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From: agraps@netcom.com (Amara Graps)
Subject: Re: Opinions on IDL sought
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pvargas@lauca.usach.cl (Patricio Vargas) writes:

>Amara Graps (agraps@netcom.com) wrote:

>: over the years have contributed a lot of routines to various archives
>: all over the world (the two at John Hopkins and at Goddard are
>: especially good).  The language, for the most part is "open", i.e. you

>  Hi... what are the ftp address of the servers at John Hopkins and 
>Goddard ?... And I'm interested in another FTP servers where I can find 
>new functions and procedures for IDL... Thanks in advance...

>Gonzalo Rojas
>Department of Physics
>University of Santiago-Chile


I compiled the following list from the IDL FAQ, avail from the below
John Hopkins anonymous ftp site.  I hope this is useful.

Amara

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IDL binaries and code are available at these anonymous ftp sites:


        gateway.rsinc.com (192.5.156.17)
            pub/idl
        boulder.colorado.edu (128.138.240.1)
            pub/idl
        ftp.Germany.EU.net (192.76.144.75)
            shop/CreaSo/IDL
 

The README file describes which files are needed, how to
unpack them, and how to install them. 

If you install IDL without a valid license, you will get IDL's
7 minute demo mode. This mode is designed for users who are
considering buying the package. 

The anonymous ftp sites below contain public domain IDL code. 

    JHU/APL/S1R IDL library
    fermi.jhuapl.edu [128.244.147.18]
        /pub/idl
  
    NASA IDL Astronomy User's Library
    (VAX) uit.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.57.27]
    Username: idluser
    Password: (Contact landsman@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov for password)
    (Unix) idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.57.82]
        /
  
    IUE RDAF library
    iuesn1.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.57.16]
    cetus.colorado.edu [128.138.238.151]
        /pub
  
    ICUR Spectral Analysis Software
    ftp.astro.psu.edu [128.118.147.28]
        /pub/nefftp/icur
  
    IDL ROSAT software
    legacy.gsfc.nasa.gov  [128.183.8.233]
        rosat/software/idl

    IDLmeteo library
    ftp.sma.ch (141.249.3.33)
        /pub/idlmeteo

    ESRG library
    eos.crseo.ucsb.edu [128.111.228.1]
        /pub/idl

RSI has WWW pages on IDL in general:

   http://sslab.colorado.edu:2222/projects/IDL/idl_ssl_home.html

Wayne Landsman's IDL Astronomy Library World Wide Web home page:

   http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/homepage.html 

The JHU/APL/S1R IDL library WWW page:

   ftp://fermi.jhuapl.edu/www/s1r/idl/idl.html 

Hal Mueller has put together a Digital U.S. Map browser based on images
created by Ray Sterner at Johns Hopkins University using IDL:

   http://www.zilker.net/~hal/apl-us// 

E. Loren Buhle, Jr. Ph.D. made a page on AVS IN MEDICAL TREATMENT
PLANNING which also discusses IDL:

   http://archive.xrt.upenn.edu/0h/buhle/manuscripts/avs94_paper.html







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