VisAD The VisAD Java class library is for interactive and collaborative visualization and analysis of numerical data. The use of pure Java and Java RMI for platform independence and to support data sharing and real-time collaboration among geographically distributed users. Support for distributed computing is integrated at the lowest levels of the system. A general mathematical data model that can be adapted to virtually any numerical data, that supports data sharing among different users, different data sources and different scientific disciplines, and that provides transparent access to data independent of storage format and location (i.e., memory, disk or remote). Initially supported file formats include FITS, netCDF, HDF-EOS (via native library), Vis5D (via native library), GIF and JPEG. A general display model that supports interactive 3-D, data fusion, multiple data views, direct manipulation, collaboration, and virtual reality. Data analysis and computation integrated with visualization to support computational steering and other complex interaction modes.

Current Version:   2.0 License Type:   Free

Home Site: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visad.html Source Code Availability: Yes Available Binary Packages: Debian Package: No RedHat RPM Package: No Other Packages: No Targeted Platforms: Java Platform, including Linux (when following software are ported to Linux) Software/Hardware Requirements: Java JDK 1.2beta3 and Java 3D, available from http://developer.javasoft.com/developer/

Other Links: Vis5D Mailing Lists/USENET News Groups: Send an email to majordomo@ssec.wisc.edu with "subscribe visad-list" in the first line of the message body, to join the VisAD mailing list. User Comments: None See A Screen Shot?

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