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Software Information

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I am in the process of verifying these links. Do not be surprised if a link does not work.
- Glenn Larson

Many of the following software packages are available on the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research's Unix workstations. Manuals and other documentation can be found in the CGRER computer laboratory. Check the CGRER Software page for more information about locally available software.

Topics

• Unix and General Help
• Mathematical and Statistical Software
• Programming Languages
• GIS and Computer Mapping Software
• Ecological and Environmental Software
• Data Analysis and Visualization Software
• Graphics Ray Tracing and Rendering
• Graphics Libraries
• Signal Processing Software
• Image Processing Software
• Supercomputing and Parallel Processing
• PostScript/PDF
• Scientific Data Formats
• Apple Macintosh Resources
• DOS/Windows Resources
• TeX/LaTeX
• Linux
• Miscellaneous

Note: These various Internet links may not be accessible at all times.

Unix and General Help

• The Unix Reference Desk
• UNIXhelp for Users
• A UNIX Tutorial (for HPUX)
• Tutorial on the HP VUE User Interface
• Pine - program for Internet News & Email
• Tutorial for Pine (Unix version)
• VMS to Unix Command Translation
• DOS to Unix Command Translation
• Unix and Networking Technical Resources
• A Guide to The Eudora Mail Package

Mathematical and Statistical Software

• GAMS: Guide to Available Math Software
• Netlib at the Univ. of Tennessee and ORNL
• SLATEC (Public Domain) Common Mathematical Library
• StatLib Index
• Diffpack: Object-Oriented Framework (C++) for Solving Differential Equations
• Template Numerical Library
• Numerical Recipes Information
• Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG)
• SAS Institute, Inc.
• Statsci (S-PLUS)
• Mathcad (MathSoft Inc.)
• Mathematica packages, examples, and programs

Programming Languages

• Fortran FAQ
• Fortran 90 Tutorials
• Fortran 90 for the Fortran 77 Programmer
• Fortran 90 for Fortran 77 Programmers Course
• Fortran 90 and Computational Science
• High Performance Fortran Forum
• High Performance Computing Archive (Fortran 90 and HPF)
• The Fortran Library (FLIB)
• C Language FAQ
• C++ Language FAQ
• C++ Draft Working Paper
• C++ Virtual Library
• Available C++ Libraries FAQ
• C++ Standard Template Library (STL)
• Tcl/Tk Project At Sun Microsystems Laboratories
• Tcl/Tk Plugin for Netscape
• Tcl/Tk Cookbook (Online-Tutorial)
• Tcl/Tk Contributed Sources Archive
• Tcl/Tk Resources
• Tix - Tk Interface Extension
• The PERL Programming Language
• PERL Archive (University of Florida)
• PERL Manual (version 4)
• The Python Language

GIS and Computer Mapping Software

• Overview on Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• GIS Software available from the USGS
• The GRASS Geographic Information System
• Xmap8 3D Geographic Information System
• IDRISI GIS FAQ
• GMT: Generic Mapping Tools software
• MAPGEN/PLOTGEN and PROJ.4 systems
• DMA Mapping Datum Transformation Software Program (MADTRAN)
• CORPSCON: PC-based Map Coordinate Conversion Program

Ecological and Environmental Software

• FRAGSTATS: Spatial Pattern Analysis for Quantifying Landscape Structure

Data Analysis and Visualization Software

• Scientific Visualization and Graphics Information
• Useful Software for Scientific Visualization Projects
• Annotated Scientific Visualization URL Bibliography
• Khoros Home Page (Khoral Research)
• Khoros Home Page (Informatics)
• GrADS: Grid Analysis and Display System
• The Tecate Visualization System
• The Visualization and Computation System (VCS)
• IDL: Data Analysis and Visualization Software
• PV-WAVE (Visual Numerics)
• MATLAB Scientific and Engineering Software
• Scilab: Numerical Computation and Visualization Package
• MeshTV - Interactive Graphical Analysis Tool for Visualizing and Analyzing 2D and 3D Mesh Data
• UCAR/UNIDATA Supported Software Packages (GEMPAK, McIDAS, WXP)
• CRDtools: Climate Research Data Tools (NOAA)
• Freud - Software for Visualizing Climatological Data Sets
• WXP - The Weather Processor (Purdue University)
• LinkWinds Visual Data Exploration System (NASA)
• Zebra (formerly Zeb) Environmental Data Management and Display Software
• FERRET: A Data Visualization and Analysis Program (NOAA/PMEL)
• LASSPTools: Graphical and Numerical Extensions to Unix
• NCSA Software Development Group Products
• NCSA Collage
• VIS-5D: Atmospheric Data Visualization Software
• VisAD: System for Visualizing and Interactively Steering Scientifc Computations
• Geomview: Viewing and Manipulating Geometric Objects
• ENVISION: Management and Visualization of Geophysical Datasets
• Vista: Software Environment for Computer Vision Software
• XV: Image Manipulation Program
• SATVIEW: Tool for Viewing Satellite Images and Weather Data
• sho: Viewer for 8-bit/16-bit Data Images
• ACE/gr: XY Plotting Tool for X11
• Gnuplot: Data Plotting Utility
• Gri: A Program to Make Science Graphs
• XmdvTool: Tool for Visually Exploring and Analyzing Multivariate Data
• XANIM: Viewer for a Variety of Animation Formats under X11

• RAYSHADE: ray-tracing software
• RADIANCE: Programs for the Analysis and Visualization of Lighting in Design
• Blue Moon Rendering Tools (BMRT)
• Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-Ray)
• Additional Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-Ray) References

• NCAR Graphics
• OpenGL
• GLUT Utility Toolkit for OpenGL
• Open Inventor
• Mesa 3-D Graphics Library (OpenGL-like API)
• Ygl: Emulates SGI's GL routines under X11
• Dore (Dynamic Object Rendering Environment): 3D Graphics Library for Unix
• PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library
• VolPack Volume Rendering Library
• OpenGL Graphics Application Programming Interface
• QuickDraw 3D Graphics Application Programming Interface

Signal Processing Software

• Signal Processing Information
• Signal Processing Information Base (SPIB)
• Singular Spectral Analysis (SSA) Toolkit
• Ptolemy: Environment for Signal Processing Simulation
• Nonlinear Dynamics and Topological Time Series Analysis Archive

Image Processing Software

• AIPS (Astronomical Image Processing System)
• ImageMagick: X11 Image Processing and Display Package
• mgStar Image Processing Tools
• SCIL: Image Processing Software Package
• XITE: X-based Image Processing Tools and Environment
• pmbplus - Image File Format Conversion Package
• Image Processing Workbench (IPW) for Remote Sensing
• Karma: Package for Signal and Image Processing Applications
• NIH Image: Image Processing Program for the Macintosh
• PBMPLUS - Image File Format Conversion Package
• TIFFLIB - Software to Read/Write TIFF image files
• An Grayscale Image Processing C++ Class Library

Supercomputing and Parallel Processing

• The HENSA Unix Parallel Computing Archive
• The Message Passing Interface (MPI)
• PVM: Parallel Virtual Machine
• Message Passing Interface (MPI) Standard
• LAM: Network Parallel Computing
• Charm Parallel Programming System
• Basic Linear Algebra Communication Subprograms (BLACS)
• ScaLAPACK: MIMD implementations of LAPACK
• PLAPACK: Parallel Linear Algebra Package
• The Parallel Tools Consortium
• Parallel Tools Projects Around the World
• National MetaCenter for Supercomputing
• San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) Consulting Services

PostScript/PDF

• PostScript FAQ
• A First Guide to PostScript
• PostScript Programming Tutorial
• Adobe Systems Inc. (PDF reader)
• PostScript Type 1 Font Format Browser
• Ghostscript, Ghostview & GSview Postscript File Viewers
• xpdf: A PDF viewer for X

Scientific Data Formats

• Scientific Data Format Information FAQ
• List of Scientific Data Standards and Formats
• The Open Information Interchange Initiative
• Graphics File Format Specifications and Related Information
• Index of Graphics File Formats
• Image File Formats List
• Information on Standard Data Formats (BIIF,BUFR,CDF,FITS,GRIB,HDF,IDEF1X,netCDF,NITFS,SDTS)
• 3D Object File Formats List
• Miscellaneous 3D Graphics File Interchange Formats
• Movie File Formats List
• FREEFORM: Data Translation/Reformatting
• Hierarchical Data Format (HDF)
• Hierarchical Data Format at the NASA Goddard DAAC
• FITS: Flexible Image Transport System (NRAO)
• FITS Information (NASA/GSFC)
• FITSIO: A FITS File Subroutine Package
• HDF-FITS Data File Format Conversion
• Unidata netCDF (network Common Data Form)
• NSSDC Common Data Format (CDF)
• SILO: An API Library Interface for Reading and Writing Scientific Data
• Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
• OGIS: Open Geodata Interoperability Specification
• TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) Information
• GeoTIFF: TIFF Based Interchange Format for Georeferenced Raster Imagery
• Spatial Archive and Interchange Format (SAIF)
• Metadata and Data Management Information Page
• Spatial Metadata References
• The Data and Dimensions Interface (DDI)
• MPEG Technical Information
• The Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
• GRIB (GRid in Binary) Gridded Data Standard of the World Meteorological Organization
• Information about GRIB (GRid in Binary) Gridded Data
• BUFR (Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data) Format
• BUFR (Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data) Format

Apple Macintosh Resources

• Apple Computer Home Page
• Apple Computer Support and Information
• Apple Computer Technical Support
• Mac Developers Guide
• The Well Connected Mac
• Info-Mac HyperArchive
• Macintosh Archives (Univ. of Michigan)
• Macintosh Image Processing Information Sources (FAQ)
• List of Macintosh Geological Software
• NASA Macintosh Users Group

DOS/Windows Resources

• Microsoft Corporation
• Windows 95 Annoyances
• 80x86 PC Emulators
• SoftWindows - Insignia Solutions
• PC Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Microsoft Windows Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Windows Shareware
• MSDOS Archives (Univ. of Michigan)
• SIMTEL archive of DOS/Windows software
• WinSite: Software Archive for Windows
• ShareWare Search Site
• Windows95 Shareware
• The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software (TUCOWS)
• Windows 95 Resource Center (FedCenter)
• Internet Resources for Windows Developers
• Intel Development Tools (Software, Hardware, Evaluation Kits and Documentation)

Tex/Latex

• TeX, LaTeX Frequently Asked Questions
• CTAN: Comprehensive TeX Archive
• Tex-Related Documentation
• Hypertext Help with LaTeX
• An Introduction to LaTeX
• TeX Users Group

Linux

• Linux Operating System
• Linux Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• XFree86 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Additional Linux Information
• Linux Documentation Project
• Linux Resources on the Net
• Scientific Applications under Linux
• Linux Software for Scientists
• Linux Applications and Utilities
• Linux Databases
• Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide
• Porting Applications to Linux
• Linux Journal
• Linux Gazette

Miscellaneous

• Directory of Computational Geometry Software
• Fresco - Object-oriented User Interface System
• XForms - A Graphical User Interface Toolkit for X
• wxWindows: Toolkit for Platform-Independent GUI programming in C++
• Object-Oriented Information Sources
• CorelNET - CorelDRAW Online Resources
• Intel Secrets and Bugs (Undocumented Processor Information)
• PostgreSQL Database Management System
• Mini-SQL
• Index of Publically Available Database Software
• GNU Project (Free Software Foundation)
• X Consortium WWW Server
• Technical X Window System and OSF/Motif Information
• LessTif: OSF/Motif Emulation Library
• Portable Application Code Toolkit (LLNL)
• GroupKit - A Groupware Toolkit
• CU-SeeMe Welcome (Cornell University)
• CU-SeeMe Desktop Videoconferencing
• CU-SeeMe Information
• Batch Queueing Systems
• Generic NQS (Unix Batch System)
• Neural Net Related Software
• AutoClass (unsupervised Bayesian Classification System)
• CLIPS: A Tool for Building Expert Systems
• Geodetic Software for PCs (U.S. National Geodetic Survey)
• Tgif - an Xlib based interactive 2-D drawing tool under X11
• BRL-CAD
• Mpeg Player (movies)
• Kermit Communications Software

Compiled by Mark MacLennan
University of Iowa Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research

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