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> I am familiar with both packages, having used them extensively. Admittedly > my IDL experience was before DX. > > The packages are more complementary than competitive. In fact, an > interface between the two was written over 5 years ago. For many reasons > it wouldn't work with the current version of either package and would not > be the best approach. 1) How was this interfact called and is it still available (and maintained)? 2) If you wouldn't work with any of them what would you suggest than? perlDL as open source or Mathlab or ... > Here are some points: > o IDL is limited on the types of data it handles directly -- regular > grids. This is due to its notion of arrays (not unlike a scalar array > object in DX). Anything more complex like a tensor array, field or group > in DX, a tetrahedral mesh, etc. is an exercise left to the user (i.e., the > difference between having and not having a data model) Well I'm not using DX on the moment, but following the news a bit. If you know a linkor a reference to those 'more complex data struktures' I would like to know. The as a geographer the "island" effect comes up frequently and I just mask out those areas I don't want. The common (and primitive) software I know (IDL, ArcView, Surfer) just does the same. Thanks! Gerhard -- ######################################################## Gerhard D. Rappold B.E.R.G. Institute for Geo-Sciences Berlin Free University of Berlin Environmental Malteserstr. 74-100 Research D-12249 Berlin Group e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ########################################################
