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Volume Data Visualizer for Google Earth^TM (VDVGE)

Volume Data Visualizer for Google Earth^TM (VDVGE) is a software to visualize data for GrADS, plotting tool for earth science data, and to export the visualiztion result for Google Earth^TM. EXTRAWING, volume-rendering-like representation on Google Earth^TM using KML and COLLADA files, can be produced through GUI-based simple operations. With Qt SDK, a multi-platform GUI toolkit, VDVGE runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

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Volume Data Visualizer for Google Earth Ver. 1.1.8 [New!!]

• Source Code
  

  vdvge-1.1.8-source.zip (zip)
  

Volume Data Visualizer for Google Earth Ver. 1.1.7

* RPM packages were contributed by Tsuyoshi Yamaura (RIKEN/AICS).

• Source Code
  

  vdvge-1.1.7-source.zip (zip)
  vdvge-1.1.7-source.tar.gz (tar+gzip)

  vdvge-1.1.7-1.src.rpm (SRPM)



• Executable Binary
  

  vdvge-1.1.7-windows.zip (for Microsoft Windows)
  vdvge-1.1.7-macosx.dmg (for Mac OS X)

  vdvge-1.1.7-1.CentOS.x86_64.rpm (CentOS 6 (x86_64))
  vdvge-1.1.7-1.Fedora.x86_64.rpm (Fedora 20 (x86_64))
  vdvge-1.1.7-1.openSUSE.x86_64.rpm (openSUSE 13 (x86_64))
  vdvge-1.1.7-1.Vine.x86_64.rpm (Vine Linux 6 (x86_64))


• Sample Data (Cloud Water, AFES)
  

  vdvge-sample.zip (zip)
  vdvge-sample.tar.gz (tar+gzip)
  
  This sample data is outputted by the general circulation model called AFES (AGCM for the Earth Simulators).



• Manual(PDF)
  

  vdvge-1.1.7-manual.pdf (Sorry, currently only Japanese version.)

History

2015/05/26: Ver. 1.1.8 New!!

• Added command line execution mode.
  

  % vdvge (hoge.ctl) (hoge.save)
  

  or

  % vdvge (hoge.ctl) (hoge.save) (hoge.colortable)
  

  A content file for Google Earth will be exported without launch GUI window.

• Added a function to set time difference from GMT.

2014/07/10

• Added RPM packages. (contributed by Tsuyoshi Yamaura (RIKEN/AICS))

2014/04/18: Ver. 1.1.7

• Added a drawing function of topography and coastline (in preview windows only).
• Fixed a problem that did not work with some models of Macbook Air.
• Fixed a problem that the vertical color bar was not drawn correctly with some of graphics boards.
• Executable file (Windows and Mac OS X) is now available for download.

2013/08/09: Ver. 1.1.4

• Added a drawing function of contourline.
• GLEW and GLUT is no longer needed.

2012/12/25 (Ver. 1.1.1)

• Fixed a problem with the save file is not loaded correctly.

2012/12/14 (Ver. 1.1)

• 1st Release.

Restrictions of input data

The GrADS data for VDVGE has the following restrictions.

• The file specified in the keyword "DSET" in the GrADS control file should be unformatted FORTRAN binary (single-precision).
• The GrADS control file can have only a single scalar field, i.e. only one parameter in the keyword "VARS".
• Unit of "ZDEF" must be written in actual altitude (meter of kilometer).
• The option "TEMPLATE" is not supported.

Requirement

• Qt4 is required to compile VDVGE. Please refer the manual about how to compile.
• ffmpeg is required if you use the movie export function.
• ETOPO1, ETOPO2, ETOPO5 and GEODAS Coastline is required if you use the topography drawing function and the coastline drawing function.
• Graphics hardware that supports OpenGL 1.2 or higher is required.

License

• This software is released under GPL Ver3.0 license.
• Sample codes included in Qt SDK are changed and used for a part of source code of this software. About the appropriate file, it has written in the header of the source code.

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