Minnovate
Mining Technical Services:
Software
Development
Background
I have been involved
with software development in various forms since the mid 1980's, and am
able to write custom Windows software to meet specialised needs in mine
design and planning that may add significant value to your mining operation.
In recent times software I have written has included graphical packages
for specialised mine scheduling, topsoil management, product reserve definition
and range diagram generation, and I am currently developing tools for several
other purposes. I do however only develop software specifically for Microsoft
Windows; if you are working in a wholly Unix environment I regret I cannot
help you !
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Product Definition Software by Minnovate
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A question that may be asked is "why create custom software
when so many good generalised mining software packages are commercially
available ?". My answer is that I see three principal reasons :-
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Generalised
mining software producers must primarily cater to the common needs of 'typical'
mining operations to gain an adequate share of the market. The specialised
needs of relatively unusual mining operations offer limited returns for
commercial software developers and hence may be neglected.
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I believe
there remains potential for developing new, value adding applications for
computers in certain aspects of 'typical' mine design and planning - and
by this I do not mean naive 'pie-in-the-sky' concepts, but practical applications
of simple technology.
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Because, with modern tools, developing
custom software is no longer difficult. The latest generation of Windows
programming languages allows efficient, user friendly, graphically interfaced
applications to be developed with unprecedented ease, speed and consequently
low cost. Development is also simplified if the aplication can be to some
extent site specific, rather than entirely generalised.
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Automatic Scheduling Software by Minnovate
Capabilities
In the field of software
development Minnovate offers :-
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Frank and honest appraisal
of ability to develop software with the functionality that you seek
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Software concept validation
and/or prototyping; I have the experience required to sensibly investigate
innovative software applications or turn your concept into a programmable
structure
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Windows software development
by an experienced, innovative Mining Engineer, who can often much better
understand the objectives and potential of a proposed software application
than a programmer with a computer science background
For further information
contact me by e-mail at clibbery@ihug.co.nz
By phone or fax on:
(64) 7 823 2541
Or by mail to
109 Taylor Street, Cambridge, New Zealand
This page last
updated on April 2, 1998.