Scientific Software [1]
NCEAS encourages and strongly supports the use of open source software packages (e.g., R, GRASS GIS, and PostgreSQL) that the scientific community widely contributes to, that are distributed under an open software license, and that publish source code and algorithms. NCEAS also recognizes that for some research, commercial proprietary software products are the best alternative and we support such packages.
Mathematics and Statistics Software
- R software environment for statistical computing [2]
- MATLAB analytical environment [3]
- SAS analytical software [4]
GIS and Spatial Analysis Software
- Quantum GIS [5]
- GRASS GIS [6]
- PostGIS [7]
- GDAL/OGR [8]
Additional Software Resources
GIS and Geospatial Data Analysis
Wikipedia List of Spatial Analysis Software [9]
Diva GIS Software [10]
DIVA-GIS is open source software particularly useful for mapping and analyzing biodiversity data. The web site includes a comprehensive global spatial data archive.
thematicmapping.org [11]
This site presents the Thematic Mapping Engine, software for creating innovative thematic maps using GoogleEarth technology.
UC Davis Soil Resource Laboratory [12]
A great resource for soils-related geospatial research, the Software section contains many concise R spatial analysis examples.
GeoDa Center For Geospatial Analysis and Computation [13]
Luc Anselin's (Arizona State University) successor to his Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL). Good resource for state-of-the-art geospatial analysis methods and software tools.
The FreeGIS Project: A software overview for Free Geographic Information Systems
ArcGIS+R Geospatial Modeling Environment [15]
As of ArcGIS 10, this supersedes the well-known Hawth's Analysis Tools For ArcGIS [16].
Climate Data Operators (CDO) [17]
CDO is a collection of command line utilities that manipulate and analyze climate data in GRIB, netCDF, SERVICE, EXTRA and IEG formats.
Unified Mapping Platform (JUMP) [18]
JUMP is a GUI-based application for viewing and processing spatial data. It is also an extensible framework for developing and running custom spatial data processing applications.
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) [19]
OGC is a non-profit, standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location-based services.
Image Processing and Analysis
Windows Image Manager (WIM) [20]
A general-purpose image analysis software used to view and analyze environmental satellite data
NASA SeaWIFS Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) Software [21]
A comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color satellite (SeaWIFS,MODIS, OCTS,CZCS) image data
Tutorial: Download and Resampling of MODIS Images Using R [22]
An end-to-end example demonstrates both download and processing of MODIS data from NASA servers, as well as the creation of a ready-for-analysis MODIS image mosaic at user-specified spatial resolution.
Relational Database Management
PostgreSQL [23]
MySQL [24]
SQLite [25]
Miscellaneous Programmer Tools
Comprehensive vi / vim Editor Tutorial - good for ANY computer platform [26]
Introduction to UNIX/Linux for beginners [27]
Sun MPI 7.0 (OpenMPI) Software Programming and Reference Manual
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