteria are chosen in order to restrict your Search to those criteria selected. i.e. If you do not select any criteria items your Search results will include all surveys in the database.
Enter a Search KEY of one to eight characters. The Search KEY is used to identify a Search and related filenames.
Enter a title to describe your Search.
Choose the Database you want to Search.
You can pick and choose among the following criteria by clicking
the buttons on the right side of the Select Search Criteria panel.
This will pop up a dialog asking you to choose specifics about that criteria.
When you are satisfied with your choices, use the mouse to click OK.
You can also click Cancel to cancel any changes, or Clear or
Default to erase your choices or reset the values to their defaults.
Type of Data
Subset of Previous Search
Geophysical Parameters
Source of Data
NGDC Number
Survey Identifier
Search Area
Year of Survey
Date added to system
When you are finished selecting your criteria, launch the Search by clicking the mouse on the Run Search button. Of course, you can always cancel the criteria selection by clicking on Cancel.
Note: At certain points the GEODAS software may display a dialog for locating GEODAS Inventories/Coastlines, if these locations are not properly registered in your GEODAS configuration file.