| Program Name |
Description |
Links |
Operating System and Other Notes |
| 7zip |
Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR |
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- Windows (32, 64)
- WinZip and WinRAR can substitute, compatible with many OS's
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| ArcGIS Explorer Desktop |
"Free GIS viewer that gives you an easy way to explore, visualize, and share GIS information" [Website} |
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- Requires Microsoft .NET Framework
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| ConTEXT |
ASCII text editor with huge filesize capability; can edit 145 MB text files from Level 3 satellite images
Do not use Notepad or Wordpad for data
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- Only Windows; substitute with very large file-handling capability is mandatory
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| Degrib (NDFD GRIB2 Decoder) |
Convert GRIB to points shapes, CSV, NetCDF or raw binary |
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| Environmental Data Connector |
Use for advanced server exploration and data mining. Use the "information" tools on LAS datasets to capture their URLs (or any other sources); then paste them into this program to access the datasets directly. Server compatibilities:
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- Requires Java 1.6 or higher
- Windows 32
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| FugroViewer |
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- "Designed for use with various types of raster- and vector-based geospatial datasets, including data from photogrammetric, LiDAR, and IFSAR sources." [From the website]
- Includes TIN viewing mode for native LAS files.
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| G.Projector |
Re-projection of rectangular map and satellite images |
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- Mac OS X
- Windows
- "Generic" for Linux, OS/2, etc.
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| GEBCOLite |
Special stripped-down version of the full publication (vector and grid data; software) |
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- Download the zipfile to a convenient location and unzip it. Just run the program GebcoCE.exe to perform some functions; it will not do everything you see for GEBCO in the MDL exercises.
- This is a temporary fix for MDL students who need the vector contour lines now. You must make your own arrangements to obtain the official, full publication and dataset at GEBCO 2003 CD ROM
- The GRID folder installed here does contain the 1-degree global relief grid, but it is mislabeled as an NC file; it is actually a CDF file, which is quite different.
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| GEODAS-NG |
New version of an old favorite program for US NGDC relief data management |
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- HydroPlot - Includes various grid formats, XYZ and shapefiles
- Shapefile Maker - From XYZ and others
- Coastline Extractor - From GSHHG and WDBii; apparently can be used as a stand-alone subsetter for all shapefiles
- Grid Translator - Works with raw BIN and ASC, Arc ASC; can subset
- Data Reformatter - ASC or BIN XYZ data
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| GeoTIFF Examiner |
Converts TIF to GeoTIF through world files and/or internal tags |
- Download (from the UNESCO/IOC/IODE OceanTeacher library)
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| Google Earth |
Visualization of georeferenced data (KML and KMZ files) |
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| GRASS |
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- Free Geographic Information System (GIS) software used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics/maps
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| HDFView |
Visualization of HDF and NetCDF grids and their internal metadata; conversion to TXT grids |
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- 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
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| Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) |
Visualization of operational data of all sorts; already reads most meteorological data and product formats; good NetCDF capability, but only rudimentary HDF capability; basic OGC WMS client present, but not robust
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- Windows 32, 64
- Linux
- Mac OS/X
- Solaris/SPARC
- Solaris
- Generic Java
- Excellent tutorials in IDV, by Brian Mapes are now on You Tube. Click HERE to open the play list.
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GEON Version of IDV
- Documentation and Training at UNIDATA
- If IDV does not run, but immediately shuts down, then read the note in RUNIDV.BAT (in the top-level folder of the installed program) to find simple setup instructions.
- Especially attractive is the ability to capture displays in "XIDV" files (even those that specify automatic updatating from sources), enabling broad dissemination of synthesis products without massive data transfer.
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| IrfanView |
Graphics editor |
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- Windows
- OSX Intel (reportedly can run on a Mac)
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| Java OceanAtlas |
"JOA is a multi-OS application for viewing and exploring ocean vertical profile data. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux and supports a variety of data formats." [Website] |
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- JOA is very much like Ocean Data View, and shares many format and product options
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| JujuEdit |
Text editor |
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- Very Large File Support - edit files up to 2GB in size, and browse them instantly with special "Open From Disk" mode.
- Very Big Undo Buffer - virtually unlimited undo buffer (preserved after save so that saved changes can still be undone while the file is still open)
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| LAS2DEM |
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- "Supports ESRI ASC grids
- Supports floating-point for BIL & TIF output
- Can create elevation OR intensity raster
- Can read from multiple LAS files and merge them" [All from website]
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| Mapserver (University of Minnesota) |
MapServer is an Open Source platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping applications to the web. |
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| MAXENT |
Software for Species Habitat Modeling |
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"This software takes as input a set of layers or environmental variables (such as elevation, precipitation, etc.), as well as a set of georeferenced occurrence locations, and produces a model of the range of the given species." [From the website] - All layers use the same grid template. |
| Microsoft GIF Animator |
Make animation from series of GIF images |
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Recommended by an ODV user for adjusting the speed of ODV animations. Apparently the standard speed is a bit too fast. |
| Nautical Chart Reprojector |
"The Digital NOAA Nautical Chart Reprojector is a stand-alone application developed to reproject raster NOAA nautical charts. Approximately 30 projections are available, and the ability to change datums is included." |
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| ncBrowse |
Quick-look browsing of NetCDF files (station or grid formats); can also browse CDF files |
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- Windows 32
- UNIX
- Max OS/X
- Solaris
- Linux
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| NOTEPAD++ |
Notepad++ is a free source code that supports several languages. Can handle very large files.
Do not use Notepad or Wordpad for data.
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- "There is also a plug-in for Notepad++ which will recognize the syntax of MapServer (see above) map files and highlight it. You can download the plug-in from HERE and install the syntax file for .map files." [Greg Reed]
- Windows
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| Ocean Data View |
Most popular data visualization and management program for marine station data (scalars and vectors) |
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- Installs with a good GEBCO relief grid; other packages not really needed
- Windows
- Solaris i386
- Mac OS/X
- Linux i386
- Registration and login is required to obtain the software
- Check out the high-resolution coastline add-ons, available from the OPTIONAL PACKAGES page. Click HERE to see a map of what's available now.
- If animations are intended, see Microsoft GIF Animator, above.
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| Ocean Sneaker's Tool |
Tool to analyze and process table-organized 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] |
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- Windows
- Windows-emulators on Mac and Linux machines
- Use EXE to install and create a shortcut
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| OPCPlot |
Earliest "operational" GIS program |
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- Able to plot about 20 data products that were required by MMS Gulf of Mexico Studies Program to be posted on the old Omnet/Sciencenet electronic messaging system from 1989-mid 95. Became obsolete thereafter due to the rise of the Internet.
- DOS, but could run on most 32-bit Windows systems
- Unknown if any digital copies remain available
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| Pan2Applic |
Convert PANGAEA tabular data to various formats, especially Ocean Data View |
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| Panoply |
Display of NetCDF, HDF and GRIB grids; can export XYZ tables |
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- Windows
- Mac OS/X
- "Generic" for Linux, OS/2, etc.
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| RasterImporter |
Converts between many grid and image formats, including some military ones |
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- Windows
- Last known site where the software can be found
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| Saga |
This is the general-purpose, "workhorse" program we recommend to all data management students, even if they also use other commercial or public domain GIS solutions. One shortcoming is the minimal documentation.
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General information:
Saga installation files.
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| VPFImporter |
Extracts shapefiles from VPF map libraries. Makes unnecessary the many commercial sites that charge for these files. |
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- Windows
- This the last known location where the software can be found.
- Download includes some documentation
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| WineHQ |
"Software to run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X" [from the website]
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- 32-bit Saga is known to run on a Mac (although not completely stable, at times)
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| WRPLOT |
Wind rose plots for meteorological data |
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- "Windrose plots
- Frequency distribution tables
- Wind Class frequency distribution graphs
- All of the most common file formats are supported; and for those that are not, an Import from Excel utility allows simple importing."
[From the website]
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