ETL 1110-1-175
30 Jun 97
Table 3-1
Geostatistical Software Characteristics
Characteristic
STATPAC
GEO-EAS
GSLIB
GMS2.0
Operating system
DOS
DOX/UNIX
Independent (requires
WINDOWS 95 UNIX
FORTRAN compiler)
Menu-driven
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Batch processing
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
User modifications
Yes, source code
No
Yes, source code
No
provided
provided
Data-set constraints
Yes, modifications
Yes
Yes, modification
Yes
possible via
possible via
source code
source code
ASCII output
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Univariate statisitcs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Additional exploratory
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
capabilities
Graphical support for
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
analysis
Transformation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Back-transformation
No
No
Yes
Yes
Variogram construction
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Variogram analysis
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Variogram graphics
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cross-validation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
operations
Ordinary kriging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Universal kriging
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Block kriging
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Indicator kriging
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Conditional simulation
Perhaps with batch
No
Yes
No
processing
Three-dimensional
Perhaps with batch
No
Yes
Yes
kriging
processing
Mapping
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Contouring
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Gray-scale maps
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Line printer
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
High-resolution screen
No
Yes
Yes via postscript
Yes
High-resolution printer
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Postscript
No
No
Yes
Yes
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