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Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? [message #27360 is a reply to message #27168]

Wed, 17 October 2001 22:06

Mark Hadfield
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From: "Charles Allen" <charles@aspen.sweetshade.local>
>> * For 3D plotting there is an impressive package called VTK. It looks
nice.
>> (So far this is a plus.) However I think it's intended more for gaming &
CAD
>> than for scientific graphics. One thing it lacks in comparison with IDL
>
> VTK was developed by folks at GE concerned with, among other things,
> 3-D medical data sets. Get ahold of the book.

Well, I would do so if I intended to make heavy use of VTK, but so far I
have only made a quick assessment (over a few days) of VTK as an alternative
to IDL's object graphics and my conclusion was that it looks good but it
seems to lack the concept of data coordinates, which I use a great deal for
geophysical applications in IDL. If you wish to offer a different opinion
I'd love to hear it.

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Mark Hadfield
m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research

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		Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Eric Williams on Wed, 10 October 2001 13:19
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Jean Koclas on Fri, 12 October 2001 11:14
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Amanda Kepley on Mon, 15 October 2001 09:49
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Aaron Birenboim on Fri, 12 October 2001 10:12
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Fri, 12 October 2001 08:35
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: web on Sat, 13 October 2001 04:13
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: David Fanning on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:40
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Liam E. Gumley on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:24
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Randall Skelton on Fri, 12 October 2001 07:04
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: web on Fri, 12 October 2001 03:33
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 11 October 2001 20:00
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: web on Thu, 11 October 2001 19:17
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[1] on Mon, 15 October 2001 13:43
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: George N. White III on Sat, 13 October 2001 06:08
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Nigel Wade on Wed, 17 October 2001 01:54
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Karsten Rodenacker on Wed, 17 October 2001 00:30
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 17 October 2001 13:58
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Charles Allen on Thu, 18 October 2001 10:05
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 17 October 2001 22:06
		Re: Any cross-platform IDL alternatives? By: Charles Allen on Wed, 17 October 2001 19:53

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