lone@itk.unit.no (11/28/89)
Re: SUN image processing software. Thanks to those of you that responded. In total there were 8 replies, 5 concerning commercial ones, and 3 free software. The commercial ones are more or less described in SUN Catalyst - most of them needs a VME based Sun with special hardware. The free sw runs on Suns/Sunview. The experience they communicated, was rather limited in most cases, so you have to draw your own conclusions. Commercial ones: * Visilog, Noesis (see Sun Catalyst) - Runs on Sun/Sunview, but supports also diverse image processing hardware! Fairly easy to include your own stuff. * Wave/IDL (see ad in nov/dec 89 Computer in Physics, page 4) Fortran like system language, user interface SunView/X11 - $2000-$4000. * Androx (see Sun Catalyst) - HW & SW, VME Sun - $12000. Freeware: * ALV, University of Bristol (alv-users-request@cs.bris.ac.uk) > 30 programs working on Sun raster files. 200 users on their mailing list. * Displaytool, Vanderbild Univ., Nashville, US (hsc@vuse.vanderbilt.edu) Interactive windowing, ROI histogramming, etc. $135 for non-profit org. * IRAF, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Arizona, US (lytle@noao.edu) Image Reconstruction Analysis Facility - specially developed for astronomical data analysis. 1 million lines of code - free! Greetings from Sigurd Lone, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway (lone@itk.unit.no)