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AUSTAL View | User Interface for the dispersion model AUSTAL2000 |
DIDGER | Program to digitalize presentations with the help of graphical tablets |
DIGILINE | Program to digitalize from scanned maps (Bitmaps) |
ECOTECT | A fully 3D modelling tool with comprehensive overshadowing, solar access, shading design, lighting, acoustic, thermal and cost analysis functions. |
ENERGMOD | Energy balance model for urban areas |
GRASS | Freeware GIS |
IDRISI | Inexpensive GIS-Software |
ISY-RAUM | Information system for spatial data |
ISY-MESSTELLE | Management of descriptions of measuring points and concentration indicators |
MIMMIKRI | Calculation of immission grids and two-dimensional resolution derived from routine measurements |
ODOR View | the graphic user interface for odor dispersion models |
PMV | Calculation of thermal sensitivity according to Fanger |
POLYPLOT | Program for thematic cartography |
RayMan | Software for calclulation of mena radiant temperature and thermal indices |
SPANS | Desktop GIS |
SunPath | Sunpaths and Shadow at PCs |
SURFER | Inexpensive program to present two-dimensional grid data |
Townscope II | Software for estimation of solar radiation and thermal comfort |
AUSTAL
View (User Interface for the dispersion model AUSTAL2000)
AUSTAL
View is an ergonomical-intuitive user interface for the Langrangian type
dispersion model AUSTAL2000 of the
novellized German clean air guideline called TA Luft. The software was developed
by ArguSoft in cooperation with Lakes Environmental Software, the market leader
for environmental software products in that field.
An
efficient project treatment for air pollution impact statements is enabled by:
geoferencing
of scnanned plans/maps (on the screen)
interactive
graphical input of all source types (on the screen)
interactive
creation of nested grids
integrated
object management
flexible
emission time series generator
effective
control of time dependent parameters
analysis
of the input data respecting its completeness (prior to the run)
continued
saving of the project data (because of using improved data base concept)
stack
height determintation according to the guideline TA Luft 2.4.3
3D-graphics
(stacks, buildings, terrain)
import
of the data types SHP, LUC, DXF, DLG, BMP
export
of the data types BMP, EMF, SHP
direct
processing of shape files with compatibility to ArcGIS and ArcView
tables
and graphics of the met data
variable
filter functions for the time series data
superposition
of background conentrations
layer
modell for sources, grids and results
report
ready presentation of the results
concentration
maps as color coded cells and contours with transparent layout on underlying
maps and plans
posting
of numerical cell values
plots
of the time series of concentrations
print-ready
reports with layout
ZIP-saving
of project data for safety and exchange
compatibility
with all common Microsoft-Windows versions 98/NT4/ME/2000/XP
free
updates for 1 year
technical
hotline by experienced experts
discount
for AUSTAL Met (met time series based on the net of the Meteomedia AG)
attractive
introductory offer
free
licences for the federal environmental agencies
AUSTAL
View is far more than an user interface - it is an autarc software system for
beginners as well as for experts - it operates according to ergonomical rules
and can be controlled intuitively. The development is based on the know how of
IT experts and the year long experience of air pollution meteorologists from
their practical work. Thus the result is convincing.
Hardware:
PC , WINDOWS 98/NT4/ME/2000/XP
Program
development: Lakes Environmental Software & ArguSoft
Price:
see Web Site www.argusoft.de
Contact:
ArguSoft GmbH & Co KG, Feyermühler Str. 12, D-53894
Mechernich,
Tel+Fax
+49 0700-argusoft (0700 2748 7638), eMail: info@argusoft.de
DIDGER (Program to digitalize presentations with the help of graphical tablets)
The program DIDGER supports the digitalization of presentations with the help of graphical tablets as points, lines and areas. The coordinate system can be chosen without any limitations. Distances are adjustable in many units. Points can be chosen between 3 and 100. Export filters for *.dat, *.bln, *.bna, *.dxf, *.wmf, *.bmp are available.The DIDGER data is directly processed with SURFER .
Hardware: PC , Windows 95 or NT 3.51+, 8 MB RAM, 5 MB Harddisk, Digitizing Tablet, 32-bit WinTab tablet driver
Program Development: Golden Software
Price: 119 $ + delivery
Contact: Golden Software. Inc., 809 14th St.,Golden, CO 80401-1866 USA,
Tel.: 800-972-1021 or 303 279-1021, Fax: 303-279-0909,
Email:
info@goldensoftware.com Web
page: www.goldensoftware.com
DIGILINE (Program to digitalize from scanned maps (Bitmaps))
Hardware: PC , Windows
Program Development: Dr. Flassak, Ingenieurbüro Lohmeyer GmbH & Co. KG
Price: ?
Contact: Ingenieurbüro Lohmeyer GmbH & Co. KG, An der Roßweid 3, D-76229 Karlsruhe, Tel. (+)49(0)721 616421, Fax: (+)49(0)721 621688, email: info.ka@lohmeyer.de
ENERGMOD (Energy Balance Model for Urban Areas)
Simple energy balance model to calculate energy conversion at surfaces of urban areas based on Excel.
Hardware: PC, Windows and Excel
Program Development: Prof. Dr. E. Parlow
Price: No charges
Contact: Prof. Dr. Eberhard Parlow, Institut fuer
Geographie, Universitaet Basel, Spalenring 145, CH-4055 Basel
Tel.: +41(0)61 272 6480, Fax: +41(0)61 272 6923, email: parlow@ubaclu.unibas.ch
as download (Excel-Datei, 24 KB )
GRASS (Freeware GIS)
GRASS is a raster-based GIS, vector GIS, image processing system, graphics production system, data management system, and spatial modelling system.
Info: http://www.baylor.edu/~grass/
IDRISI (Inexpensive GIS-Program)
IDRISI is a comfortable Geographical Information System (GIS), which is cheap, but has similar features as much more expensive programs.
IDRISI is a GIS and image processing programm under Windows (also available under DOS). The program has the latest geographical analysis tools and environmental modelling features. IDRISI is due to the low price widely spread all over the world. The program consists of 150 analytical modules and can be used for many different tasks.
Since the middle of 1997 there is a german interface for the PC available. The contact for Germany to get IDRISI is located in Salzburg (IDRISI Resource Center Salzburg, Mag, Eric. J. Lorup, Hellbrunner Str. 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Tel.: +43(0)662 8044 5235, Fax: +43(0)662 8044 525, Email: idrisi@geo.sbg.ac.at , Homepage: http://www.sbg.ac.at/geo/idrisi/irchome.htm )
Hardware: PC, Windows
Program Development:
Price: Commercial $ 990; administration $ 695; university $ 495; student $ 248; pupil $ 100; + delivery ca. $ 50
Contact: The IDRISI Projekt, Clark Labs for Cartographic Technology and Geographic Analysis, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, 01610-1477, USA; Tel.: +1(508)793-7526, Fax: +1(508)793 8842, Email: idrisi@clarku.edu, Homepage: http://www.idrisi.clarku.edu
ISY-RAUM (Information System for spatial data)
ISY-Raum is an information system to present spatial data. ISY-Raum is ideally suitable to make data accessable on CD-ROM for a large number of users. The user doesn`t need any additional software (GIS, etc.). If you own a GIS ISY-Raum is a cheap possibilty to present many kinds of results of your work.
ISY-Raum is easy to use even if you are no GIS expert. ISY-Raum presents many kinds of maps interactively :
ISY- Raum calculates and presents maps:
An interface to ARC-View is in preparation.
Hardware: PC , WINDOWS 3.11, WINDOWS 95 and WINDOWS NT.
Program Development: Dr. Flassak, Ingenieurbüro Lohmeyer GmbH & Co. KG
Price: ?
Contact: Ingenieurbüro Lohmeyer GmbH & Co. KG, An der Roßweid 3, D-76229 Karlsruhe, Tel. (+)49(0)721 616421, Fax: (+)49(0)721 621688, email: info.ka@lohmeyer.de
ISY-MESSTELLE (Management of descriptions of measuring points and concentrations)
ISY-Meßstelle is a data base application software to
manage descriptions of measuring points,
concentration indicators and meteorological parameters. ISY-Meßstelle is able to manage
the following data for measuring points:
Descriptions of measuring points according to appendix E 1, 4. BImSchVw
Annual averages and 98%-percentiles for the pollutants SO2, NO, NO2, CO, O3, CmHn,C6H6, smoke...
Meteorological parameters (annual averages of wind speed, air temperature, amount of precipitation)
Pictures of the measuring points
ISY-Meßstelle allows user easy working with the mouse. The data can be filtered after measuring point, loaction, position, environment, level, etc.
ISY-Meßstelle offers the possibility to enter logical connections to examine the database (e.g. listing of all measuring points with a NO2-concentration for a specific year higher than the entered value and the measuring points correspond thecase I after Anlage B, 4. BImSchVwV ).
Hardware: PC , WINDOWS 3.11, WINDOWS 95 and WINDOWS NT.
Program Development: Dr. Flassak, Ingenieurbüro Lohmeyer GmbH & Co. KG
Price: ?
Contact: Ingenieurbüro Lohmeyer GmbH & Co. KG, An der Roßweid 3, D-76229 Karlsruhe, Tel. (+)49(0)721 616421, Fax: (+)49(0)721 621688, email: info.ka@lohmeyer.de
MIMMIKRI (Calculation of immission grids and two-dimensional resolution derived from routine measurements)
MIMMIKRI allows the calculation of immission grids based on routine point measurements of immissions and meteorological data. The basic mathematical method is not a dispersion calculation, it is an interpolation with the help of overlapped immission concentration data and wind direction as well as position data of measuring points. Immission cadasters are calculated as events which surpass resolution and covering of all previous available cadasters with their quality. The calculated cadasters can be presented graphically (black/white and coloured). The maximum of the resolution depends on the distribution and density of the considered stations. The program has a built-in function that is able to calculate the maximum resolution.
Hardware: PC
Program Development: Dr. W. Vautz (Dissertation am Meteorologischen Institut der Universität Mainz)
Literature: ?
Price: ?
Contact: Wolfgang Vautz (ISAS Dortmund), e-mail: W.Vautz@isas.dortmund.de
ODOR View (the graphic user interface for odor dispersion models)
ODOR View can be applied where the use of the models listed in the GIRL (guideline for odor dispersion and impact) is impossible or only restricted, e.g. for:
· odor emissions variable in time · low level sources · receptors near the source · complex terrain · building effects (externally calculated wind fields)
· modelling of the dispersion of odorous substances based on the program AUSTAL2000 with freely selectable peak-to-mean-factor and threshold value
· The official and mandatory program "AUSTAL-G" which is expected for early 2004 will be implemented within a program update for no extra cost, as soon as it becomes available.
· ODOR View as a deviator of AUSTAL View is similar performant and can be used efficiently after a short training.
· Free updates within the 1st year
· Technical hotline by experienced experts
· Discount for AUSTAL View users
Hardware: PC , WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP
Program development: Lakes Environmental Software & ArguSoft
Price: see Web Site www.argusoft.de
Contact: ArguSoft GmbH & Co KG, Feyermühler Str. 12, D-53894 Mechernich, Tel+Fax +49 0700-argusoft (0700 2748 7638), eMail: info@argusoft.de
PMV (Calculation of thermal sensitivity according to Fanger)
Information and contact: http://atmos.es.mq.edu.au/~rdedear/pmv/
The current version of the program developed by the Institut für Geographie of the University of Hamburg for digital cartography is version 4.1 under MS DOS. At the moment it is tried to integrate the program into Windows NT. Based on the plane-principle the program has a large variety of functions in the area of development and output of maps. The decisive advantage of POLYPLOT is the immense flexibility of the program. Besides the extensive possibilities to define colours and symbols the program must be honored for fast data processing. Several additional symbol directories are available.
Hardware: PC
Program Development: Jörn Hauser, Dr. Joachim Krebs, Institut für Geographie der Universität Hamburg, Homepage: http://www.geowiss.uni-hamburg.de/home/hauser/polyplot.htm
Literature: ?
Price: 2000DM
Contact: Terraplan GbR, Gewerbestraße 33, 79227 Schallstadt, Tel: +49(0)7664 7056, Fax: +49(0)7664 7076, Homepage: http://www.terraplan.com
The Geographical Information System SPANS (SPatial ANalysis System) of the company TYDAC Research Inc. based in Canada was written in 1986 as a PC-based GIS. SPANS is built modular and is available on the one hand as complete system or on the other hand as combination of modules. In every case the user gets an integrated system with all functions combined in a uniform menu surface. Besides the basic module there are single modules especially for terrain analysis, point interpolation, modelling and cartographical output available. The special capabilities of the system are aside from the data model deduced resulting analysis potential (e.g. area statistics, three-dimensional presentation, diffusion, cell modelling, network analysis, gravitation models) particularily the integration of data of different origins and different formats. Despite clear stress on grid data processing SPANS is regarded as a hybrid GIS, which is able to process grid data as well as vector data. The main part of the analysis functions is located in the grid basis. SPANS is using here the Quadtree-data structure as a special grid data structure. In version 6 the data base connection to Microsoft Access is possible.
Hardware: PC, Workstation,
Sofware: Windows 95, NT, OS/2, UNIX
Program Development: TYDAC Research Inc., Kanada, Homepage: http://www.tydac.com/
Literature: ?
Price: ?
Contact: Terraplan GbR, Gewerbestraße 33, 79227 Schallstadt, Tel: +49(0)7664 7056, Fax: +49(0)7664 7076, Homepage: http://www.terraplan.com
Additional to the presentation of sun diagrams in regard with planes of any slope and exposition SunPath offers the following possiblities:
Hardware: PC,
Software: Windows 95, NT
Program Development: M. Skiba
Price: 100.- DM
Contact: Dr. Martin Skiba, Shell Solar Deutschland Vertrieb GmbH,
Überseering 35, 22297 Hamburg, Tel: 040-6324-6806
Fax: 040-6324-5248, Email: Martin.M.Skiba@OPE.shell.com
SURFER (Inexpensive program to present two-dimensional grid data)
The program SURFER allows the processing of grid data to present maps as isolines, entering of grid points derived from symbols, almost picture-like looking presentations, reliefs with shade (adjustable) and coloured 3-D-presentations. A part of the program allows the calculation of grid data derived from irregular distributed single data with several iteration programs. Cutting, compressing or diluting of grid data is possible as well as the calculation of two different grid data records. The features of this program are compared to the price great.
Hardware: PC , Windows 95 or NT 3.51+, 8 MB RAM+, 5 MB Harddisk , (for 32-bit-version)
Program Development: Golden Software
Price: 499 $ + 60 $ delivery
Contact: Golden Software. Inc., 809 14th St.,Golden, CO
80401-1866 USA,
Tel.: 800-972-1021 or 303 279-1021, Fax: 303-279-0909, Email: info@golden.com,Homepage: http://www.golden.com/golden/
TOWNSCOPE II (Program for the estimation of solar radiation and thermal comfort)
Thermal comfort, critical wind incomfort risk and perceptive qualities
of urban open spaces can be assessed very quickly via
TOWNSCOPE. Additionally, the software provides an integrated multi-criterion decision
module so that it is possible to rank various
alternative proposals.
Specific functions were developed to facilitate the data acquisition and handling :
Data import and export facilities for exchange with commercial software (DXF
format)
User-friendly graphical interface for 3D information encoding and manipulation
Triangulation algorithms for ground and other irregular surfaces easy modelling;
User-defined entities to personalize the urban database structure
Spatial and alpha-numerical query interface
Solar radiation and thermal comfort
Systems requirements and software availability
Operating system : Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 95
Processor : Pentium 200, Pentium Pro 233 or greater recommended
Disk Space : 15MB minimum
Memory requirements : 32MB RAM minimum, 64MB recommended
Display requirements : resolution 800x600 or greater color palette 64K colors (16bits)
minimum
http://www.lema.ulg.ac.be/TOWNSCOPE/townscope.html
Do you offer software or do you know software not
mentioned above or software that should be up-dated, please send me your papers (as text
file):
PD Dr. Andreas Matzarakis Universität Freiburg,
Meteorologisches Institut, Hebelstr. 27, 79085 Freiburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)761/ 203 6921; Fax: +49 (0)761/ 203 6922; email: andreas.matzarakis@meteo.uni-freiburg.de