[comp.sources.wanted] CONTOURING SOFTWARE for a RANDOM spread of points

marshek@ut-ngp.UUCP (MAT) (11/10/87)

Hi netters,
Couple of weeks back I had posted that I needed a contouring system
for a random spread of points.
I got some software for RECTANGULAR ARRAYS, which is strongly apprecited,
but none for RANDOM SPREAD of points over a RANDOM AREA.
However, I did get some excellent commercial sources of such software but 
all the ones I received were well beyond my pocket; I am, after all, a
poor student ......
If someone has such a software and it is < $50, please email to me; if
there are generous souls around, I will be more than happy to receive
it free and give them the due credit when it is used.
The software should run on an IBM-PC and plot graphics under GKS; however
even if it does not have GKS, I can add that myself.
PLEASE HELP.........
MAT Johns

oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (11/10/87)

I believe Edsgar Djkstra's book "A Discipline of Programming" has a
chapter on this, as "the convex hull problem".

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sims@stsci.EDU (Jim Sims) (11/10/87)

BYTE has had a few articles in the last couple of yers on contouring, at
least one on dispersed points. Check your local library for the issues.

						Jim

P.S. Sorry to post, but our mailer rejected the reply.

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marshek@ut-ngp.UUCP (MAt) (11/12/87)

Ladies and Gentlemen,
	I got some responses about my initial posting and
checked out the BYTE magazine (last 24 issues). Was unable
to locate the article on dispersed points; if anyone saw
it, could they post info about the issue it was in ?
I should mention that couple of issues were missing....

Anyone got full CACM in their libraries? Can you believe it,
Isomeone has removed some pages from the CACM at one of our
libraries !*&$#@%!!!!!

marshek@ut-ngp.UUCP (MAt) (11/12/87)

In response to my original article, I got some responses
which mentioned an organization called NOAA.
What is the full form of NOAA ?
Thanx

johnm@auscso.UUCP (John B. Meaders) (11/12/87)

NOAA = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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