xyscan Distribution Page

What is it?:

xyscan is a tool for scientist in the need to extract data points, i.e. numeric values, from a plot. It allows to scan the plots and extract data points including the size of the error bars (both in x and y). It can handle plots with linear and logarithmic scales. Click here for a screen shot of xyscan in action.

Latest News:

Version 3.01 is ready. It is a complete rewrite of xyscan with a new interface and many new features such as: drag and drop of images into the scan area, copying images directly from application such as Acrobat Reader or PowerPoint into xyscan, mouse handling, a new help browser, and docking windows.

Legal Notes:

xyscan is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
Copyright 2002-2007 Thomas S. Ullrich

Supported Platforms

xyscan is supported currently on: Windows XP/Vista, MAC OS X , and Red Hat Linux/Scientific Linux
It will run on different Linux flavors and Windows versions but I have no time to support any other platform than the ones listed above.

Current Version 3.01 (Recommended)

Windows (Setup program to install binary version)

Mac OS X (universal: PPC and Intel) (Zipped installer package for binary version)

Source (Tar ball - allows to build executable on all platforms, required Qt4.3 or higher)

Linux/X11: RPM for Linux comes soon (until then - build it from the source)

Old Version 2.09 (September 2006)

Windows (Setup program to install binary version)

Mac OS X (PPC) (Disk image to install binary version)

Linux/X11 & Source (Tar ball with source to build executables on all platforms, requires Qt3)

Acknowledgements:

Special thanks to Seth Vidal from Duke University who helped me building the first rpm for Linux (xyscan version 2) and who introduced me to the world of licensing and GPL.

by tu