| Program Name |
Current Version |
Description |
Websites |
Operating System and Other Notes |
|
7zip |
9.20 |
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP,
BZIP2 and TAR |
|
- Windows (32, 64)
- WinZip and WinRAR can substitute, compatible with many OS's
|
|
Basic Radar Altimetry Tools (BRAT) |
3.0.1 |
Toolkit for many different
altimeter data products from multiple platforms |
|
- Windows XP
- Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 (ppc/intel)
- Linux Redhat EL4
|
|
Bufr2Asc |
N/A |
Tools in OceanTeacher to convert
BUFR winds to speed and direction grids |
|
Only
Windows |
| ConTEXT |
0.98.6 |
ASCII text editor with huge filesize capability; can edit 145 MB text files
from Level 3 satellite images |
|
Only
Windows; substitute with very large file-handling capability is mandatory |
| Data Format Conversion Tools in
OceanTeacher |
N/A |
Large collection of program links and some software.
Some individual items are also listed here. |
|
Mainly Windows, but
check each one separately |
|
Degrib (NDFD GRIB2 Decoder) |
1.96 |
Convert GRIB to points shapes,
CSV, NetCDF or raw binary |
|
Windows only |
|
Environmental Data Connector |
N/A |
Use as a work-around for the many OPeNDAP or LAS sites
that are inoperable or poorly attended; use the "information" tools to
locate the data URLs and paste them into this program to access the data.
Stand-alone version is available for general use. Special versions are
provided as extensions for ArcGIS (providing NetCDF compability). |
|
- Requires Java 1.5
- Windows 32
- Mac 32, 64
- Linux
- Matlab extension
- Excel extension
- ArcGIS
|
|
EnviView |
2.8.1 |
Converts RA2 wave data in N1
format to HDF |
|
- Windows or Mac.
- "The
ENVIVIEW software remains frozen at March 2010 baseline.... We
strongly invite and recommend Envisat data users to exploit instead the
other available tools: BEST, BEAM, BEAT, NEST, etc. that can be freely
downloaded from the
Software
tools page." From the download page.
|
|
Free Geography Tools |
N/A |
Extremely chatty and
informative blog + software links for GIS files management; lots of format
and projection conversion tools |
|
Mainly Windows, but
check each one separately |
|
G.Projector |
1.4.6 |
Re-projection of rectangular map
and satellite images |
|
- Mac OS X
- Windows
- "Generic" for Linux, OS/2, etc.
|
| GeoTIFF Examiner |
|
Converts TIF to GeoTIF through
world files or internal tagging |
-
Download (from the UNESCO/IOC/IODE OceanTeacher library)
|
- Windows
- Last known site where the software can be downloaded (following terms
of original public license in the 90s; no revocation has ever been
published or brought to UNESCO's attention)
|
|
Google Earth |
6 |
Visualization of georeferenced
data (KML and KMZ files) |
|
|
|
HDFView |
2.7 |
Visualization of HDF and NetCDF
grids; conversion to TXT grids |
|
- Windows
- Linux
- Solaris
- Mac Intel
- Install the program from the main link
- NetCDF files can be viewed if FILES OF TYPE is set to ALL FILES
|
|
Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) |
3.0u2 |
Visualization of operational data
of all sorts; has basic OGC client capability for shapes & images. |
|
|
|
IrfanView |
4.30 |
Graphics editor |
|
- Windows
- OSX Intel (reportedly can run on a Mac)
|
|
Mapserver (University of Minnesota) |
6.0.1 |
MapServer is an Open Source platform for
publishing spatial data and interactive mapping
applications to the web. |
|
|
|
ncBrowse |
1.6.3 |
Quick-look browsing of NetCDF
files (station or grid formats) |
|
- Windows 32
- UNIX
- Max OS/X
- Solaris
- Linux
|
|
Ocean Data View |
4.4.4 |
Most popular marine data
visualization and management program |
|
- You should install the OPTIONAL PACKAGE for bathymetry named
odvOP_ETOPO2_6m_w32.exe
- Windows
- Solaris i386
- Mac OS/X
- Linux i386
- Registration and login is required to obtain the software
- Latest User Guide is only for version 4.4.3
|
|
Ocean Sneaker's Tool |
2.0.0.51 |
Tool to analyse and
process table-organised data files...offers import routines for the output
of different gears and a universal routine for ASCII text files which are
also generated and shared by several other standard programs [From the
website] |
|
- Windows
- Tests with Windows-emulators on Mac and Linux machines showed stable
and reliable performance.
- Just run the download EXE file to install the program in Program Files/OceanSneakerTool.
Then make a shortcut to OceanSneakersTool.exe.
|
|
Panoply |
3.0.4 |
Display of NetCDF, HDF and GRIB
grids; can export XYZ tables |
|
- Windows
- Mac OS/X
- "Generic" for Linux, OS/2, etc.
|
|
Programmer's File Editor (PFE) |
1.01 |
Includes row and line counters, plus easy management of DOS versus
UNIX ASCII. No longer recommended; use ConTEXT (above) to assure
handling of very large files. |
|
- Windows
- Use ConTEXT instead to avoid all file-size problems
|
|
QuikGrid |
5.4 |
Easy XYZ data gridding program;
can make vector arrows from speed & direction grids |
|
- Windows
- May be used under Linux/UNIX by using the WINE windows emulator
- Latest version must be installed for vector size control
|
| RasterImporter |
July 1997 |
Converts between many grid and
image formats, including some military ones |
|
- Windows
- Last known site where the software can be found
|
|
Saga |
2.0.8 |
General-purpose GIS system with
heavy emphasis on grid management and analysis |
The official "publication" site for Saga installation files.
Check here first.
Because the "published" version of Saga at Sourceforge can
sometimes be out of
date, you might need to install from these links:
|
|
| VPFImporter |
2.1.3 |
Extracts shapefiles from VPF map libraries |
|
- Windows
- This the last known location where the software can be found.
- Download page includes links to documentation
|
