Surfer software is a special product of Golden Software, Inc. that finds its use in creating representations of terrain surfaces. Surfer’s sophisticated interpolation engine swiftly converts XYZ data into publication-quality maps. With Surfer Software, one can generate isoline maps, 3D maps, create sections of 3D maps, and calculate volumes and surface areas. Improve maps with profiles, legends, titles and labels, faults and brake lines, or external maps from any web mapping service with Surfer Software. It is used extensively to map, model, and analyze an assortment of geoscience data including geological, geophysical, hydrological etc. Operations performed interactively can be controlled using a compatible programing language like visual Basic, C++ or Perl.