Archive-name: graphics/resources-list/part2 Last-modified: 1993/04/17   Computer Graphics Resource Listing : WEEKLY POSTING [ PART 2/3 ] =================================================== Last Change : 17 April 1993   14. Plotting packages =====================  Gnuplot 3.2 -----------   It is one of the best 2- and 3-D plotting packages, with   online help.It's a command-line driven interactive function plotting utility   for UNIX, MSDOS, Amiga, Archimedes, and VMS platforms (at least!).   Freely distributed, it supports many terminals, plotters, and printers   and is easily extensible to include new devices.   It was posted to comp.sources.misc in version 3.0, plus 2 patches.   You can practically find it everywhere (use Archie to find a site near you!).   The comp.graphics.gnuplot newsgroup is devoted to discussion of Gnuplot.  Xvgr and Xmgr (ACE/gr) -----------------------   Xmgr is an XY-plotting tool for UNIX workstations using   X or OpenWindows. There is an XView version called xvgr for   Suns. Collectively, these 2 tools are known as ACE/gr.   Compiling xmgr requires the Motif toolkit version 1.1   and X11R4 - xmgr will not compile under X11R3/Motif 1.0x.    Check at ftp.ccalmr.ogi.edu [129.95.72.34} in   /CCALMR/pub/acegr/xmgr-2.09.tar.Z (Motif version)   /CCALMR/pub/acegr/xvgr-2.09.tar.Z (XView version)    Comments, suggestions, bug reports to Paul J Turner   <pturner@amb4.ese.ogi.edu> (if mail fails, try pturner@ese.ogi.edu).   Due to time constraints, replies will be few and far between.  Robot -----   Release 0.45 : 2-D and limited 3-D. Based on XView 3, written   in C / Fortran (so you need a Fortran compiler or the f2c translator).   Mainly tested on Sun4, less on DECstations. Check at   ftp.astro.psu.edu (128.118.147.28),  pub/astrod.  VG plotting library -------------------   This is a library of Fortran callable routines at sunspot.ceee.nist.gov   [129.6.64.151]  Xgobi -----   It's being developed at Bellcore, and its speciality are   multidimensional data sets analysis and exploration. You can call it   from the S language also, and it works as an X11 client using the Athena   widget set (or with an ASCII terminal). It's distributed free of charge   from STATLIB at CMU.   To get it via e-mail, send email to statlib@temper.stat.cmu.edu and   in the body area of the message, put the line    send xgobi from general    If you want to pick it via ftp, connect to lib.stat.cmu.edu. Log in as   "statlib" and use your e-mail address as your password. Then type    cd general   mget xgobi.*    Warning: It's about 2 MB sources + large Postscript manual. Read the   relevant README to decide whether you need it or not.  PGPLOT ------   Runs on VAX/VMS and supposedly on UNIX. It's a set of fortran routines freely   available (though copyrighted and requiring a nominal fee of $50 or so)   that includes contour plots and support for various devices, including ps.   Contact tjp@deimos.caltech.edu  GGRAPH ------   Host shorty.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.8] : /pub/ggraph.tar.Z   Unknown more details.  epiGRAPH --------   For PCs. Call dvj@lab2.phys.lgu.spb.su (Vladimir J. Dmitriev) for details.   You can get the program demo or (and) play version, if sent 10 $ to          1251 Budapest posta fiok 60         Hungary         ph/fax 1753696  Budapest         ph     2017760  Multiplot XLN -------------   For Amigas, shareware ($30 USD, #20 UK or $40 Aust.). Advanced 2D package   that has a big list of features. Contact:    Dr. Alan Baxter <agb16@mbuc.bio.cam.ac.uk>,   Cambridge University   Department of Pathology,   Tennis Court Road,   Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK   +Athena Plotter Widget set +------------------------- +   +  This version V6.0 is based on Gregory Bond's version V5-beta. Added +  some stuff for scientific graphs, i.e. log axes, free scalable axes, +  XY-lineplots and some more, and re-added plotter callbacks from V4, e.g. +  to request the current pointer position, or to cut off a rectangle from the +  plotting area for zooming-in. Version V6.0 has a log of bugs fixed and a +  log of improvements against V6-beta. Additionally I did some other +  changes/extensions, besides  +   +      -     Origin and frame lines for axes. +      -     Subgrid lines on subtic positions. +      -     Line plots in different line types (lines, points, lines+points, +       impulses, lines+impulses, steps, bars), line styles (solid, dotted, +       dashed, dot-dashed) and marker types for data points. +      -     Legend at the right or left hand side of the plot. +      -     Optional drawing to a pixmap instead of a window. +      -     Layout callback for aligning axis positions when using +       multiple plotters in one application. +   +  Available at export.lcs.mit.edu, directory contrib/plotter + +SciPlot +------- +  SciPlot is a scientific 2D plotting and manipulation program.  +  For the NeXT (requires NeXTStep 3.0), and it's shareware. + +  Features: +  ASCII import and export;  EPS export; copy, cut, paste with data buffer; +  free number of data points, data buffer, and document window; +  selective open and save ; plotting in many styles; automatic legend; +  subviews; linear and logarithmic axes; two different axes; text and graphic; +  color support; zoom; normalizing and moving; axis conversions; +  free hand data manipulations (cut, edit, move, etc.); data editor; sorting +  of data; absolute,relative, and free defined error bars; +  calculating with buffers (+, -, *, / ); background subtractions +  (linear,shirley,tougaard, bezier); integration and relative integration; +  fitting of one or more free defined functions; linear regression; +  calculations (+, -, *, /, sin, cos, log, etc.); function generator; +  spline interpolation; least square smooth and FFT smooth; differentiation; +  FFT; ESCA calculations and database; .. and something more  + +  You can find it on: +  ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.7] : /pub/NeXT/science/SciPlot3.1.tar.Z + +  Author: +  Michael Wesemann +  Scillerstr. 73,1000 Berlin 12, Germany    +  mike@fiasko.rz-berlin.mpg.de + +PLPLOT +------ +  PLPLOT is a scientific plotting package for many systems, small (micro) +  and large (super) alike.  Despite its small size and quickness, +  it has enough power to satisfy most users, including: +  standard x-y plots, semilog plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D plots, +  mesh plots, bar charts and pie charts.  Multiple graphs (of the same or +  different sizes) may be placed on a single page with multiple lines in each +  graph.  Different line styles, widths and colors are supported.  A virtually +  infinite number of distinct area fill patterns may be used.  There are +  almost 1000 characters in the extended character set.  This includes four +  different fonts, the Greek alphabet and a host of mathematical, musical, and +  other symbols.  The fonts can be scaled to any size for various effects. +  Many different output device drivers are available (system dependent), +  including a portable metafile format and renderer. +   +  Freely available (but copyrighted) via anonymous FTP on +  hagar.ph.utexas.edu, directory pub/plplot +   +  At present (v. 4.13), PLPLOT is known to work on the following systems: +   +  Unix:   SunOS, A/IX, HP-UX, Unicos, DG/UX, Ultrix +  Other platforms: VMS, Amiga/Exec, MS-DOS, OS/2, NeXT +   +  Authors: Many. The main supporters are: +   +  Maurice LeBrun <mjl@fusion.ph.utexas.edu>: PLPLOT kernel and the metafile, +     xterm, xwindow, tektronix, and Amiga drivers. +  Geoff Furnish <furnish@fusion.ph.utexas.edu>: MS-DOS and OS/2 drivers +  Tony Richardson <amr@egr.duke.edu>: PLPLOT on the NeXT + +SuperMongo +---------- +  2-D plotting package at CMU, filename ~re00/tmp/SM.2.1.0.tar.Z +  (probably under the ftp.cmu.edu or andrew.cmu.edu machines?) + +GLE +--- +  GLE is a high quality graphics package for scientists.  It runs on a +  variety of platforms (PCs, VAXes, and Unix) with drivers for XWindows, +  REGIS, TEK4010, PC graphics cards, VT100s, HP plotters, Postscript +  printers, Epson-compatible printers and Laserjet/Paintjet printers.  It +  provides LaTEX quality fonts, as well as full support for Postscript +  fonts.  The graphing module provides full control over all features of +  graphs.  The graphics primitives include user-defined subroutines for +  complex pictures and diagrams. + +  Accompanying utilities include Surface (for hidden line surface +  plotting), Contour (for contour plots), Manip (for manipulation of +  columnar data files), and Fitls (for fitting arbitrary equations to +  data). + +  Mailing list: GLEList. Send a message to + +  listserver@tbone.biol.scarolina.edu, with a message boyd containing + +  sub glelist "Your Name" +   + maintainer: Dean Pentcheff <dean2@tbone.biol.scarolina.edu>  ==========================================================================  15. Image analysis software - Image processing and display ==========================================================  PC and Mac-based tools (multi-platform software) ======================  IMDISP ------   IMDISP Written at JPL and other NASA sites. Can do simple display,   enhancing, smoothing and so on. Works with the FITS and VICAR/PDS   data formats of NASA. Can read TIFF images, if you know their dimensions   [PC and Macs]  LabVIEW 2 ---------   LabVIEW is used as a framework for image processing tools. It provides a   graphical programming environment using block diagram sketch is the   "program" with graphical elements representing the programming elements.   Hundreds of functions are already available and are connected using a   wiring tool to create the block diagram (program).  Functions that the   block diagrams represent include digital signal processing and   filtering, numerical analysis, statistics, etc.  The tool allows any   Virtual Instrument (VI, a software file that looks and acts like a real   laboratory instrument) to be used as a part of any other virtual   instrument.    National Instruments markets plug-in digital signal processing (DSP)   boards for Macintoshs and PC compatables that allow real-time   acquisition and analysis at a personal computer.  New software tools for   DSP are allowing engineers to harness the power of this technology. The   tools range from low-level debugging software to high-level block   diagram development software.  There are three levels of DSP programming   associated with the NB-DSP2300 board and LabVIEW:   Use of the NB-DSP2300 Analysis Library: FFTs, power spectra, filters   routines callable from THINK C and Macintosh Programers Workshop (MPW) C   that execute on the NB-DSP2300 board. There is an analysis Virtual   Interface Library of ready-to-use VIs optimized for the NB-DSP2300.    Use of the National Instruments Developers Toolkit that includes an   optimizing C compiler, an assembler and a linker for low-level   programming of the DSP hardware.  This approach offers the highest level   of performance but is the must difficult in terms of ease of use.    Use of the National Instruments Interface Kit software package which has   utility functions for memory management data communications and   downloading code to the NB-DSP2300 board. (This is the easiest route for   the development of custom code.)  Ultimage Concept VI -------------------   Concept VI  by Graftek-France is a family of image processing Virtual   Instruments (VIs) that give LabVIEW 2 (described above) users high-end   tools for designing, integrating and monitoring imaging control systems.   A VI is a software file that looks and acts like a real laboratory   instrument. Typical applications for Concept VI include thermography,   surveillance, machine vision, production testing, biomedical imaging,   electronic microscopy and remote sensing.    Ultimage Concept VI addresses applications which require further   qualitative and quantitative analysis.  It includes a complete set of   functions for image enhancement, histogram equalization, spatial and   frequency filtering, isolation of features, thresholding, mathematical   morphology analysis, density measurement, object counting, sizing and   characterization.    The program loads images with a minimum resolution of 64 by 64, a pixel   depth of 8, 16, or 32 bits, and one image plane.  Standard input and   output formats include PICT, TIFF, SATIE, and AIPD.  Other formats can   be imported.    Image enhancement features include lookup table transformations, spatial   linear and non-linear filters, frequency filtering, arithmetic and logic   operations, and geometric transformations, among others.  Morphological   transformations include erosion, dilation, opening, closing, hole   removal, object separation, and extraction of skeletons, among others.   Quantitative analysis provides for objects' detection, measurement, and   morphological distribution.  Measures include area, perimeter, center of   gravity, moment of inertia, orientation, length of relevant chords, and   shape factors and equivalence.  Measures are saved in ASCII format.  The   program also provides for macro scripting and integration of custom   modules.    A 3-D view command plots a perspective data graph where image intensity   is depicted as mountains or valleys in the plot.  The histogram tool can   be plotted with either a linear or logarithmic scale. The twenty-eight   arithmetic and logical operations provide for: masking and averaging   sections of images, noise removal, making comparisons, etc.  There are   13 spatial filters that alter pixel intensities based on local   intensity.  These include high-pass filters for contrast and outlines.   The frequency data resulting from FFT analysis can be displayed as   either the (real , imaginary ) components or the (phase, magnitude)   data.  The morphological transformations are useful for data sharpening   and defining objects or for removing artifacts.    The transformations include: thresholding, eroding, dilating and even   hole filling.    The program's quantitative analysis measurements include: area,   perimeter, center of mass, object counts, and angle between points.    GTFS, Inc. 2455 Bennett Valley Road #100C Santa Rosa, CA 95494   707-579-1733  IPLab Spectrum --------------   IPLAB Spectrum supports image processing and analysis but lacks the   morphology and quantitative analysis features provided by   Graftek-FranceUs Ultimage Concept VI.  Using scripting tools, the user   tells the system the operations to be performed. The problem is that far   too many basic operations require manual intervention. The tool   supports: FFTs, 16 arithmetic operations for pixel alteration, and a   movie command for cycling through windows.   Macintosh-based tools =====================  NCSA Image, NCSA PalEdit and more ---------------------------------   NCSA provides a whole suite of public-domain visualization tools for the   Macintosh, primarily aimed at researchers wanting to visualize results   from numerical modelling calculations.  These applications,   documentation, and source code are available for anonymous ftp from   ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu. Commercial versions of the NCSA programs have been   developed by Spyglass.    Spyglass, Inc. 701 Devonshire Drive Champaign, IL  61820 (217) 355-6000   fax: 217 355 8925  NIH IMAGE ---------   Available at alw.nih.gov (128.231.128.7) or (preferably)   zippy.nimh.nih.gov [128.231.98.32], directory:/pub/image.   It has painting and image manipulation tools, a macro language,   tools for measuring areas, distances and angles, and for counting   things. Using a frame grabber card, it can record sequences of   images to be played back as a movie. It can invoke user-defined   convolution matrix filters, such as Gaussian. It can import raw   data in tab-delimited ASCII, or as 1 or 2-byte quantities. It also   does histograms and even 3-D plots. It is limited to 8-bits/pixel,   though the 8 bits map into a color lookup table. It runs on any Mac   that has a 256-color screen and a FPU (or get the NonFPU version   from zippy.nimh.nih.gov)  PhotoMac --------   Data Translation, Inc. 100 Locke Dr. Marlboro, MA 01752 508-481-3700  PhotoPress ----------   Blue Solutions 3039 Marigold Place Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 805-492-9973  PixelTools and TCL-Image ------------------------   "Complete family of PixelTools (hardware accelerator and applications   software) for scientific image processing and analysis.  Video-rate   capture, display, processing, and analysis of high-resolution   monochromatic and color images.  Includes C source code."  TCL-Image:   "Software package for scientific, quantitative image processing and   analysis. It provides a complete language for the capture, enhancement,   and extraction of quantitative information from gray-scale images.   TCL_Image has over 200 functions for image processing, and contains the   other elements needed in a full programming language for algorithm   development -- variables and control structures.  It is easily   extensible through "script" (or indirect command) files. These script   files are simply text files that contain TCL-Image commands.  They are   executed as normal commands and include the ability to pass parameters.   The direct capture of video images is supported via popular frame   grabber boards.  TCL-Image comes with the I-View utility that provides   conversion between common image file types, such as PICT2 and TIFF."    Perceptics 725 Pellissippi Parkway Knoxville, TN 37933 615-966-9200  Satellite Image Workshop ------------------------   It comes with a number of satellite pictures (raw data) and does all   sorts of image enhancing on it. You'll need at least a Mac II with co-   processor; a 256 color display and a large harddisk. The program doesn't   run under system 7.x.ATE1 V1    In the documentation the contact address is given as:  Liz Smith, Jet   Propulsion Laboratory, MS 300-323, 4800 Oak Grove Dr,.Pasadena, CA 91109   (818) 354-6980  Visualization Workbench -----------------------   "An electronic imaging software system that performs interactive image   analysis and scientific 2D and 3D plotting."    Paragon Imagine 171 Lincoln St. Lowell, MA 01852 508-441-2112  Adobe Photoshop ---------------    The tool supports Rtrue colorS with 24-bit images or 256 levels of grey   scale.  Once an image has been imported it can be Rre-touchedS with   various editing tools typical of those used in Macintosh-based RpaintS   applications.  These include an eraser, pencil, brush and air brush.   Advanced RpasteS tools that control the interaction between a pasted   selection and the receiving site have also been incorporated.  For   example, all red pixels in a selection can easily be preventing from   being pasted. Photoshop has transparencies ranging from 0 to 100%,   allowing you to create ghost overlays.  RPhoto-editingS tools include   control of the brightness and contrast, color balancing, hue/saturation   modification and spectrum equalization.  Images can be subjected to   various signal processing algorithms to smooth or sharpen the image,   blur edges, or locate edges.  Image scaling is also supported.    For storage savings, the images can be compressed using standard   algorithms, including externally supplied compression such as JPEG,   availlable from Storm Technologies. The latest version of Adobe   Photoshop supports the import of numerous image formats including: EPSF,   EPSF, TIFF, PICT resource, Amiga IFF/ILBM, CompuServe GIF, MacPaint,   PIXAR, PixelPaint, Scitex CT, TGA and ThunderScan..    Adobe Systems, Inc. 1585 Charlestown Road PO Box 7900 Mountain View, CA   94039-7900 415-961-4400  ColorStudio and ImageStudio ---------------------------   ColorStudio is an image-editing and paint package from Letraset that has   more features than Adobe Photoshop but is decidedly more complex and   therefore more difficult to use.  Several steps are often required to   accomplish that which can be done in a single step using Photoshop.  The   application requires a great deal of available disk space as one can   easily end up with images in the 30 MB range.  The program provides a   variety of powerful selection tools including the "auto selection tool"   which lets the user choose image areas on the basis of color, close   hues, color range and mask.  ImageStudio: Don't know...    Letraset USA 40 Eisenhower Drive Paramus, NJ 07653 201-845-6100  Dapple Systems --------------   "High resolution image analysis software provides processing tools to   work with multiple images, enhance and edit, and measure a variety of   global or feature parameters, and interpret the data."    Dapple Systems, 355 W. Olive Ave, #100 Sunnyvale, CA 94086 408-733-3283  Digital Darkroom ----------------   The latest release of Digital Darkroom has five new selection and   editing tools for enhancing images. One such feature allows the user to   select part of an image simply by "painting" it. A new polyline   selection tool creates a selection tool for single pixel wide   selections.  A brush lets the operator "paint" with a selected portion   of the image. Note that this is not a true color image enhancement tool.   This tool should be used when the user intends to operate in grey-scale   images only.  It should be noted that Digital Darkroom is not as   powerful as either Adobe Photoshop or ColorStudio.    Silicon Beach Software 9770 Carroll Ctr. Rd., Suite J San Diego, CA   92126 619-695-6956  Dimple ------   It  is compatible with system 6.05 and system 7.0 , requires Mac LC or   II series with 256 colours, with a recommended min of 6Mb of ram. It has   the capability of reading Erdas files. Functions include; image   enhancement, 3D and contour plots, image statistics, supervised and   unsupervised classification, PCA and other image transformations. There   is also a means (Image Operation Language or IOL) by which you can write   your own transformations. There is no image rectification, however   Dimple is compatable with MAPII. The latest version is 1.4 and it is in   the beta stage of testing. Dimple was initially developed as a teaching   tool and it is very good for this purpose."    "Dimple  runs on a colour Macintosh.  It is a product still in its   development phase.. i.e. it doesn't have all the inbuilt features of   other packages, but is coming along nicely.  It has its own inbuilt   language for writing "programs" for processing an image, defining   convolution filters etc. Dimple is a full mac application with pull down   menus etc... It is unprotected software."    Process Software Solutions, PO Box 2110, Wollongong, New South Wales,   Australia. 2500. Phone 61 42 261757  Fax 61 42 264190.  Enhance -------   Enhance has a RrulerS tool that supports measurements and additionally   provides angle data. The tool has over 80 mathematical filter   variations: "Laplacian, medium noise filter", etc.  Files can be saved   as either TIFF, PICT, EPSF or text (however EPSF files can't be imported).    MicroFrontier 7650 Hickman Road Des Moines, IA  50322 515-270-8109  Image Analyst -------------   An image processing product for users who need to extract quantitative   data from video images.  Image Analyst lets users configure   sophisticated image processing and measurement routines without the   necessity of knowing a programming language.  It is designed for such   tasks at computing number and size of cells in images projected by video   cameras attached to microscopes, or enhancing and measuring distances in   radiographs.    Image Analyst provides users with an array of field-proven video   analysis techniques that enable them to easily assemble a sequence of   instructions to enhance feature appearance; count objects; determine   density, shape, size, position, or movement; perform object feature   extraction; and conduct textural analysis automatically.  Image Analyst   works with either a framegrabber board and any standard video camera, or   a disk-stored image.    Within minutes, without the need for programming, the Image Analyst user   can set up a process to identify and analyze any element of a image.   Measurements and statistics can be automatically or semi-automatically   generated from TIFF or PICT files or from captured video tape images.   Image Analyst recognizes items in images based on their size, shape and   position.  The tool provides direct support for the Data Translation and   Scion frame grabbers. A menu command allows for image capture from a VCR   video camera or other NTSC or PAL devices.    There are 2 types of files, the image itself and the related Sequence   file that holds the processing, measurements and analysis that the user   defines.  Automated sequences are set up in Regions Of Interest (ROI)   represented by movable, sizable boxes atop the image.  Inside a ROI, the   program can find the distance between two edges, the area of a shape,   the thickness of a wall, etc.  Image Analyst finds the center, edge and   other positions automatically. The application also provides tools so   that the user can work interactively to find the edge of object. It also   supports histograms and a color look-up table (CLUT) tool.    Automatix, Inc. 775 Middlesex Turnpike Billerica, MA 01821 508-667-7900  IPLab -----   Signal Analytics Corp. 374 Maple Ave. E Vienna, VA  22180 703-281-3277   FAX 703-281-2509    "Menu-driven image processing software that supports 24-bit color or   pseudocolor/grayscale image display and manipulation."  MAP II ------   Among the Mac GIS systems, MAP II distributed by John Wiley has   integrated image analysis.  IMAGE -----   from Stanford : Try anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu   It has pd source for image v2, and ready to run code for a mac under   image v3.    Windows/DOS PC-based tools ==========================  CCD ---   Richard Berry's CCD imaging book for Willamon-Bell contains (optional?)   disks with image manipulating software.  Source code is included.  ERDAS -----   "ERDAS will do all of the things you want:  rectification,   classification, transformations (canned & user-defined), overlays,   filters, contrast enhancement, etc. ... I was using it on my thesis &   then changed the topic a bit & that work became secondary."    ERDAS, Inc. 2801 Buford Highway Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30329 404-248-9000   FAX   404-248-9400  RSVGA -----   "I have been getting up to speed on a program called RSVGA available from   Eidetic Digital Image Ltd. in British Columbia.  Its for IBM PC's or   clones, cheap (about $400) and does all the stuff Erdas does but is not   as fast or as powerful, though I have had only limited experience with   Erdas.  I have used RSVGA with 6 of 7 Landsat bands and it is a good   starter program except for the obtuse manual"  IMAGINE-32 ----------   It's a 32 bit package [I suppose for PCs] called "Imagine32"   or "Image32" The program does a modest amount of image processing --add,   subtract, multiply, divide, display, and plot an x or y cut across the image.   It can also display a number of images simultaneously.   The company is CompuScope, in Santa Barbara, CA.   PC Vista --------   It was announced in the 1989 August edition of PASP.  It is known to   be available from Mike Richmond, whose email addresses have been  	richmond@bllac.berkeley.edu 	richmond@bkyast.berkeley.edu    and his s-mail address is:    Michael Richmond,Astronomy Department, Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720    The latest version of PC-Vista, version 1.7, includes not only the source   code and help files, but also a complete set of executable programs and   a number of sample FITS images. If you do wish to use the source code,   you will need Microsoft C, version 5.0 or later; other compilers may work,   but will require substantial modifications.    To receive the documentation and nine double-density (360K) floppies   (or three quad-density 3-1/2 inch floppies (1.44M) with everything on them,   just send a request for PC-Vista, together with your name and a US-Mail   address, to   	Office of Technology Licensing 	2150 Shattuck Ave., Suite 510 	Berkeley, Ca. 94704    Include a check (Traveller's Checks are fine) or purchase order for $150.00   in U.S. dollars, if your address is inside the continental U.S., or $165.00   otherwise, made out to Regents of the University of California   to cover duplication and mailing costs.   SOFTWARE TOOLS --------------   It's a set of software "tools" put out by Canyon State   Systems and Software. They are not free, but rather cheap at about $30 I   heard. It will handle most all of the formats used by frame grabber   software.   MIRAGE ------   It's image processing software written by Jim Gunn at the   Astrophysics Dept at Princeton. It will run on a PC among other platforms.   It is a Forth based system - i.e. a Forth language with many image   processing displaying functions built in.   DATA TRANSLATION SOURCE BOOK ----------------------------   The Data Translation company in Massachusetts publishes a free book   containing vendors of data analysis hardware and software which is   compatible with Data Translation and other frame grabbers.   Surely you can find much more PC-related stuff in it.  MAXEN386 --------   A couple of Canadians have written a program named MAXEN386 which does   maximum entropy image deconvolution. Their company is named Digital   Signal Processing Software, or something like that, and the software is   mentioned in an article in Astronomy Magazine, either Jan or Feb 92   (an article on CCD's vs film).   JANDEL SCIENTIFIC (JAVA) ------------------------   Another software package (JAVA) is put out by Jandel Scientific.    Jandel Scientific, 65 Koch Road, Corte Madera, CA 94925, (415) 924-8640,   (800) 874-1888.  Microbrian ----------   Runs on an MS dos platform and uses a 32 bit graphics card   (Vista), or an about to be released version will support a number of   super VGA cards.  Its a full blown remote sensed data processing   system.. It is menu driven (character based screen), but is does not use   a windowed user interface. Its is hardware protected with a dongle.   Mbrian = micro Barrier reef Image Anaysis System. It was developed by   CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Organization) and is   marketed/ supported by:    MPA Australia (51 Lusher Road, Croydon, Victoria   tel + 61 3 724 4488     fax  +61 3 724 4455)    There are educational and commercial prices, but be prepared to set   aside $A10k for the first educational licence.  Subsequent ones come   cheaper (they need to!) It has installed sites worldwide.  It is widely   used at ANU.  MicroImage ----------   The remote sensing lab here at Dartmouth currently uses Terra-Mar's   MicroImage, on 486 PCs with some fancy display hardware.    Terra-Mar Resource Information Services, Inc.    1937 Landings Drive Mountain View, CA  94043 415-964-6900   FAX   415-964-5430  Unix-based tools ================  IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility) --------------------------------------------   Developed in the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Kitt Peak AZ   It is free, you can ftp it from tucana.noao.edu [140.252.1.1]   and complement it with STSDAS from stsci.edu [130.167.1.2].   Email to iraf@noao.edu for more details.   Apparently this is one of the _de facto_ standards in the astronomical   image community. They issue a newsletter also.   They seem to support very well their users. Works with VMS also last   I heard, and practically has its own shell on top of the VMS/Unix shells.    It's suggested that you get a copy of saoimage for display under X windows.   Very flexible/extendable  -- tons (literally 3 linear feet) of   documentation for the general user, skilled user, and programmer.  ALV ---   A Sun-specific image toolkit.  Version 2.0.6 posted to   comp.sources.sun on 11dec89.  Also available via email to   alv-users-request@cs.bris.ac.uk.  AIPS ----   Astronomical Image Processing System.  Contact: aipsmail@nrao.edu   (also see the UseNet Newsgroups alt.sci.astro.aips and sci.astro.fits)   Built by NRAO (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, HQ in Charlottesville,   VA, sites in NM, AZ, WV).  Software distributed by 9-track, Exabyte, DAT,   or (non-anonymous) internet ftp.  Documentation (PostScript mostly)   available via anonymous ftp to baboon.cv.nrao.edu (192.33.115.103),   directory pub/aips and pub/aips/TEXT/PUBL.  Installation requires building   the system and thus a Fortran and C compiler.      This package can read and write FITS data (see sci.astro.fits), and is   primarily for reduction, analysis, and image enhancement of Radio Astronomy   data from radio telescopes, particularly the Very Large Array (VLA), a   synthesis instrument.  It consists of almost 300 programs that do everything   from copying data to sophisticated deconvolution, e.g. via maximum entropy.   There is an X11-based Image tool (XAS) and a tek-compatible xterm-based   graphics tool built into AIPS.  The XAS tool is modelled after the hardware   functionality of the International Imaging Systems model 70 display unit and   can do image arithmetic, etc.     The code is mostly Fortran 77 with some system C language modules, and is   available for Suns, IBM RS/6000, Dec/Ultrix, Convex, Cray (Unicos), and   Alliant with support planned for HP-9000/7xx, Solaris 2.1, and maybe SGI.      There is currently a project - "AIPS++" - underway to rewrite the   algorithmic functionality of AIPS in a modern setting, using C++ and an   object oriented approach.  Whereas AIPS is proprietary code (licensed for   free to non-profit institutions) owner by NRAO and the NSF, AIPS++ will be   in the public domain at some level, as it is an international effort with   contributions from the US, Canada, England, the Netherlands, India, and   Australia to name a few.   LABOimage ---------   (version 4.0 is out for X11) It's written in C, and currently   runs on Sun 3/xxx, Sun 4/xxx (OS3.5, 4.0 and 4.0.3) under SunView.   The expert system for image segmentation is written in Allegro Common Lisp.   It was used on the following domains: computer science (image analysis),    medicine, biology, physics. It is distributed free of charge (source code).   Available via anonymous FTP at ftp.ads.com (128.229.30.16), in   pub/VISION-LIST-ARCHIVE/SHAREWARE/LaboImage_*    Contact: Prof. Thierry Pun, Computer Vision Group Computing Science Center,   U-Geneva 12, rue du Lac, CH-1207 Geneva SWITZERLAND   Phone : +41(22) 787 65 82; fax: +41(22) 735 39 05   E-mail: pun@cui.unige.ch  or pun@cgeuge51.bitnet   Figaro ------   It was originally made for VMS, and can be obtained from   Keith Shortridge in Australia (ks@aaoepp.aao.gov.au)   and for Unix from Sam Southard at Caltech (sns@deimos.caltech.edu).   It's about 110Mbytes on a Sun.  KHOROS ------   Moved to the Scientific  Visualization category below  Vista -----   The "real thing" is available via anonymous ftp from lowell.edu. Email to   vista@lowell.edu for more details. Total size less than 20Mbytes.  DISIMP ------   (Device Independent Software for Image Processing) is a powerful   system providing both user friendliness and high functionality in   interactive times.    Feature Description    DISIMP incorporates a rich library of image processing utilities and   spatial data options. All functions can be easily accessed via the   DISIMP executive. This menu is modular in design and groups image   processes by their function. Such a logical structure means that   complicated processes are simply a progression through a series of   modules.    Processes include image rectification, classification (unsupervised and   supervised), intensity transformations, three dimensional display and   Principal Component Analysis. DISIMP also supports the more simple and   effective enhancement techniques of filtering, band subtraction and   ratioing.    Host Configuration Requirements    Running on UNIX workstations, DISIMP is capable of processing the more   computational intensive techniques in interactive processing times.   DISIMP is available in both Runtime and Programmer's environments. Using   the Programmers environment, utilities can be developed for specific   applications programs.    Graphics are governed by an icon-based Display Panel which allows quick   enhancments of a displayed image. Manipulations of Look Up Tables,   colour stretches, changes to histograms, zooming and panning can be   interactively driven through this control.    A range of geographic projections enables DISIMP to integrate data of   image, graphic and textual types. Images can be rectified by a number of   coordinate systems, providing the true geographic knowledge essential   for ground truthing. Overlays of grids, text and vector data can be   added to further enhance referenced imagery.    The system is a flexible package allowing users of various skill levels   to determine their own working environment, including the amount of help   required. DISIMP comes fully configured with no optional extras. The   purchase price includes all functionality required for professional   processing of remote sensed data.    For further information, please contact:    The Business Manager, CLOUGH Engineering Group Systems Division, 627   Chapel Street, South Yarra, Australia 3141. Telephone:  +61 3 825 5555   Fax:  +61 3 826 6463  Global Imaging Software -----------------------   "We use Global Imaging Software to process AVHRR data, from the dish to   the final display. Select a chunk of five band data from a pass,   automatic navigation, calibrate it to Albedo and Temp, convert that to   byte, register it to predesigned window, all relatively automatically   and carefree.    It has no classification routines to speak of, but it isn't that   difficult to write your own with their programmer's module.    Very small operation: one designs, one codes, one sells. Been around for   a number of years, sold to Weather Service and Navy.  Runs on HP9000   with HP-UX.  Supports 24-bit display"  HIPS ---- (Human   Information   Processing Laboratory's Image Processing System)    Michael Landy co-wrote and sell a general-purpose package for image   processing which has been used for basically all the usual image   processing applications (robotics, medical, satellite, engineering, oil   exploration, etc.).  It is called HIPS, and deals with sequences of   multiband images in the same way it deals with single images.  It has   been growing since we first wrote it, both by additions from us as well   as a huge user-contributed library.    Feature description    HIPS  is  a  set  of  image  processing  modules  which together provide   a  powerful  suite  of  tools  for  those interested in research,   system  development  and  teaching. It  handles  sequences  of  images   (movies)  in precisely the same manner as single frames.    Programs and subroutines have been developed  for simple image   transformations, filtering, convolution, Fourier and other transform   processing, edge detection  and line  drawing   manipulation, digital   image compression and transmission  methods, noise generation, and image   statistics computation. Over 150 such  image transformation programs   have been developed.  As a result, almost any image processing  task   can be performed quickly and conveniently. Additionally, HIPS allows   users to easily integrate  their  own custom  routines.   New users   become effective using HIPS on their first day.    HIPS features images that are  self-documenting.   Each image stored  in   the  system  contains  a  history  of the transformations that have been   applied to that image.   HIPS includes  a  small  set of subroutines   which primarily deals with a standardized  image sequence  header,  and   a  large library  of  image  transformation tools in the form of UNIX   ``filters''.  It comes complete with source  code,  on-line manual   pages, and on-line documentation.    Host Configuration Requirements    Originally  developed at  New  York  University,  HIPS  now represents   one of the most extensive and flexible vision and image  processing   environments currently available.  It runs under the UNIX operating   system.  It is modular  and  flexible, provides automatic documentation   of its actions, and is almost entirely independent of special equipment.   HIPS is now in use on a variety of computers including Vax and   Microvax, Sun, Apollo,  Masscomp,  NCR Tower, Iris, IBM AT, etc.   For image display and input, drivers are supplied for the Grinnell and   Adage (Ikonas) image processors, and the Sun-2, Sun-3, Sun- 4, and   Sun-386i consoles.  We also  supply  user-contributed drivers  for  a   number of  other framestores and windowing packages (Sun gfx, Sun   console, Matrox VIP-1024, ITI IP-512, Lexidata,  Macintosh II, X   windowing system, and Iris).  The Hipsaddon package includes an   interface  for the  CRS-4000. It  is  a  simple matter to interface HIPS   with other frame- stores, and we can put interested users in touch with   users who  have interfaced HIPS with the Arlunya and Datacube Max-   Video. HIPS can be easily adapted for other  image  display devices   because 98% of HIPS is machine independent.    Availability    HIPS has proven itself a highly flexible  system,  both as  an   interactive  research tool, and for more production- oriented tasks. It   is both easy to use, and quickly adapted and extended to new uses. HIPS   is supplied on magnetic tape in UNIX tar format (either reel- to-reel or   Sun  cartridge), and comes with source code, libraries, a library of   convolu- tion masks, and on-line documentation and manual pages.    Michael Landy SharpImage Software P.O. Box 373, Prince Street Station   New York, NY   10012-0007 Voice:  (212) 998-7857 Fax: (212) 995-4011   msl@cns.nyu.edu   MIRA ---- [ Please DON'T confuse that with the Thalmanns animation system from   Montreal. These are altogether different beasts! - nfotis ]    MIRA stands for Microcomputer Image Reduction and Analysis.  MIRA gives   workstation level performance on 386/486 DOS computers using SVGA cards in   256 color modes up to 1024x768. MIRA contains a very handsome/functional   GUI which is mouse and keystroke operated. MIRA reads/writes TIFF and FITS   formats, native formats of a number of CCD cameras, and uncompressed binary   images in byte, short integer, and 4-byte real pixel format in 1- or 2-   dimensions. The result of an image processing operation can be short integer   or real pixels, or the same as that of the input image. MIRA does the   operation using short or floating point arithmetic to maintain the precision   and accuracy of the pixel format. Over 100 functions are hand-coded in   assembly language for maximum speed on the Intel hardware.  The entire   graphical interface is also written in assembly language to maximize   the speed of windowing operations.  Windows for 2-d image and 1-d image/data   display and analysis have dedicated cursors which read position and value   value in real time as you move the mouse.  There are also smooth, real time   contrast and brightness stretch and panning of a magnified portion of   the displayed image(s), all operated by the mouse. A wide selection of   grayscale, pseudocolor, and random palettes is provided, and other    palettes can be generated.   Supported functions include such niceties as the following:  o  image & image: + - / * interpolation o  image & constant: + - / * o  unary operations: abs value, polynomial of pixel value, chs, 1/x, log,    byteswap, clip values at upper/lower limits, short->real or real->short. o  combine images by mean, median, mode, or sum of pixel values, with or    without autoscaling to mean, median, or mode of an image section. o  convolutions/filters: Laplacian, Sobel edge operator, directional gradient,    line, Gaussian, elliptical and rectangular equal weight filters, unsharp    masking, median filters, user defined filter kernel.  Ellipse, rectangle,    line, gradient, Gaussian, and user defined filters can be rotated to    any specified angle. o  CCD data reduction: flat fielding, dark subtraction, column over/underscan    bias removal, remove bad pixels and column defects, normalize to    region target mean, median, or modal value. o  create subimage, mosaic m x n 1-d or 2-d images to get larger image,    collapse 2-d image into 1-d image. o  plot 1-d section or collapsed section of 2-d image, plot histogram of    region of an image. o  review/change image information/header data, rename keywords, plot    keyword values for a set of images. o  luminance/photometry: elliptical or circular aperture photometry,    brightness profile, isophotal photometry between set of upper & lower    luminances, area and luminance inside traced polygon. Interactive    background fitting and removal from part or all of image, fit elliptical    aperture shape to image isophotes.  o  interactive with 2-d image: contrast/brightness, x- y- or diagonal plot    of pixel values, distance between two points, compute region stats,`    centroid, pan to x,y location or image center, zoom 1/16 to 10 times,    change cursor to rectangle crosshair, full image crosshair, or off, and    adjust cursor size on image. Select linear, log or gamma transfer function    or histogram equalization. o  interactive or specified image offset computation and re-sampling for    registration. o  interactive with 1-d image: zoom in x- y- or both in steps of 1/2 or    2 times current, re-center plot, or enlarge a framed area. 4 plot buffers    can be cycled through. Interactive data analysis: polynomial fitting,    point deletion, undelete, change value, point weighting, linear and    quadratic loess and binomial smoothing, revert to unit point weights    or original data buffer, substitute results into data buffer for pass    back to calling function. Dump data buffer (+ overlays and error bars)    to file or printer.  Change to user specified coordinate system. o  Tricolor image combination and display, hardcopy halftone printout to    HP-PCL compatible printers (Laserjet, deskjet, etc.) o  Documentation is over 300 pages in custom vinyl binder.    Cost: 995 $USD/copy    Available from:    Axiom Research, Inc.   Box 44162   Tucson, AZ  85733   (602) 791-2864  phone/fax.    international marketing rep: Saguaro Scientific Corporation, Tucson, Arizona.  ==========================================================================  End of Part 2 of the Resource Listing