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Noesys lets you access and control scientific and
technical data in the Hierarchical Data Format standard,
and
provides state-of-the-art graphics visualisation tools
in the same box
The need by the scientific and engineering communities for universal data
formats is becoming critical in order for them to manage the enormous amounts of
data they generate. Thanks to its efficiency, flexibility and
platform-independent structure, HDF is rapidly becoming the standard for
viewing and analysing very large data sets. Fortner Research believes that
soon more technical data will be stored in HDF than in any other format. Noesys
was developed both as a catalyst to aid the adoption of HDF, and to provide a
desktop tool for managing HDF data.
Until now, the only tools available to access data in HDF were UNIX-based
utilities and a few high-end commercial products that work with HDF in a limited
capacity. Programmers could also download HDF libraries from the US National
Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA) and compile them into custom
applications.
Noesys eliminates these barriers to accessing HDF data, allowing anyone to
access, edit, analyse, manipulate and visualise HDF data at a fraction of the
cost of earlier products. Using data accessed with Noesys, the user can build
and edit files that combine groups of various types of data, such as text,
tables, arrays, metadata, images and macros. With the system's Fortran 90
subset interpreter, users can write macros and programmes to manipulate every
data point in their files. These complete files are then stored in
self-describing, platform independent format, preserving the hierarchy and
relationships between them.
An added bonus is that the full features and functionality of Fortner's Plot,
Transform and T3D (formerly Slicer) packages are incorporated into Noesys.
These powerful, interactive graphical analysis tools are already well
established in this country by Adept Scientific. They offer high quality
analysis and visualisation of column data, matrix data and volumetric data
respectively.
When all three packages are used together, data can be moved from one to another.
The results is an integrated approach to design that provides the fullest
possible analysis of multi-dimensional datasets. This benefit is now
extended to HDF data with their incorporation into Noesys.
Noesys is supplied and supported in the UK by Adept Scientific plc, 6 Business
Centre West, Avenue One, Letchworth, Herts. SG6 2HB; telephone (01462)
480055, fax (01462) 480213, or by email to info@adeptscience.co.uk.
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Background Notes:
HDF - Hierarchical Data Format
, developed by the US National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA),
is a powerful, open standard file format used by thousands of scientists
worldwide. It provides easy access to data while allowing users to organise
large amounts of technical information from a variety of sources, and to share
data across networks including the World Wide Web. NASA has selected HDF as a
scientific data standard for the Earth Observing System, an $8 billion,
15-year project to monitor long-term global environmental change. This
project will generate terabytes of information per day, producing a massive
scientific data resource stored in HDF. Fortner Research is pioneering
software tools for researchers to view and analyse this data quickly and
easily.
Plot, Transform and T3D
are well established, high quality data visualisation and analysis tools for
the Windows and Macintosh environments. Plot and Transform have built-in
mathematical, statistical, trigonometric and data manipulation functions.
Plot displays analyses of column data in various single-dimensional formats,
such as line graphs, double Y plots, colour scatter plots, parametric plots or
error bars, for example. Transform visualises data analyses as 2D surface,
contour or vector plots, animations or rotations. T3D (previously known as
Slicer) analyses and visualises 3D or volumetric data, providing the ability
to render orthogonal or oblique slices, isosurfaces and animations.
For further information see:
Noesys
Contacts:
Product and Technical:
Neil Chapman
Editorial:
Sandra Leigh |
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