Methods and systems of analyzing and optimizing a seismic survey design are described. A system includes a plurality of seismic receivers disposed in a survey area at a plurality of receiver locations. The system also includes a plurality of seismic sources disposed in the survey area at a plurality of source locations. The plurality of receiver locations and the plurality of source locations are specified by a seismic survey design minimizing any artifacts identified in a filtered spectrum obtained by applying a frequency-wavenumber filter to a central midpoint space summation. The plurality of receiver locations and the plurality of source locations are determined based on a comparison of the filtered spectrum to a second filtered spectrum. The second filtered spectrum is for a second central midpoint space summation.