Models & Software Links

Main Distribution Points:

Digital Elevation Models:

  • Landserf - LandSerf is a freely available Geographical Information System (GIS) for the visualization and analysis of surfaces developed by Jo Wood.
  • Terrain Analysis System
  • Wilbur - Freebie... lets you play with raster elevations.
  • ArcGIS 3D Analyst
  • Terragen - Photorealistic Scenery Rendering Software
  • TAS - A free program developed by John Lindsay at Manchester. 'TAS is designed to meet the research needs of environmental modellers and managers while being simple enough to use in the classroom. TAS can display both raster and vector types of geographic data, and possesses many of the standard spatial analysis function that the environmental modeller requires.'
  • 3DEM Software for Terrain Visualization and Flyby Animation
  • spatial-analyst.net
  • Raster Edit - A handy utility written by Marco Van De Wiel for editing individual cells within a raster DEM saved in the ASCII format from Arc GIS/View . Also allows smoothing and interpolation between points.
  • Surfer - Surfer is a commonly used program for building and visualizing elevation data. It is easy to use, but does not provide a lot of options for manipulating data or performing analyses (plus it is not free).
  • MapInfo - MapInfo is probably the largest viable commercial rival to ArcGIS and is very popular amongst its users. Within IGES, we have a limited number of licenses for various versions of MapInfo. We will not use MapInfo in this course.
  • Matlab - An exercise using Matlab to produce digital elevation models.
  • MicroDEM
  • ILWIS

Ecohydraulic, Hydroecology, Habitat Suitability Models and Patch Dynamics Models:

E-Science and Grid Computing

  • Harmoni-CA: Harmonised Modelling Tools for Integrated Basin Management
  • GEON - Geosciences Network - Development of cyberinfrastructre in support of integrative geoscience research
  • OpenMI - Open Modelling Interface

Hydrodynamic Models:

Hydrologic Models:

Watershed and Stream Network Delineation:

GIS Tools

Web Viewers:



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Geomorphic Landscape Evolution Models:

Morphodynamic or Channel Evolution Models:

Geomorphic Slope Stability Models:

Grain Size Analysis Tools:

Hydraulic Geometry and/or Cross-Sectional Analysis Tools:

Uncertainty Estimators:

Geeky but Useful Programs:

 
 

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