Abstract: An apparatus and a method for analysis of point-gathered data. The apparatus and method provide a platform that includes a workbench providing a graphical working environment for a user to view and perform operations on point-gathered data and to interact with the platform, one or more plug-ins that operate on the point-gathered data, including plug-ins that receive inputs from a user through workbench and issue commands as messages and that actively save their state by passing the state as a message, and a message framework that receives all messages from producer plug-ins and passes the messages to an intended consumer. The platform actively saves the workbench state and plug-in states as messages passed to the message framework.

Abstract: A system and method for performing processing and/or analysis of sub-surface data in a graphical working environment. The system and method may provide a platform that includes a workbench that provides a graphical working environment for a user to interact with and operate a plurality of components. The plurality of components include one or more commanders that receive inputs from the user through the workbench, issue commands and receive responses and one or more self-commanders that receive inputs from the user through the workbench, issue and receive commands, and issue and receive responses. Each commander includes state-saving, state-restoring and message passing capabilities and the one or more commanders include one or more sub-surface data commanders that process and/or analyze sub-surface data. The one or more self-commanders include one or more viewers that display sub-surface data and results of processing and/or analysis of sub-surface data performed by sub-surface data commanders.