Companion Software

The following are software packages that CAMRIS is specifically designed to work with and that we recommend:

IDRISI

IDRISI is a widely used PC based image processing and analysis package. CAMRIS reads and writes raster and vector files in IDRISI format. It is quite simple to digitize a theme in CAMRIS, either rasterize the files within CAMRIS or export the vectors in IDRISI format, and load them into IDRISI. Images created or modified in IDRISI can be read into CAMRIS, colored, rubber sheeted to match vector data, and displayed and printed with corresponding vector data in CAMRIS.

For more information about IDRISI, consult the IDRISI Home Page

Image Alchemy

Image Alchemy is a very powerful image format translation program. CAMRIS writes image files, either raw screen dumps or formatted maps of any size, into a format that can be read by image alchemy. These images can then be translated into a very large number of different image formats such as .pcx, .tif, .gif, pict, jpeg, etc. Image Alchemy also has drivers for a large number of color printers, including oversize devices as well as letter size devices.

For more information about Image Alchemy, consult the Handmade Software Inc. Home Page

dLOG

dLOG is a data logging and GPS integration program. dLOG reads directly from any of a number of relatively inexpensive GPS units that output NMEA standard data through the serial port. dLOG plots your current position and trackline against a user defined (CAMRIS) map. It is optimized for high speed entry of transect data so that the user can simultaneously view the map at any desired scale, see the previous trackline and current position, see the positions of previous observations, vector the pilot or driver toward a particular landmark, and enter data at a speed comparable to one person speaking steadily. dLOG outputs simple ASCII files containing position fixes and time as well as user entered data such as species, number of animals, behavior, etc.

More information about dLOG