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Unlocking Data from Graphs: How to Digitise Plots and Figures with WebPlotDigitizer
Unlocking Digital Potential from Static Image Data
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6 min readJan 14, 2024
When working within data science, geoscience or petrophysics, we often come across data or charts that are in image form, such as those within publications. However, the associated data is not present which means it can be difficult to use this data in our interpretation or research.
This is where a tool like WebPlotDigitizer becomes really useful. This online tool helps us take those charts from images and turn them into data that we can use for further research and analysis.
There are a number of areas in petrophysics and geoscience where digitising charts can be very beneficial, including:
- Extracting and digitising charts within Service Company chart books
- Digitising well log measurements from images
- Digitising figures from publications for further research
- Digitising well positions from a map
