Software Packages<br>

Overview

 [[http://www.r-project.org/|R]]
 [[http://www.octave.org/|Octave]]
 [[http://scilabsoft.inria.fr/|Scilab]]
 [[http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/pspp.html|PSPP]]
 [[http://maxima.sourceforge.net/|Maxima]]
 [[http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/|Dia]]
 [[http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/index.html|NetCDF]]
 //GIS//
 [[http://grass.itc.it/|Grass]]
 [[http://www.jump-project.org/|JUMP]]
 [[http://www.gdal.org/index.html|GDAL]]
 //Graphing//
 [[http://www.tulip-software.org/|Tulip]]
 [[http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/|Grace]]
 [[http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/|Scigraphica]]
 [[http://www.gnuplot.info/|GNUPlot]]
 [[http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html|OpenOffice.org Calc]]
 [[http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/|Gnumeric]]
 [[http://www.graphviz.org/|Graphviz]]
 [[http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/|Matplotlib]]

GRASS<br> Similar to: ArcGIS<br> Runs on: Linux, Mac OS X, other Unixes.<br>

GRASS GIS (Geographic Resources Analysis Support System) is an open source, Free Software Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological vector, image processing, and graphics production functionality that operates on various platforms through a graphical user interface and shell in X-Window.

Homepage: http://grass.itc.it/index.html<br> http://www.freegis.org/details.en.html?name=Geographic%20Resource%20Analysis%20Support%20System<br> Book: http://mpa.itc.it/grassbook/

R<br> Similar to: S-Plus<br> Runs on: Linux, Mac OS X, Mac OS 8+, Windows, other Unixes

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a different implementation of S. There are some important differences, but much code written for S runs unaltered under R.

Homepage: http://www.r-project.org/<br> Book: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/R/manual/<br> Book: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/R/base/<br> Book: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/R/base2/

IBM Developerworks series of articles on R<br> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-r1/<br> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-r2/<br> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-r3.html

Octave<br> Similar to: MatLab<br> Runs on: Linux, MAC OS X, Windows

GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language.

Homepage: http://www.octave.org/<br> Article: http://linuxgazette.net/109/odonovan.html<br> Book: http://www.network-theory.co.uk/octave/manual/

Scilab<br> Similar to: Matlab<br> Runs on: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows<br>

Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations providing a powerful open computing environment for engineering and scientific applications. Developed since 1990 by researchers from INRIA and ENPC, it is now maintained and developed by Scilab Consortium since its creation in May 2003. Distributed freely and open source (see the license and the trademark license) via the Internet since 1994, Scilab is currently being used in educational and industrial environments around the world.

Scilab includes hundreds of mathematical functions with the possibility to add interactively programs from various languages (C, Fortran…). It has sophisticated data structures (including lists, polynomials, rational functions, linear systems…), an interpreter and a high level programming language.

Homepage: http://scilabsoft.inria.fr/

PSPP<br> Similar to: SPSS<br> Runs on: Linux. possibly others

PSPP is a statistical analysis program. It is an upwardly compatible replacement of the proprietary statistical analysis program SPSS. A main goal of the PSPP project is compatibility with the SPSS language. PSPP also aims to be written better than the program it replaces.

Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/pspp.html

JUMP<br> Similar to:<br> Runs on: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, other Unixes

The JUMP Unified Mapping Platform (JUMP) is a GUI-based application for viewing and processing spatial data. It includes many functions common to other popular GIS products for the analysis and manipulation of geospatial data. The JUMP also provides a highly extensible framework for the development and execution of custom spatial data processing applications.

Project Page: http://www.jump-project.org/<br> Homepage: http://www.jump-project.org/project.php?PID=JUMP&SID=OVER#overview

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