stein@oscsuna.osc.edu (Rick 'Transputer' Stein) (04/26/89)
I created this summary from my colleagues' generous replies to my queries on image processing suites. I have deleted the email addresses of the responsible parties for each package. Those individuals requiring the email contacts can reply to me, and I'll supply them on demand (stein@pixelpump.osc.edu). Pat Flynn writes: I recommend Mike Landy's HIPS software. There was an article about it in CVGIP a few years back. We've been using it for several years here at MSU and like it quite a bit. Alternatively, you can look at the PD `alv' package; contact Phill Everson at the Univ. of Bristol: We have ALV here, but I've never used it myself. Best Pat Flynn p.s. cute hostname. ***** ***** ***** A J Annala writes: You should contact Dr. John Rasure, Univ. of New Mexico, about his product XVision ... a C and X based image processing system. p.s. You might also want to speak with San Diego Supercomputer Center about their cray implementation of Xlib for X11R2 ... this could give you an instantly portable environment for running XVision AJ Annala ***** ***** ***** Dr. John Rasure writes: Yes, I think XVision can help ..... we have about 120 "standard stuff" routines. XVision runs under X11.3 on SUN and DEC platforms. XVision 3.0 is being commercialized by Paragon Imaging (Lowell Mass) You should talk to John Montelione at 508-441-2112 to get more specific info. ***** ***** ***** John Peterson writes: The Utah Raster Toolkit has some of the functionality you mention.... For ARPAnet sites, the toolkit may be obtained via anonymous FTP to the site cs.utah.edu, in the file pub/toolkit-2.0.tar (or, if you cannot FTP that large a file at once, in pub/toolkit-2.0.tar.1, pub/toolkit-2.0.tar.2 and pub/toolkit-2.0.tar.3). Sites not on the ARPAnet can obtain the Raster Toolkit on a 9-track, 1600 bpi tar format tape by sending check or money order for $200.00, payable to the Department of Computer Science, to: Attn: Utah Raster Toolkit, Loretta Looser Department of Computer Science University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 Courtesy Mike Muuss at BRL, the Raster Toolkit is also included as contributed software in the BRL-CAD distribution. [Note: because of the size of the distribution, we can not distribute it via mail or UUCP] Although the Raster Toolkit software is copyrighted, it may be freely re-distributed on a "GNU-like" basis. For further technical information on the Raster Toolkit, send mail to: toolkit-request@cs.utah.edu (ARPA) {ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!toolkit-request (UUCP) [I have ftp'ed this software without any problems. (RMS)] -- Richard M. Stein (aka Rick 'Transputer' Stein) Office of Research Computing @ The Ohio Supercomputer Center Ghettoblaster vacuum cleaner architect and Trollius semi-guru Internet: stein@pixelpump.osc.edu