Other open-source geophysical packages - Revision history

Nick at 20:04, 24 October 2010

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	The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] provides an up-to-date list of all free geophysical packages in general. Therefore, this section only lists packages that do not forbid usage by commercial entities, and that can interact with Madagascar in a meaningful way, such as:		The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] provides an up-to-date list of all free geophysical packages in general. Therefore, this section only lists packages that do not forbid usage by commercial entities, and that can interact with Madagascar in a meaningful way, such as:
	* providing a graphical interface that can be used to build Madagascar workflows		* providing a graphical interface that can be used to build Madagascar workflows
	* importing and exporting [[RSF~~\|RSF_Comprehensive_Description~~]] datasets directly, without the need to convert to SEG-Y		* importing and exporting [[RSF_Comprehensive_Description \| RSF]] datasets directly, without the need to convert to SEG-Y
	* being licensed so that Madagascar developers can link to their libraries or include their code directly, in a manner compatible with the [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gpl GPL]		* being licensed so that Madagascar developers can link to their libraries or include their code directly, in a manner compatible with the [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gpl GPL]

Nick at 01:31, 12 October 2010

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	The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] ~~does a fine job of keeping track~~ of all packages in general. Therefore, this section ~~will~~ only ~~list~~ packages that:		The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] provides an up-to-date list of all free geophysical packages in general. Therefore, this section only lists packages that do not forbid usage by commercial entities, and that can interact with Madagascar in a meaningful way, such as:
	* can ~~interact with~~ Madagascar, ~~at source~~ code ~~/ linking level (GPL~~, or compatible ~~to be linked by~~ GPL~~-ed programs)~~		* providing a graphical interface that can be used to build Madagascar workflows
	* do not forbid commercial usage.		* importing and exporting [[RSF\|RSF_Comprehensive_Description]] datasets directly, without the need to convert to SEG-Y
			* being licensed so that Madagascar developers can link to their libraries or include their code directly, in a manner compatible with the [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Gpl GPL]

			'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION BELOW'''

	==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==		==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==

Nick at 01:14, 12 October 2010

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	The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general. Therefore, this section will only list packages that:		The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general. Therefore, this section will only list packages that:
	* can interact with Madagascar, at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs)		* can interact with Madagascar, at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs)
	* ~~have no~~ commercial usage ~~restrictions~~.		* do not forbid commercial usage.

	==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==		==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==

Nick at 01:09, 12 October 2010

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	The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general. Therefore, this section will only list packages that can interact with Madagascar, ~~either~~ at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs)~~, or through file format converters, and that~~ have no commercial usage restrictions.		The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general. Therefore, this section will only list packages that:
			* can interact with Madagascar, at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs)
			* have no commercial usage restrictions.

	==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==		==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==

Nick: /* Specialized tools */

2010-10-12T01:08:04Z

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	\|[http://www-old.dpr.csiro.au/StochasticSeismicInversion/index.html Delivery]\|\| Java-based Bayesian seismic inversion code for use in oil reservoir characterisation \|\| CSIRO Petroleum, Australia \|\| The copyright belongs to BHP Billiton and the package is distributed under a GPL+BSD license.		\|[http://www-old.dpr.csiro.au/StochasticSeismicInversion/index.html Delivery]\|\| Java-based Bayesian seismic inversion code for use in oil reservoir characterisation \|\| CSIRO Petroleum, Australia \|\| The copyright belongs to BHP Billiton and the package is distributed under a GPL+BSD license.
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	\| [http://~~sourceforge~~.~~net/projects/gebr~~/ GeBR] \|\| Environment for seismic data processing, designed to easily assemble and run processing flows. Has GUI based on C and GTK+ \|\| Contributors from Brasil \|\| GPL		\| [http://www.gebrproject.com/ GeBR] \|\| Environment for seismic data processing, designed to easily assemble and run processing flows. Has GUI based on C and GTK+ \|\| Contributors from Brasil \|\| GPL
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	\| [http://geocomputing.narod.ru/benchmark.html GeoBenchmark] \|\| Benchmark for how fast computers are when working with seismic processing and imaging algorithms. More details in "Computers for seismic processing and imaging: a performance study", by E. Kurin, Proceedings of the 2007 SEG Annual Meeting, 2451-2454 \|\| Evgeny Kurin, Geolab Ltd. \|\| public domain		\| [http://geocomputing.narod.ru/benchmark.html GeoBenchmark] \|\| Benchmark for how fast computers are when working with seismic processing and imaging algorithms. More details in "Computers for seismic processing and imaging: a performance study", by E. Kurin, Proceedings of the 2007 SEG Annual Meeting, 2451-2454 \|\| Evgeny Kurin, Geolab Ltd. \|\| public domain

Nick at 01:03, 12 October 2010

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	The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general~~, and having more contributors tends to be much more up to date~~. Therefore, this ~~sections~~ will only list packages that can interact with Madagascar, either at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs), or through file format converters, and that have no ~~commercial/non-~~commercial usage restrictions.		The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general. Therefore, this section will only list packages that can interact with Madagascar, either at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs), or through file format converters, and that have no commercial usage restrictions.

	~~To avoid redundancy with the Wikipedia list, the list below will be sorted by the manner of interaction with Madagascar~~.

	==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==		==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==

Nick: /* Specialized tools */

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	{\| class="wikitable" align="center" cellspacing="0" border="1"		{\| class="wikitable" align="center" cellspacing="0" border="1"
	! colspan="4" style="background:#ffdead;" \| ~~Other/missing/ambiguous/~~GPL-incompatible licenses		! colspan="4" style="background:#ffdead;" \| GPL-incompatible or missing licenses
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	! Name \|\| What it is \|\| Written/maintained by \|\| License		! Name \|\| What it is \|\| Written/maintained by \|\| License
	\|-
	\| [http://www.crewes.com/Samples/EduSoftware/ CREWES Educational Software Release] \|\| Matlab toolbox for seismic processing and imaging \|\| CREWES consortium (U. of Calgary, Canada) \|\| Free for non-commercial use
	\|-		\|-
	\| [http://geocraft.org/ GeoCraft] \|\| Lightweight framework (with visualization) for rapidly prototyping and deploying new geoscience algorithms \|\| ConocoPhillips Inc. \|\| ~~Own license~~ (MIT-style)		\| [http://geocraft.org/ GeoCraft] \|\| Lightweight framework (with visualization) for rapidly prototyping and deploying new geoscience algorithms \|\| ConocoPhillips Inc. \|\| Custom (MIT-style)
	\|-		\|-
	\| [http://sw3d.mff.cuni.cz/software/ SW3D] \|\| good-quality ray-theory based package \|\| SW3D consortium (Charles U., Czech Republic) \|\| Not specified		\| [http://sw3d.mff.cuni.cz/software/ SW3D] \|\| good-quality ray-theory based package \|\| SW3D consortium (Charles U., Czech Republic) \|\| Not specified
	\|-
	\| [http://bullard.esc.cam.ac.uk/~hobro/Jive3D/ Jive3D] \|\| forward-modelling and tomographic inversion package that is capable of modelling a wide range of seismic travel-time data types \|\| James Hobro (Cambridge U., UK) \|\| Free for noncommercial use or sponsors of the consortium
	\|-
	\| [http://www.geophysics.rice.edu/department/faculty/zelt/rayinvr.html RayInvr] \|\| package that does 2-D ray tracing, traveltime inversion, amplitude calculation and synthetics. Accompanied by a package called zplot for interactive plotting and picking of 2-D and 3-D wide-angle seismic data. \|\| Colin Zelt (Rice U., USA) \|\| Noncommercial use only
	\|-
	\| [http://www.seismo.unr.edu/jrg/ JRG] \|\| Java-based basic reflection processing package with graphics, 3-d and crooked-line capabilities, SEG-Y and sound file I/O, and a GUI \|\| John Louie (U. of Nevada at Reno, USA) \|\| "The software and methods here are the subject of academic research, not commercial products. I would like to know what use you make of my methods, and have your feedback on their success or failure.". Also mention in the title that the package is open-source software.
	\|-		\|-
	\| [http://www.mines.edu/~dhale/jtk/ Mines Java Toolkit] \|\| set of Java packages and native (non-Java) code libraries for digital signal processing and 2-D and 3-D graphics \|\| Dave Hale (Colorado School of Mines, USA) \|\| Common Public License		\| [http://www.mines.edu/~dhale/jtk/ Mines Java Toolkit] \|\| set of Java packages and native (non-Java) code libraries for digital signal processing and 2-D and 3-D graphics \|\| Dave Hale (Colorado School of Mines, USA) \|\| Common Public License
	\|-
	\| [http://seisweb.usask.ca/igeos/ IGeoS - Integrated GeoScience data analysis] \|\| many seismic processing tasks in a wide range of geophysical, and ultimately geoscience data analysis. \|\| Igor Morozov (U. of Saskatchewan, Canada) \|\|
	~~Free for noncommercial use; commercial license available~~
	\|}		\|}

			==Packages free for non-commercial use only==
			* CREWES Educational Software Release
			* IGeoS
			* Jive3D
			* JRG
			* RayInvr

Nick at 00:34, 12 October 2010

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	~~'''Note: In the light of the existence of the~~ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software]~~, which~~ does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general, ~~the material below will~~ be ~~edited~~ to list ~~only~~ packages that can interact with Madagascar, either at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs), or through file format converters~~. To avoid redundancy with the Wikipedia list~~, ~~the list below will be sorted by the manner of interaction with Madagascar~~.~~'''~~		The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software] does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general, and having more contributors tends to be much more up to date. Therefore, this sections will only list packages that can interact with Madagascar, either at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs), or through file format converters, and that have no commercial/non-commercial usage restrictions.

	~~The~~ list below ~~was assembled considering~~ the ~~[http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php official definition~~ of ~~the "open-source" term] from the Open Source Initiative~~.		To avoid redundancy with the Wikipedia list, the list below will be sorted by the manner of interaction with Madagascar.

	==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==		==Comprehensive seismic processing suites==

Nick: /* Comprehensive seismic processing suites */

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	* [http://www.freeusp.org/ Free USP], a processing package originally developed by Amoco and released by BP		* [http://www.freeusp.org/ Free USP], a processing package originally developed by Amoco and released by BP
	* [http://www.freeusp.org/DDS/ DDS] (Data Dictionary System), also released by BP.		* [http://www.freeusp.org/DDS/ DDS] (Data Dictionary System), also released by BP.
	* [http://cpseis.org/ CPSeis], the former processing system of ConocoPhillips ~~(also downloadable from [http://www.opengeophysical.com/downloads OpenGeophysical]).~~		* [http://cpseis.org/ CPSeis], the former processing system of ConocoPhillips

	==Specialized tools==		==Specialized tools==

Nick: avoiding redundancy with the Wikipedia list of free geophysics software

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avoiding redundancy with the Wikipedia list of free geophysics software

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			'''Note: In the light of the existence of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geophysics_software Wikipedia list of free geophysics software], which does a fine job of keeping track of all packages in general, the material below will be edited to list only packages that can interact with Madagascar, either at source code / linking level (GPL, or compatible to be linked by GPL-ed programs), or through file format converters. To avoid redundancy with the Wikipedia list, the list below will be sorted by the manner of interaction with Madagascar.'''

	The list below was assembled considering the [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php official definition of the "open-source" term] from the Open Source Initiative.		The list below was assembled considering the [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php official definition of the "open-source" term] from the Open Source Initiative.