Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!simon From: simon@cs.ualberta.ca (Simon Tortike) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: help (Contour plotting application) Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 05:01:54 GMT References: <37535@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@cs.UAlberta.CA (News Administrator) Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 31 johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes: >In article <10435@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>, clark@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Clark Liu) writes... >>If anybody knows any package on the mac capable of drawing contour >>lines please email me its name. >Contour 81 is a shareware contour plotting application for the Mac. >A practical application example: this type of program is used to >plot isotherms, equipotential lines, and the like from three column >data files or numerical results. This is something the Cricket Graphs >of the world don't handle. A very versatile contouring program for the Mac is ContourPlot from Australia. A demo version is available in the sumex archives. Its particular strength is the ability to superimpose a new grid on the data and then offer varous interpolation schemes (nothing else I have seen on the mac does this). It provides publication quality contour output, with _very_ slick curves, point and click changes to almost anything you can imagine. It also supports shaded countour maps (colour and greys), but I have not spent much time on that. Its usability is much the same as SurfaceII (I'm sure that is the name) available on some mainframes, with a much better interface. It also provides batch processing capability, which many people will appreciate. The latest version I have seen is 1.2.1. Regards, -- W. Simon Tortike, | tel : 403/492-3338 Dept of Mining, Metallurgical | fax : 403/492-7219 and Petroleum Engineering, | CA*net : simon@cs.UAlberta.CA University of Alberta, | uucp : simon@alberta.uucp Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. | CA*net : simon@mmpe.mineral.UAlberta.CA