IDL (Interactive Data Language) is a package for the interactive reduction,
analysis, and visualization of scientific data and images. IDL integrates a
responsive array oriented language with numerous data analysis methods and
an extensive variety of two and three dimensional displays into a powerful
tool for researchers. IDL supports an extensive data import capability,
publication quality hard copy output, and user-defined Windows, Macintosh,
or Motif graphical user interfaces. IDL is useful in physics, astronomy,
image and signal processing, mapping, medical imaging, statistics, and
other technical disciplines requiring visualization of large amounts of
data.
Platforms: DEC (VMS/Ultrix), HP, IBM, SGI, Sun, MS Windows, Mac.
Cost: $1500-$3750 (Educational and quantity discounts available)
Contact:
Research Systems, Inc.
2995 Wilderness Place
Boulder, CO 80301
Tel 303-786-9900
Fax 303-786-9909
Email: info@rsinc.com.
Joe Biegel: [about commercial packages] ...I'd recommend looking
into IDL from Research Systems in Boulder CO. It does many
things (including volume rendering now) real well. It is also
very programmable & extensible (unlike some more turnkey
packages). I think it costs about $1500 for PC & MAC and
about $2500 for Unix.