Archive-name: graphics/resources-list/part3 Last-modified: 1993/04/27   Computer Graphics Resource Listing : WEEKLY POSTING [ PART 3/3 ] =================================================== Last Change : 27 April 1993   11. Scene generators/geographical data/Maps/Data files ======================================================  DEMs (Digital Elevation Models) -------------------------------   DEMs (Digital Elevation Models) as well as other cartographic data   [huge] is available from spectrum.xerox.com [192.70.225.78], /pub/map.    Contact:   Lee Moore -- Webster Research Center, Xerox Corp. --   Voice: +1 (716) 422 2496   Arpa, Internet:  Moore.Wbst128@Xerox.Com [ Check also on ncgia.ucsb.edu (128.111.254.105), /pub/dems -- nfotis ]    Many of these files are also available on CD-ROM selled by USGS:   "1:2,000,000 scale  Digital Line Graph (DLG) Data". Contains datas   for all 50 states. Price is about $28, call to or visit in offices   in Menlo Park, in Reston, Virginia (800-USA-MAPS).    The Data User Services Division of the Bureau of the Census also has   data on CD-ROM (TSO standard format) that is derived from USGS   1:100,000 map data. Call (301) 763-4100 for more info or they have   a BBS at (301) 763-1568.  [ From Dr.Dobbs #198 March 1993: ]        "The U.S. Defense Mapping Agency, in cooperation with their counterpart agencies in CANADA, the U.K., and Australia, have released the Digital Chart of the World (DCW). This chart consists of over 1.5 gigabytes of reasonable quality vector data distributed on four CD-ROMS. .... includes coastlines, rivers, roads, railrays, airports,cities, towns, spot elevations, and depths, and over 100,000 place names."  It is ISO9660 compatible and only $200.00 available from:  U.S. Geological Survey P.O. Box 25286 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225  Digital Distribution Services Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada 615 Booth Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0E9 Canada  Director General of Military Survey (Survey 3) Elmwood Avenue Feltham, Middlesex TW13 7AH United Kingdom  Director of Survey, Australian Army Department of Defense Campbell Park Offices (CP2-4-24) Campbell ACT 2601 Australia   Fractal Landscape Generators ----------------------------  Public Domain:    Many people have written fractal landscape generators. for example   for the Mac some of these generators were written by   pdbourke@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Paul D. Bourke).   Many of the programs are available from the FTP sites and mail   archive servers. Check with Archie.  Commercial:    Vista Pro 3.0 for the Amiga from Virtual Reality Labs -- list price   is about $100. Their address is: 	VRL 	2341 Ganador court 	San Luis Obispo, 	CA 93401 	Telephone or FAX (805) 545-8515    Scenery Animator (also for the Amiga) is of the same caliber with Vista Pro 2.   Check with: 	Natural Graphics 	P.O. Box 1963 	Raklin, CA 95677 	Phone (916) 624-1436    Don't forget to ask about companion programs and data disks/tapes.    Vista Pro 3 has been ported to the PCs.   CIA World Map II ---------------- [  NOTE: this database is quite out of date, and not topologically structured.   If you need a standard for world cartographic data, wait for the   Digital Chart of the World. This 1:1M database has been produced from   the Defense Mapping Agency's ONCs and will be available, together with   searching and viewing software, on a number of CD-ROMs later this summer. ]    Check into HANAUMA.STANFORD.EDU and UCSD.EDU (see ftp list above)   The CIA database consists of coastlines, rivers and political boundaries   in the form of line strokes. Also on hanauma.stanford.edu is a 720x360   array of elevation data, containing one ieee floating point number for   every half degree longitude and latitude.     A program for decoding the database, mfil, can be found on the machine   pi1.arc.umn.edu (137.66.130.11).   There's another program, which reads a compressed CIA Data Bank file and   builds a PHIGS hierachical structure. It uses a PHIGS extension known as   polyline sets for performance, but you can use regular polylines. Ask   Joe Stewart <joes@lpi.liant.com>.   The raw data at Stanford require the vplot package to be able to view it.   (was posted in comp.sources.unix). To be more exact, you'll have to   compile just the libvplot routines, not the whole package.  NCAR data ---------   NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) has many types of   terrain  data, ranging from elevation datasets at   various resolutions, to information about soil types, vegetation, etc.   This data is not free -- they charge from $40 to $90 or more, depending   on the data volume and media (exabyte tape, 3480 cartridge, 9-track tape,   IBM PC floppy, and FTP transfer are all available).  Their data archive   is mostly research oriented, not hobbyist oriented.  For more information,   email to ilana@ncar.ucar.edu.  UNC data tapes with voxel data --------------   There are 2 "public domain" tapes with data for the comparison and   testing of various volume rendering algorithms (mainly MRI and CT   scans). These tapes are distributed by the SoftLab of UNC @ Chapel Hill.   (softlab@cs.unc.edu)    The data sets (volume I and II) are also available via anonymous FTP from   omicron.cs.unc.edu [128.109.136.159] in pub/softlab/CHVRTD  NASA ----   Many US agencies such as NASA publish CD-ROMs with many altimetry data   from various space missions, eg. Viking for Mars, Magellan for Venus,   etc. Especially for NASA, I would suggest to call the following   address for more info:       National Space Science Date Center      Goddard Space Flight Center      Greenbelt, Maryland 20771      Telephone: (301) 286-6695      Email address:  request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov    The data catalog (*not* the data itself) is available online.   Internet users can telnet to nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (128.183.10.4) and log   in as 'NODIS' (no password).    You can also dial in at (301)-286-9000 (300, 1200, or 2400 baud, 8 bits,   no parity, one stop). At the "Enter Number:" prompt, enter MD and   carriage return. When the system responds "Call Complete," enter a few   more carriage returns to get the "Username:" and log in as 'NODIS' (no   password).    NSSDCA is also an anonymous FTP site, but no comprehensive list of   what's there is available at present.  Earth Sciences Data -------------------    There's a listing of anonymous FTP sites for earth science data, including   imagery. This listing is called "Earth Sciences Resources on Internet",   and you can get it via anonymous FTP from csn.org [128.138.213.21]   in the directory COGS under the name "internet.resources.earth.sci"    Some sites include:   aurelie.soest.hawaii.edu [128.171.151.121]: pub/avhrr/images - AVHRR images   ames.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.18.3]: pub/SPACE/CDROM  - images from         Magellan and Viking missions etc.         pub/SPACE/Index contains a listing of files available in the whole         archive (the index is about 200K by itself). There's also an         e-mail server for the people without Internet access: send a letter         to archive-server@ames.arc.nasa.gov (or ames!archive-server). In the         subject of your letter (or in the body), use commands like:          send SPACE Index         send SPACE SHUTTLE/ss01.23.91          (Capitalization is important! Only text files are handled by the         email server at present)    vab02.larc.nasa.gov [128.155.23.47]: pub/gifs/misc/landsat - 	Landsat photos in GIF and JPEG format [ It was shut down - nfotis; anyone has a copy of this archive?? ]  Others ------   Daily values of river discharge, streamflow, and daily weather data is   available from EarthInfo, 5541 Central Ave., Boulder CO  80301.  These   disks are expensive, around $500, but there are quantity discounts.   (303) 938-1788.    Check vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.98], the wx directory carries   data regarding surface analysis, weather radar, and sat view pics in   GIF format (updated hourly)    pioneer.unm.edu [129.24.9.217] is the Space and Planetary Image Facility   (located on the University of New Mexico campus) FTP server. It provides   Anonymous FTP access to >150 CD-ROMS  with data/images.    A disk with earthquake data, topography, gravity, geopolitical info   is available from NGDC (National Geophysical Data Center), 325 Broadway,   Boulder, CO  80303.  (303) 497-6958.    EOSAT (at least in the US) now sells Landsat MSS data older than two years   old for $200 per scene, and they have been talking about a similar deal   for Landsat TM data. The MSS data are 4 bands, 80 meter resolution.    Check out anonymous FTP to ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu in   UNIX/PolyView/alpha-shape for a tool that creates convex hulls   alpha-shapes (a generalization of the convex hull) from 3D point sets.    The GRIPS II (Gov. Raster Image Processing Software) CD-ROM   is available from CD-ROM Inc. at 1-800-821-5245 for $49.   Code for viewing ADRG (Arc Digitised Raster Graphics) files is   available on the GRIPS II CD-ROM. The U.S. Army Engineer    Topographic Labs (Juan Perez) code is also available via FTP   ( adrg.zip archive in  spectrum.xerox.com )  NRCC range data ---------------   Rioux M., Cournoyer L. "The NRCC Three-Dimensional Image Data Files",   Tech. Report, CNRC 29077, National Research Council Canada,   Ottawa, Canada, 1988   [ From what I understand, these data are from a laser range finder,    and you can a copy for research purposes ]  ==========================================================================  12. 3D scanners - Digitized 3D Data ===================================  a. Cyberware Labs, Monterey, CA, manufactures a 3D color laser digitizer   which can be used to model parts of, or a complete, human body.   They run a service bureau also, so they can digitize models for you.    Address:     Cyberware Labs, Inc     8 Harris Ct, Suite 3D     Monterey, CA 93940   Phone: (408)373-1441, Fax: (408)373-3582  b. Polhemus makes a 6D input device (actually a couple of models)   that senses position (3D) and *orientation* (+3D) based on electromagnetic   field interference.  This equipment is also incorporated in the   VPL Dataglove.   This hardware is also called ISOTRACK, from Keiser Aerospace.  Ascension Technology makes a similar 3D input device. There is a company, Applied Sciences(?), that makes a 3D input device (position only) based on speed of sound triangulation.  c. A company that specializes in digitizing is Viewpoint. You can ask    for Viewpoint's _free_ 100 page catalog full of ready to     ship datasets from categories such as cars, anatomy, aircraft,sports,    boats, trains, animals and others. Though these objects are    quite expensive, the cataloge is nevertheless of interest for it    has pictures of all the available objects in wireframe , polygon mesh.    Contact:    Viewpoint,   870 West Center,   Orem, Utah 84057   ph# 801-224-2222   fax# 801-224-2272   1-800-DATASET  ------    Some addresses for companies that make digitizers:    Ascension Technology   Bird, Flock of Birds, Big Bird: 6d trackers   P.O. Box 527,   Burlington, VT 05402   Phone: (802) 655-7879, Fax: (802) 655-5904    Polhemus Incorporated   Digitizer: 6d trackers   P.O. Box 560, Hercules Dr.   Colchester, Vt. 05446   Tel: (802) 655-3159    Logitech Inc.   Red Baron, ultrasonic 6D mouse   6506 Kaiser Dr.   Freemont, CA 94555   Tel: (415) 795-8500w    Shooting Star Technology   Mechanical Headtracker   1921 Holdom Ave.   Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5B 3W4   Tel: (604) 298-8574   Fax: (604) 298-8580    Spaceball Technologies, Inc.   Spaceball: 6d stationary input device   600 Suffolk Street   Lowell, MA, 01854   Tel: (508) 970-0330    Fax: (508) 970-0199   Tel in Mountain View: (415) 966-8123     Transfinite Systems    Gold Brick: PowerGlove for Macintosh   P.O. Box N   MIT Branch Post Office   Cambridge, MA 02139-0903   Tel: (617) 969-9570   email: D2002@AppleLink.Apple.com    VPL Research, Inc.   EyePhone: head-mounted display   DataGlove: glove/hand input device   VPL Research Inc.   950 Tower Lane   14th Floor   Foster City, CA 94404   Tel: (415) 312-0200   Fax: (415) 312-9356    SimGraphics Engineering   Flying Mouse: 6d input device   1137 Huntington Rd. Suite A-1   South Pasadena, CA 91030-4563   (213) 255-0900  ========================================================================  13. Background imagery/textures/datafiles =========================================   First, check in the FTP places that are mentioned in the FAQ or in the FTP list above.  24-bit scanning: ----------------   Get a good 24-bit scanner, like Epson's. Suggested is an SCSI port for   speed. Eric Haines had a suggestion in RT News, Volume 4, #3 :   scan textures for wallpapers and floor coverings, etc. from doll   house supplies.   So you have a rather cheap way to scan patterns that don't have   scaling troubles associated with real materials and scanning area.  Books with textures: --------------------   Find some houses/books/magazines that carry photographic material.   Educorp, 1-619-536-9999, sells CD-ROMS with various imagery - also   a wide variety of stock art is available.   Stock art from big-name stock art houses, such as Comstock,   UNIPHOTO, and Metro Image Base, is available.    In Italy, there's a company called Belvedere that makes such books   for the purpose of clipping their pages for inclusion in your   graphics work. Their address is: 	Edition Belvedere Co. Ltd., 	00196 Rome Italy, 	Piazzale Flaminio, 19 	Tel. (06) 360-44-88, Fax (06)  360-29-60  Texture Libraries: ------------------ a. Mannikin Sceptre Graphics announced TexTiles, a set of 256x256 24-bit    textures. Initial shipments in 24-bit IFF (for Amigas), soon in 24-bit    TIFF format. Algorithmically built for tiled surfaces. SRP is $40 / volume    (each volume = 40 images @ 10 disks). Demo disks for $5 are available.     Contact:    Mannikin Sceptre Graphics    1600 Indiana Ave.    Winter Park, FL 32789    Phone: (407) 384-9484    FAX: (407) 647-7242  b. ESSENCE is a library of 65 (sixty-five) new algoritmic textures for Imagine    by Impulse, Inc. These textures are FULLY compatible with the floating point    versions of Imagine 2.0, Imagine 1.1, and even Turbo Silver.    Written by Steve Worley.     For more info contact:    Essence Info    Apex Software Publishing    405 El Camino Real Suite 121    Menlo Park CA 94025 USA  [ What about Texture City ?? ]  ==========================================================================  14. Introduction to rendering algorithms ========================================  a. Ray-Tracing: ---------------    I assume you have a general understanding of Computer Graphics. No? Then read   some of the books that the FAQ contains. For Ray-Tracing, I would   suggest:    An Introduction to Ray Tracing, Andrew Glassner (ed.), Academic Press      1989, ISBN 0-12-286160-4   Note that I have not read the book, but I feel that you can't be wrong   using his book. An errata list was posted in comp.graphics by Eric Haines   (erich@eye.com)  There's a more concise reference also:    Roman Kuchkuda , UNC @ Chapel Hill: "An Introduction to Ray Tracing", in   "Theoretical Foundations for Computer Graphics and CAD", ed. R.A.E.Earnshaw,   NATO AS, Vol. F-40., pp. 1039-1060. Printed by Springer-Verlag, 1988.  It contains code for a small, but fundamentally complete ray-tracer.  b. Z-buffer (depth-buffer) --------------------------  A good reference is:          _Procedural Elements for Computer Graphics_, David F. Rogers,         McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985, pages 265-272 and 280-284.  c. Others: ---------- ??? [ More info is needed -- nfotis ]  ========================================================================  15. Where can I find the geometric data for the: ================================================  a. Teapot ? -----------  "Displays on Display" column of IEEE CG&A Jan '87 has the whole story about origin of the Martin Newell's teapot. The article also has the bezier patch model and a Pascal program to display the wireframe model of the teapot.  IEEE CG&A Sep '87 in Jim Blinn's column "Jim Blinn's Corner" describes an another way to model the teapot; Bezier curves with rotations for example are used.  The OFF and SPD packages have these objects, so you're advised to get them to avoid typing the data yourself.  The OFF data is triangles at a specific resolution (around 8x8[x4 triangles] meshing per patch). The SPD package provides the spline patch descriptions and performs a tessellation at any specified resolution.  b. Space Shuttle ? ------------------  Tolis Lerios <tolis@nova.stanford.edu> has built a list of Space Shuttle datafiles. Here's a summary (From his sci.space list):  model1: A modified version of the newsgroup model (model2)  406 vertices (296 useful, i.e. referred to in the polygon descriptions.) 389 polygons (233 3-vertex, 146 4-vertex, 7 5-vertex, 3 6-vertex). Payload doors non-existent. Units: unknown.  Simon Marshall (S.Marshall@sequent.cc.hull.ac.uk) has a copy. He said there is no proprietary information associated with it.  model2: The newsgroup model, in OFF format. You can find it in  gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au , file pub/off/objects/shuttle.geo hanauma.stanford.edu ,  /pub/graphics/Comp.graphics/objects/shuttle.data  model3: The triangles' model.  This model is stored in several files, each defining portions of the model.  Greg Henderson (henders@infonode.ingr.com) has a copy.  He did not mention any restriction on the model's distribution.  model4: The NASA model.  The file starts off with a header line containing three real numbers, defining the offsets used by Lockheed in their simulations:  <x offset> <y offset> <z offset>  From then on, the file consists of a sequence of polygon descriptions  3473 vertices. 2748 polygons (407 3-vertex, 2268 4-vertex, 33 5-vertex, 14 6-vertex,  10 7-vertex, 8 8-vertex, 8 12-vertex, 2 13-vertex, 2 15-vertex,  17 16-vertex, 2 17-vertex, 2 18-vertex, 3 19-vertex, 8 24-vertex). Payload doors closed. Units: inches.  Jon Berndt (jon@l14h11.jsc.nasa.gov) seems to be responsible for the model Proprietary info: unknown  model5: The old shuttle model.  The file consists of a sequence of polygon descriptions.  104 vertices. 452 polygons (11 3-vertex, 41 4-vertex). Payload doors open. Units: meters.  We have been using this model at STAR Labs, Stanford University, for some years now. Contact me (tolis@nova.stanford.edu) or my supervisor Scott Williams (scott@star5.stanford.edu) if you want a copy.  ========================================================================  16. Image annotation software =============================  a. Touchup runs in Sunview and is pretty good.  It reads in   rasterfiles, but even if your image isn't normally stored   in rasterfile format you could use screendump to make it a   rasterfile.  b. Idraw (part of Stanford's InterViews distribution) can handle some   image formats in addition to being a MacDraw like tool.  I'm not   sure exactly what they are.   You can ftp the idraw's binary from interviews.stanford.edu.  c. Tgif is another MacDraw like tool that can handle X11 bitmap (xbm)   and X11 pixmap (xpm) formats.  If the image you have is in formats   other than xbm or xpm, you can get the pbmplus toolkit to convert   things like gif or even some Macintosh formats to xpm.   Tgif's sources are available in the pub directory on cs.ucla.edu   (Version 2.12 of tgif at patchlevel 7 plus patch8 and patch9)  d. Use the editimage facility of KHOROS (see below).   This is just one utility in the overall system- you can essentially do all   your image processing and macdraw-type graphics using this package.  e. You might be able to get by with PBMPlus.  pbmtext gives you text output   bitmaps which can be overlaid on top of your image.  f. 'ice' requires Sun hardware running OpenWindows 3.It's a PostScript-based   graphical editor,and it's available for anonymous ftp from Internet host   eo.soest.hawaii.edu (128.171.151.12). Requires Sun C++ 2.0 and   two other locally developed packages, the LXT library (an Xlib-based   toolkit) and a small C++ class library. All files (pub/ice.tar.Z,   pub/lxt.tar.Z and pub/ldgoc++.tar.Z) are available in compressed   tar format. pub/ice.tar.Z contains a README that gives installation   instructions, as well as an extensive man page (ice.1).   A statically-linked compressed executable pub/ice-sun4.Z for   SPARC systems is also available for ftp.    All software is the property of Columbia University and may not   be redistributed without permission.    ice means Image Composition Environment and it's an imaging tool that   allows raster images to be combined with a wide variety of   PostScript annotations in WYSIWYG fashion via X11 imaging   routines and NeWS PostScript rasterizing.  g. Use ImageMagick to annotate an image from your X server.  Pick the    position of your text with the cursor and choose your font and pen    color from a pull-down menu.  ImageMagick can read and write many   of the more popular image formats.  ImageMagick is available as   export.lcs.mit.edu: contrib/ImageMagick.tar.Z or at your nearest   X11 archive.  ========================================================================  17. Scientific visualization stuff ==================================  X Data Slice (xds) -------------------   Bundled with the X11 distribution from MIT,   in the contrib directory. Available at ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu [141.142.20.50]   (either as a source or binaries for various platforms).  National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Tool Suite -----------------------------------------------------------------  Platforms: Unix Workstations (DEC, IBM, SGI, Sun)            Apple MacIntosh            Cray supercomputers  Availability: Now available.  Source code in the public domain.               FTP from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu.  Contact: National Center for Supercomputing Applications          Computing Applications Building          605 E. Springfield Ave.          Champaign, IL 61820  Cost: Free (zero dollars).  The suite includes tools for 2D image and 3D scene analysis and visualization. The code is actively maintained and updated.  Spyglass --------   They sell commercial versions of the NCSA tools. Examples are:  	Spyglass Dicer (3D volumetric data analysis package) 		Platform: Mac  	Spyglass Transform (2D data analysis package) 		Platforms: Mac, SGI, Sun, DEC, HP, IBM    Contact:   Spyglass, Inc.   P.O. Box 6388   Champaign, IL  61826   (217) 355-6000  KHOROS 1.0 Patch 5 ------------------   Available via anonymous ftp at pprg.eece.unm.edu (129.24.24.10).   cd to /pub/khoros to see what is available. It is HUGE (> 100 MB), but good.   Needs Unix and X11R4. Freely copied (NOT PD), complete with sources   and docs. Very extensive and at its heart is visual programming.   Khoros components include a visual programming language, code   generators for extending the visual language and adding new application   packages to the system, an interactive user interface editor, an   interactive image display package, an extensive library of image and   signal processing routines, and 2D/3D plotting packages.    See comp.soft-sys.khoros on Usenet and the relative FAQ for more info....    Contact:    The Khoros Group   Room 110 EECE Dept.   University of New Mexico   Albuquerque, NM 87131    Email: khoros-request@chama.eece.unm.edu   MacPhase --------   Analysis & Visualization Application for the Macintosh.   Operates on 1D and 2D data arrays. Import/Export several different file   formats.  Several different plotting options such as gray scale,   color raster, 3D Wire frame, 3D surface, contour, vector, line, and   combinations.  FFTs, filtering, and other math functions, color look up   editor, array calculator, etc. Shareware, available via anonymous ftp from   sumex-aim.stanford.edu in the info-mac/app directory.   For other information contact Doug Norton (e-mail: 74017.461@@compuserve.com)   IRIS Explorer -------------   It's an application creation system developed by Silicon   Graphics that provides visualisation and analysis functionality for   computational scientists, engineers and other scientists. The Explorer   GUI allows users to build custom applications without having to write   any, or a minimal amount of, traditonal code. Also, existing code can   be easily integrated into the Explorer environment. Explorer currently   is available now on SGI and Cray machines, but will become available on   other platforms in time. [ Bundled with every new SGI machine, as far as   I know]    See comp.graphics.explorer or comp.sys.sgi for discussion of the package.    There are also two FTP servers for related stuff, modules etc.:    ftp.epcc.ed.ac.uk [129.215.56.29]   swedishchef.lerc.nasa.gov [139.88.54.33] - mirror of the UK site  apE ---   Back in the 'old good days', you could get apE for nearly free.   Now has gone commercial and the following vendor supplies it:    TaraVisual Corporation   929 Harrison Avenue   Columbus, Ohio 43215   Tel: 1-800-458-8731 and (614) 291-2912   Fax: (614) 291-2867          Cost:   $895 (plus tax); runtime version with a site-license for a single user   (at a time), no limit on the number of machines in a cluster.   $895 includes support/maintenance and upgrades.   Source code more.  Additional user licenses $360.    The name of the package has become apE III (TM).   Khoros is very similar to apE on philosophy, as are AVS and Explorer.  AVS --- See also:         comp.graphics.avs  Platforms: CONVEX, CRAY, DEC, Evans & Sutherland, HP, IBM, Kubota, Set Technologies, SGI, Stardent, SUN, Wavetracer Availability: AVS4 available on all the above:   For all UNIX workstations.  Contact:   Advanced Visual Systems Inc.   300 Fifth Ave.   Waltham, MA    02154    (617)-890-4300   Telephone   (617)-890-8287   Fax   avs@avs.com      Email    Advanced Visual Systems Inc. for: CRAY, HP, IBM, SGI, Stardent, SUN   CONVEX for CONVEX   Advanced Visual Systems Inc. or CRAY for CRAY   DEC for DEC   Evans & Sutherland for Evans & Sutherland   Advanced Visual Systems Inc. or IBM for IBM   Kubota Pacific Inc. for Kubota   Set Technologies for Set Technologies   Wavetracer for Wavetracer    FTP Site: for modules, data sets, other info: 	avs.ncsc.org (128.109.178.23)  WIT ---   In a nutshell it's a package of the same genre as AVS,Explorer,etc.   It seems more a image processing system than a generic SciVi system (IMHO)   Major elements are:    - a visual programming language, which automatically exploits the inherent         parallelism   - a code generator which converts the graph to a standalone program    Iconified libraries present a rich set of point, filter, io, transform,   morphological, segmentation, and measurement operations.   A flow library allows graphs to employ broadcast, merge,   synchronization, conditional, and sequencing control strategies.    WIT delivers an object-oriented, distributed, visual programming   environment which allows users to rapidly design solutions to their   imaging problems. Users can consolidate both software and hardware   developments within a complete CAD-like workspace by adding their   own operators (C functions), objects (data structures), and servers   (specialized hardware). WIT runs on Sun, HP9000/7xx, SGI and supports   Datacube MV-20/200 hardware allowing you to run your graphs in real-time.    For a free WIT demo disk, call, FAX, or e-mail (poon@ee.ubc.ca)   us stating your complete name, address, voice, FAX, e-mail info.   and desired platform.    Pricing: WIT for Sparc, one yr. free upgrades, 30 days   technical support....................$5000 US    Academic institutions: discounts available     Contact:   Logical Vision Ltd.   Suite 108-3700 Gilmore Way   Burnaby, B.C., CANADA   V5G 4M1   Tel: 604-435-2587   Fax: 604-435-8840    Terry Arden <poon@ee.ubc.ca>  VIS-5D ------   A system for visually exploring the output of 5-D gridded data sets   such as those made by weather models. Platforms:      SGI IRIS with VGX, GTX, TG, or G graphics,     SGI Crimson or Indigo (R4000, Elan graphics suggested), IRIX 4.0.x     IBM RS/6000 with GL graphics, AIX version 3 or later;     Stardent GS-1000 and GS-2000 (with TrueColor display)    In any case, 32 (or more) MB of RAM are suggested.    You can get it freely (thanks to NASA support) via anonymous ftp:   ftp iris.ssec.wisc.edu  (or ftp 144.92.108.63), then    ftp> cd pub/vis5d   ftp> ascii   ftp> get README   ftp> bye   NOTE: You can find the package also on wuarchive.wustl.edu in the  graphics/graphics/packages directory.    Read section 2 of the README file for full instructions   on how to get and install VIS-5D.    Contact:   Bill Hibbard (whibbard@vms.macc.wisc.edu)   Brian Paul (bpaul@vms.macc.wisc.edu)  DATAexplorer (IBM) ------------------   Platforms : IBM Risc System 6000, IBM POWER Visualization Server         (SIMD mesh 32 i860s, 40 MHz)    Working on (announced) : SGI, HP, Sun    Contact:   Your local IBM Rep.  For a trial package ask your rep to contact :    David Kilgore   Data Explorer Product Marketing   YKTVMH(KILCORE), (708) 981-4510  Wavefront ---------   Data Visualizer, Personal Visualizer, Advanced Visualizer.   Platforms: SGI, SUN, IBM RS6000, HP, DEC    Availability:     Available on all the above platforms from Wavefront     Technologies.  Educational programs and site licenses are     available.    Contacts:     Mike Wilson (mike@wti.com)      Wavefront Technologies, Inc.     530 East Montecito Street     Santa Barbara, CA 93103     805-962-8117     FAX: 805-963-0410      Wavefront Europe     Guldenspoorstraat 21-23     B-9000 Gent, Belgium     32-91-25-45-55     FAX: 32-91-23-44-56      Wavefront Technologies Japan     17F Shinjuku-sumitomo Bldg     2-6-1  Nishi-shinjuku, Shunjuku-Ku     Tokyo 168 Japan     81-3-3342-7330    FAX 81-3-3342-7353   PLOT3D and FAST from NASA Ames ------------------------------   These packages are distributed from COSMIC at least   (for FAST ask Pat Elson <pelson@nas.nasa.gov> for   distribution information). In general, these codes are for US   citizens only :-(  XGRAPH ------   On the contrib tape of X11R5. Its specialty is display of up   to 64 data sets (2D).  NCAR ----   National Center for Atmospheric Research. One of the original graphics   packages. Runs on Sun, RS6000, SGI, VAX, Cray Y-MP, DecStations, and more.    Contact: 	Graphics Information 	NCAR Scientific Computing Division 	P.O. Box 3000 	Boulder, CO   80307-3000 	(303)-497-1201 	scdinfo@ncar.ucar.edu    Cost: 	.edu 	$750 Unlimited users  	.gov 	$750 1 user 	$1500 5 users 	$3000 25 users  	.com users multiply .gov * 2.0  IDL ---   An environment for scientific computing and visualization.   Based on an array oriented language, IDL includes 2D and 3D   graphics, matrix manupulation, signal and image processing,   basic statistics, gridding, mapping, and a widget based system   for building GUI for IDL applications (Open Look, Motif, or   MS-Windows).    Environments:  DEC (VMS and Ultrix), HP, IBM RS6000, SGI, Sun,           Microsoft Windows.  (Mac version in progress)   Cost:  $1500 to $3750, Educational and quantity discounts           available.   See also:   comp.lang.idl-pvwave (the IDL-PVWAVE bundle)   Contact:    Research Systems Inc.               777 29th Street, Suite 302               Boulder, CO  80303               Phone:  303-786-9900               FAX:    303-786-9909               E-mail: info@rsinc.com   Demo available via FTP.  Call or E-mail for details.  IDL/SIPS --------   "A lot of people are using IDL with a package called SIPS. This was   developed at the University of Colorado (Boulder) by some people working   for Alex Goetz.  You might try contacting them if you already have IDL   or would be willing to buy it.  It's a few thousand dollars (American) I   expect for IDL and the other should be free.  Those are the general   purpose packages I've heard of, besides what TerraMar has.   SIPS _was_ written for AVIRIS imagery.  I'm not sure how general purpose   it is.  You would have to contact Goetz or one of his people and ask.  I   have another piece of software (PCW) that does PC and Walsh   transformations with pseudocoloring and clustering and limited image   modification (you can compute an image using selected components).  I've   used it on 70 megabyte AVIRIS images without problems, but for the best   speed you need an external DSP card.  It will work without it, but large   images take quite a while (50-70 times as long) to process.  That's a   freebie if you want it"    "My  favorite is IDL (Interactive Data Language) from Research Systems,   Inc.  IDL is in my opinion, much better and infinitely easier. Its   programming language is very strong and easy -- very Pascal-like. It   handles the number-crunching very well, also. Personally, I like doing   the number-crunching with IDL on the VAX (or Mathematica, Igor, or even   Excel on the Mac if it's not too hairy), then bringing it over to NIH   Image for the imaging part. I have yet to encounter any situation which   that combination couldn't handle, and the speed and ease of use   (compared to IRAF) was incredible. By the way, it's mostly astronomical   image processing which I've been doing. This means image enhancement,   cleaning up bad lines/pixels, and some other traditional image   processing routines. Then, for example, taking a graph of intensity   versus position along a line I choose with the mouse, then doing a curve   fit to that line (which I might do like in KaleidaGraph.) "  [ For IDL call Research Systems , for PV-WAVE call Precision Visuals and  for SIPS call University of Colorado @ Boulder . From what I can  understand, you can get packaged programs from Research Systems, though  -- nfotis ]  Visual3 -------   contact Robert Haimes, MIT  FieldView ---------  An interactive program designed to assist an engineer in  investigating fluid dynamics data sets.             Platforms:  SGI, IBM, HP, SUN, X-terminals   Availability:  Currently available on all of the above        platforms.  Educational programs and volume         discounts are available.   Contact:   Intelligent Light   P.O. Box 65  Fair Lawn, NJ 07410  (201)794-7550           Steve Kramer (kramer@ilight.com)   SciAn ------   SciAn is primarily intended to do 3-D visualizations of data in an    interactive environment with the ability to generate animations using   frame-accurate video recording devices.  A user manual, on-line help, and   technical notes will help you use the program.    Cost : 0 (Free), source code provided via ftp.   Platforms : SGI 4D machines and IBM RS/6000 with the GL card + Z-buffer    Where to find it:   ftp.scri.fsu.edu [144.174.128.34] : /pub/SciAn 	A mirror is monu1.cc.monash.edu.au [130.194.1.101] : /pub/SciAn  SCRY ---- [ From the README : ]        Scry is a distributed image handling system  that  pro-  vides image transport and compression on local and wide area  networks, image viewing on workstations, recording on  video  equipment,  and  storage on disk.  The system can be distri-  buted among workstations, between supercomputers and  works-  tations,  and between supercomputers, workstations and video  animation controllers.  The system is most commonly used  to  produce  video based movie displays of images resulting from  visualization of time dependent data, complex 3D data  sets,  and  image  processing  operations.   Both  the  clients and  servers run on a variety of systems that provide UNIX-like C  run-time environments, and 4BSD sockets.    The source is available for anonymous ftp:    csam.lbl.gov [128.3.254.6] : pub/scry.tar.Z    Contact:    Bill Johnston, (wejohnston@lbl.gov, ...ucbvax!csam.lbl.gov!johnston)         or   David Robertson (dwrobertson@lbl.gov, ...ucbvax!csam.lbl.gov!davidr)    Imaging Technologies Group  MS 50B/2239  Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory  1 Cyclotron Road  Berkeley, CA  94720   SVLIB / FVS -----------   SVLIB is an X-Windows widget set based on the OSF (Open Software    Foundation) Motif widget set. SVLIB widgets are macro-widgets    comprising lower level Motif widgets such as buttons, scrollbars,    menus, and drawing areas. It is designed to address the reusability    of 2D visualization routines and each widget in the library is an    encapsulation of a specific visualization technique such as colormap    manipulation, image display, and contour plotting. It is targetted   to run on UNIX workstations supporting OSF/Motif. Currently, only    color monitors are supported. Since SVLIB is a collection of widgets    developed in the same spirit as the OSF/Motif user interface widget    set, it integrates seamlessly with the Motif widgets. Programmers    using SVLIB widgets see the same interface and design as other    Motif widgets.    FVS is a visualization software for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)    simulations.  FVS is designed to accept data generated from these   simulations and apply various visualization techniques to present these   data graphically.    FVS accepts three-dimensional multi-block data recorded in NCSA HDF format.   iti.gov.sg [192.122.132.130] : /pub/svlib (Scientific Visualization)       /pu/fvs; These directories contain demo binaries for Sun4/SGI    Cost : US$200 for academic and US$300 for non-academic institutions.   (For each of the above items). You're getting the source for the licence.    Contact   -------   Miss Quek Lee Hian   Member of Technical Staff   Information Technology Institute   National Computer Board   NCB Building   71, Sicence Park Drive   Singapore 0511   Republic of Singapore   Tel : (65)7720435   Fax : (65)7795966   Email : leehian@iti.gov.sg   --------------------------------------------------------- GVLware Distribution:         Bob  - An interactive volume renderer for the SGI         Raz  - A disk based movie player for the SGI         Icol - Motif color editor ---------------------------------------------------------  The Army High Performance Computing Research Center (AHPCRC) has been developing a set of tools to work with large time dependent 2D and 3D data sets.  In the Graphics and Visualization Lab (GVL) we are using these tools along side standard packages, such as SGI Explorer and the Utah Raster Toolkit, to render 3D volumes and create digital movies. A couple of the more general purpose programs have been bundled into a package called "GVLware".  GVLware, currently consisting of Bob, Raz and Icol, is now available via ftp.  The most interesting program is probably Bob, an interactive volume renderer for the SGI.  Raz streams raster images from disk to an SGI screen, enabling movies larger than memory to be played.  Icol is a color map editor that works with Bob and Raz.  Source and pre-built binaries for IRIX 4.0.5 are included.  To acquire GVLware, anonymous ftp to:         machine - ftp.arc.umn.edu         file    - /pub/gvl.tar.Z  To use GVLware:         mkdir gvl ; cd gvl         zcat gvl.tar.Z | tar xvf -         more README  Some Bob features:         Motif interface, SGI GL rendering         Renders 64 cubed data set in 0.1 to 1.0 seconds on a VGX         Alpha Compositing and Maximum Value rendering, in perspective             (only Maximum Value rendering on Personal Iris)         Data must be a "Brick of Bytes", on a regularly spaced grid         Animation, subvolumes, subsampling, stereo  Some Raz features:         Motif interface, SGI GL rendering         Loads files to a raw disk partition, then streams to screen             (requires an empty disk partition to be set aside)         Script interface available for movie sequences         Can stream from memory, like NCSA XImage          Some Icol features:         Motif interface         Easy to create interpolated color maps between key points         RGB, HSV and YUV color spaces, multiple file formats         Communicates changes automatically to Bob and Raz         Has been tested on SGI, Sun, DEC and Cray systems  BTW:    Bob  == Brick of Bytes         Icol == Interpolated Color         Raz  == ? (just a name)  Please send any comments to         gvlware@ahpcrc.umn.edu  This software collection is supported by the Army Research Office contract number DAALO3-89-C-0038 with the University of Minnesota Army High Performance Computing Research Center.   IAP ---   Imaging Applications Platform is a commercial package for medical and   scientific visualization. It does volume rendering, binary surface   rendering, multiplanar reformating, image manipulation, cine sequencing,   intermixes geometry and text with images and provides measurement and   coordinate transform abilities.    It can provide hardcopy on most medical film printers, image database   functionality and interconnection to most medical (CT/MRI/etc) scanners.    It is client/server based and provides an object oriented interface. It   runs on most high performance workstations and takes full advantage of   parallelism where it is available. It is robust, efficient and   will be submitted for FDA approval for use in medical applications.    Cost: $20K for OEM developer, $10K for educational developer   and run times starting at $8900 and going down based on quantity.    The developer packages include two days training for two people in Toronto.    Available from:    ISG Technologies   6509 Airport Road   Mississauga, Ontario,   Canada, L4V-1S7    (416) 672-2100   e-mail: Rod Gilchrist <rod@isgtec.com>  ========================================================================  18. Molecular visualization stuff =================================  [ Based on a list from cristy@dupont.com < Cristy > , which asked for  systems for displaying Molecular Dynamics, MD for short ]  Flex ----   It is a public domain package written by Michael Pique, at The Scripps   Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. Flex is stored as a compressed,   tar'ed archive (about 3.4MB) at perutz.scripps.edu [137.131.152.27], in   pub/flex. It displays molecular models and MD trajectories.  MacMolecule -----------   (for Macintosh). I searched with Archie, and the most   promising place is sumex-aim.stanford.edu (info-mac/app, and   info-mac/art/qt for a demo)  MD-DISPLAY ----------   Runs on SGI machines. Call Terry Lybrand (lybrand@milton.u.washington.edu).  XtalView --------   It is a crystallography package that does visualize molecules and much more.   It uses the XView toolkit.   Call Duncan McRee <dem@scripps.edu>  landman@hal.physics.wayne.edu: -----------------------------   I am writing my own visualization code right now.  I look at MD output   (a specific format, easy to alter for the subroutine) on PC's.  My   program has hooks into GKS.  If your friend has access to Phigs for X   (PEX) and fortran bindings, I would be happy to share my evolving code   (free of charge).  Right now it can display supercells of up to 65   atoms (easy to change), and up to 100 time steps, drawing nearest   neighbor bonds between 2 defining nn radii.  It works acceptably fast   on a 10Mhz 286.  icsg0001@caesar.cs.montana.edu: ------------------------------   I did a project on Molecular Visualization for my Master's Thesis, using   UNIX/X11/Motif which generates a simple point and space-filling model.  KGNGRAF -------  KGNGRAF is part of MOTECC-91. Look on malena.crs4.it (156.148.7.12), in pub/motecc.  motecc.info.txt          Information about MOTECC-91 in plain ascii format. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- motecc.info.troff        Information about MOTECC-91 in troff format. motecc.form.troff        MOTECC-91 order form in troff format. motecc.license.troff     MOTECC-91 license agreement in troff format. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- motecc.info.ps           Information about MOTECC-91 in PostScript format. motecc.form.ps           MOTECC-91 order form in PostScript format. motecc.license.ps        MOTECC-91 license agreement in PostScript format.   ditolla@itnsg1.cineca.it: ------------------------   I'm working on molecular dynamic too.  A friend of mine and I have    developed a program to display an MD run dynamically on Silicon   Graphics.  We are working to improve it, but it doesn't work under X,   we are using the graphi. lib. of the Silicon Gr. because they are much   faster then X.  When we'll end it we'll post on the news info about   where to get it with ftp. (Will be free software).  XBall V2.0 ----------   Written by David Nedde. Call daven@maxine.wpi.edu.  XMol ----   An X Window System program that uses OSF/Motif  for  the   display and  analysis  of  molecular  model data.  Data from several   common file formats can be read and written; current formats include:   Alchemy, CHEMLAB-II, Gaussian, MOLSIM, MOPAC, PDB, and MSCI's XYZ   format (which has been designed  for  simplicity  in  translating to   and from other formats). XMol also allows for conversion between   several of these formats.   Xmol is available at ftp.msc.edu. Read pub/xmol/README for   further details.  INSIGHT II ----------   from BIOSYM Technologies Inc.  SCARECROW ---------   The program has been published in J. Molecular Graphics 10   (1992) 33. The program can analyze and display CHARMM, DISCOVER, YASP   and MUMOD trajectories. The program package contains also software for   the generation of probe surfaces, proton affinity   surfaces and molecular orbitals from an extended Huckel program.   It works on Silicon Graphics machines.   Contact Leif Laaksonen <Leif.Laaksonen@csc.fi or laaksone@csc.fi>  MULTI ----- ns.niehs.nih.gov [157.98.8.8] : /pub - MULTI 3.0 (Multi-Process 		Molecular Modeling Suite)  MindTool --------   It runs under SunView, and requires a fortran compiler and Sun's CGI   libraries. MindTool is a tool  provided  for  the  interactive  graphic   manipulation  of  molecules  and  atoms. Currently, up to 10,000   atoms may be input.   Available via anonymous FTP, at rani.chem.yale.edu, directory   /pub/MindTool ( Check with Archie for other  sites if that's too far )  [ I would also suggest looking at least in SGI's Applications Directory.  It contains many more packages - nfotis ]  ===========================================================================  19. GIS (Geographical Information Systems software) ===================================================  GRASS -----   (Geographic Resource Analysis Support System) of the US Army   Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL). It is a popular geographic and   remote sensing image processing package. Many may think of GRASS as a   Geographic Information System rather than an Image Processing package,   although it is reported to have significant image processing   capabilities.    Feature Descriptions    I use GRASS  because it's public domain and can be obtained through the   internet for free.  GRASS runs in Unix and is written in C.  The source   code can be obtained through an anonymous ftp from the Office of Grass   Integration.  You then compile the source code for your machine, using   scripts provided with GRASS.  I would recommend GRASS for someone who   already has a workstation and is on a limited budget. GRASS is not very   user-friendly, compared to Macintosh software." A first review  of   overview documentation indicates that it looks useful and has some pixel   resampling functions not in other packages plus good general purpose   image enhancement routines (fft). Kelly Maurice at Vexcel Corp. in   Boulder, CO is a primary user of GRASS .  This gentleman has used the   GRASS software and developed multi-spectral (238 bands ??) volumetric   rendering, full color, on Suns and Stardents. It was a really effective   interface.  Vexcel Corp. currently has a contract to map part of Venus   and convert the Magellan radar data into contour maps. You can call them   at (303) 444-0094 or email care of greg@vexcel.com 192.92.90.68    Host Configuration Requirements    If you are willing to run A/UX you could install GRASS   on a Macintosh   which has significant image analysis and import capabilities for   satellite data. GRASS  is public-domain, and can run on a high-end PC   under UNIX. It is raster-based, has some image-processing capability,   and can display vector data (but analysis must be done in the raster   environment). I have used GRASS V.3 on a SUN workstation and found it   easy to use. It is best, of course, for data that are well represented   in raster (grid-cell) form.    Availability    CERL's Office of Grass Integration (OGI)  maintains an ftp server:   moon.cecer.army.mil (129.229.20.254).    Mail regarding this site should be addressed to   grass-ftp-admin@moon.cecer.army.mil.    This location will be the new "canonical" source for GRASS software, as   well as bug fixes, contributed sources, documentation, and other files.   This FTP server also supports dynamic compression and uncompression and   "tar" archiving of files.  A feature attraction of the server is John   Parks' GRASS tutorial.  Because the manual is still in beta-test stage,   John requests that people only acquire it if they are willing to review   it and mail him comments/corrections. The OGI is not currently   maintaining this document, so all correspondence about it should be   directed to grassx@tang.uark.edu    Support    Listserv mailing lists:    grassu-list@amber.cecer.army.mil (for GRASS users; application-level   questions, support concerns, miscellaneous questions, etc) Send   subscribe commands to grassu-request@amber.cecer.army.mil.    grassp-list@amber.cecer.army.mil (for GRASS programmers; system-level   questions and tips, tricks, and techniques of design and implementation   of GRASS applications) Send subscribe commands to   grassp-request@amber.cecer.army.mil.    Both lists are maintained by the Office of Grass Integration (subset of   the Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Lab in   Champaign, IL). The OGI is providing the lists as a service to the   community; while OGI and CERL employees will participate in the lists,   we can make no claim as to content or veracity of messages that pass   through the list.  If you have questions, problems, or comments, send   E-mail to lists-owner@amber.cecer.army.mil and a human will respond.  Microstation Imager -------------------   Intergraph (based in Huntsville Alabama) sells a wide range of GIS   software/hardware. Microstation is a base  graphics package that Imager   sits on top of. Imager is basically an  image processing package with a   heavy GIS/remote sensing flavor.    Feature Description    Basic geometry manipulations: flip, mirror, rotate, generalized affine.   Rectification: Affine, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th order models as well as a   projective model (warp an image to a vector map or to another image).   RGB to IHS and IHS to RGB conversion.  Principal component analysis.   Classification: K-means and isodata.  Fourier Xforms: Forward, filtering   and reverse.  Filters: High pass, low pass, edge enhancing, median,   generic.  Complex Histogram/Contrast control.  Layer Controller: manages   up to 64 images at a time -- user can extract single bands from a 3 band   image or create color images by combining various individual bands, etc.    The package is designed for a remote sensing application (it can handle   VERY LARGE images) and there is all kinds of other software available   for GIS applications.   Host Configuration Requirements    It runs on Intergraph Workstations (a Unix machine similar to a Sun)   though there  were rumors (there are always rumors) that the software   would be  ported to PC and possibly a Sun environment.  PCI ---   A company called PCI, Inc., out of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, makes   an array of software utilities for processing, manipulation, and use of   remote sensing data in eight or ten different "industry standard"   formats: LGSOWG, BSQ, LANDSAT, and a couple of others whose titles I   forget.  The software is available in versions for MS-DOS, Unix   workstations (among them HP, Sun, and IBM), and VMS, and quite possibly   other platforms by now.  I use the VMS version.    The "PCI software" consists of several classes/groups/packages of   utilities, grouped by function but all operating on a common "PCI   database" disk file.  The "Tape I/O" package is a set of utility   programs which read from the various remote-sensing industry tape   formats INTO, or write those formats out FROM, the "PCI database" file;   this is the only package I use or know much about.  Other packages can   display data from the PCI database to one or another of several   PCI-supported third-party color displays, output numeric or bitmap   representation of image data to an attached printer, e.g. an Epson-type   dot-matrix graphics printer.  You might be more spe- cifically   interested in the mathematical operations package: histo- gram and   Fourier analysis, equalization, user-specified operations (e.g.   "multiply channel 1 by 3, add channel 2, and store as channel 5"), and   God only knows what all else -- there's a LOT.  I don't have and don't   use these, so can't say much about them; you only buy the packages your   particular application/interest calls for.    Each utility is controlled by from one to eight "parameters," read from   a common "parameter file" which must be (in VMS anyway) in your "default   directory."  Some utilities will share parameters and use the same   parameter for a different purpose, so it can get a bit confusing setting   up a series of operations.  The standard PCI environment contains a   scripting language very similar to IBM-PC BASIC, but which allows you to   automate the process of setting up parameters for a common, complicated,   lengthy or difficult series of utility executions.  (In VMS I can also   invoke utilities independently from a DCL command procedure.)  There's   also an optional programming library which allows you to write compiled   language programs which can interface with (read from/write to) the PCI   data structures (database file, parameter file).    The PCI software is designed specifically for remote-sensing images, but   requires such a level of operator expertise that, once you reach the   level where you can handle r-s images, you can figure out ways to handle   a few other things as well.  For instance, the Tape I/O package offers a   utility for reading headerless multi-band (what Adobe PhotoShop on the   Macintosh calls "raw") data from tape, in a number of different   "interleave" orders. This turns out to be ideal for manipulating the   graphic-arts industry's "CT2T" format, would probably (I haven't tried)   handle Targa, and so on. Above all, however, you HAVE TO KNOW WHAT   YOU'RE DOING or you can screw up to the Nth degree and have to start   over.  It's worth noting that the PCI "database" file is designed to   contain not only "raster" (image) data, but vectors (for overlaying map   information entered via digitizing table), land-use, and all manner of   other information (I observe that a remote-sensing image tape often   contains all manner of information about the spectral bands, latitude,   longitude, time, date, etc. of the original satellite pass; all of this   can go into the PCI "database").    I _believe_ that on workstations the built-in display is used.  On VAX   systems OTHER than workstations PCI supports only a couple of specific   third-party display systems (the name Gould/Deanza seems to come to   mind).  One of MY personal workarounds was a display program which would   display directly from a PCI "database" file to a Peritek VCT-Q (Q-bus   24-bit DirectColor) display subsystem.  PCI software COULD be "overkill"   in your case; it seems designed for the very "high end"   applications/users, i.e. those for whom a Mac/PC largely doesn't suffice   (although as you know the gap is getting smaller all the time).  It's   probably no coincidence that PCI is located in Canada, a country which   does a LOT of its land/resource management via remote sensing; I believe   the Canadian government uses PCI software for some of its work in these   areas.  SPAM (Spectral Analysis Manager) --------------------------------   Back in 1985 JPL developed something called SPAM (Spectral Analysis   Manager) which got a fair amount of use at the time.  That was designed   for Airborne Imaging Spectrometer imagery (byte data, <= 256 pixels   across by <= 512 lines by <= 256 bands); a modified version has since   been developed for AVIRIS (Airborne VIsual and InfraRed Imaging   Spectrometer) which uses much larger images.    Spam does none of these things (rectification, classification, PC and   IHS transformations, filtering, contrast enhancement, overlays).   Actually, it does limited filtering and contrast enhancement   (stretching).  Spam is aimed at spectral identification and clustering.    The original Spam uses X or SunView to display.  The AVIRIS version may   require VICAR, an executive based on TAE, and may also require a frame   buffer.  I can refer you to people if you're interested.  PCW requires X   for display.  MAP II ------   Among the Mac GIS systems, MAP II is distributed by John Wiley.  CLRview -------   CLRview is a 3-dimensional visualization program designed to exploit   the real-time capabilities of Silicon Graphics IRIS computers.    This program is designed to provide a core set of tools to aid in the   visualization of information from CAD and GIS sources.  It supports   the integration of many common but disperate data sources such as DXF,   TIN, DEM, Lattices, and Arc/Info Coverages among others.    CLRview can be obtained from explorer.dgp.utoronto.ca (128.100.1.129)    in the directory pub/sgi/clrview.    Contact:   Rodney Hoinkes   Head of Design Applications   Centre for Landscape Research   University of Toronto   Tel:   (416) 978-7197   Email: rodney@dgp.utoronto.ca  ==========================================================================  End of Resource Listing