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Open 3D Scientific Visualization Toolkit

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the look-what-we-done dept.

Mark Leaman writes "The Science Museum of Minnesota has just announced an online community site for scientific visualization, including thier Open 3D Visualization Toolkit that includes Blender and the GIMP as part of the core development tools. Frustrated with a lack of consolidated resources and discussion about open-source, scientific visualization development tools, the Science Museum of Minnesota's Learning Technologies Department decided to develop their own."

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  1. GIMP kicks Photoshop... by nurb432 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Until you wake up and have to do graphics for a *living*.. Not just simple hobby stuff at home.

    Don't get me wrong, GIMP can do nice things, but it does not replace photoshop for professional production work.

    Will it someday ? Who knows.. just not today.

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  2. Re:Open Data by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I know a half a dozen scientific data repositories in my field and dozens of researchers who have data on websites (including ours). I suggest you try google. Nothing you listed is in my field. One that amazes me most is that MODIS data centers. You can request raw data files that are 500MB in size. It takes up to an hour for the data to be online, but it's free and open to everyone.