freeware - downloads
Most
programs are self-extracting .exe files
some
programs offer extra features in shareware versions
always
open a separate window and save to your computer
Please email to thank the authors
PDA
freewareGaia (3.5Megs) GaiaCADSetup.exe
Free beta version of an excellent Geographical Information Systems (GIS simulation) program, add countries, rivers
to a 3D globe then convert the globe instantly to most of the common map projections
Seismic Waves
by Alan
Jones (3.39Mb)
earth quake simulation
program
view the world in 2D
or 3D and
watch the interaction
of the various types of earth quake waves
as they reflect , refract
and map the interior of the earth
Erupt
by Ken Wohletz
volcano simulation program from the U.S.A.
Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico U.S.A.
demonstrates all the
major types of volcanoes simple to complex eruptionscomplete with
sounds
32 bit version Win (3.47Mb)
Dana
by Mike Mueller
hard
coded mineral identification program
excellent form basic
mineral identification
32 bit Win (208Kb)
Home Planet
full version for
Win
XP, NT(6.78Megs) by John Walker
view day/night/moon over earth from your location in real
time, positions of planets and stars at your location, satellite
tracking...
Home
Planet Lite for Win 3.1, 95,98
by John Walker
from http://www.fourmilab.ch/
view day/night/moon over earth from your location in real
time, positions of planets and stars at your location, satellite
tracking...
Crater
Screen Saver
from http://www.fourmilab.ch/
unzip
then copy to your windows/system folder
go
to Start - Settings - Display - Screen Saver and choose "crater"
realistic
simulation of crater impacts
Graph
by Dr. Philippe Marquis (1.05Mb)
from Metz France
make your own graph
paper program
very easy to use
LView
Pro by Leonardo H. Loureiro (538Kb)
image viewer and
image processing program
great for
false colour
and adding text to images
can be used to make
simple slide show presentations
stable on a wide range
of systems
Irfan
View 3.85 by Irfan Skiljan of Croatia (501kb)
a superior image
viewer additional
plugins
for this program from
Bosnia, this
image viewer can also be used for
image
processing in false colour
can be used to make
simple slide show presentations
views animated .GIF's
and gives thumbnails, views movies and play sound
Mountain
Terrain 3.0 by A.C. Barentyne (81Kb)
simple landscape
generator program - no data input
creates random landscapes
contains all the code
you need to get started on your own program
3D
Field by Vladimir Galouchko (603Kb)
from Moscow, Russia
landscape generator permits coordinate input
you can modify the existing
data file to create
your own limited landscapes
just keep each with the
same name in different folders
or you can create multiple
data files
with a shareware version
does tend to freeze up
if you attempt commands
in an unconventional
order
STSORBIT
PLUS by Davids H. Ransom Jr.
from Sedona,
Arizona U.S.A.
tracks satellites in
3D world view in real time (4 files)
you can view the satellites
as they pass over your own town!
it has been around for
a long time
but this MS-DOS program
is still better than
many expensive commercial
programs - some of the satellites , like the MIR space station are no
longer there but the visualisation is still worth while
Part 2 (357Kb)
Mir -add on (136 bytes)
International Space Station -add on (143 bytes)
Capture
1.4.7 (179Kb)by
Nestegg Software
a screen capture
utility
if you see it on the
screen you can save it as a .BMP image file
and
you can convert it to
standard .JPG or .GIF
internet images using
LView Pro or Infan View
WebCopier
(1.48Mb)by Maxim Klimov
make a copy of
an entire website on your hard drive for later use
freeware but does contain
some advertising for its use
Spicae95
(804Kb)by Laurent Saint Marcel
and Guillaume Richard
from L'Ecole Nationale
Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France
astronomical sky charts,
planetary views, 3D Jupiter and much more
you can print the sky
maps for both Southern and Northern Hemispheres
Convert
(453K) by
Joshua F. Madison jmadison@dti.net
converts a huge range of quantities mass, area, force ...
in an excellent tab file folder format
Mino
3D Computer Aided Drawing freeware (919Kb)
for drawing three
dimensional objects by Laurent Bouvhard in France
CadSTD Lite 2D Computer Aided Drawing Freeware(1.19Mb)
apperson@cadstd.com
World
Time (4.37 Mb .exe file) Ver. 5.5.2.748
by Pawprint.net
Keeps
track of 10 simultaneous locations, map, many features
learn
all about time zones and Universal Time.
One
of the most useful features is a stop watch
to
keep track of your online elapsed time
or
charge out time on multiple accounts
Explorer Weight/32 ver1.00 (.exe file 516K)
You to determine your
relative weight on other planets in the solar system.
You also get to find
out a little more about the planet,
such as what you might
expect to see if you went there.
Even better, this latest
version actually shows you the planets!
Geo2Gridby
Peter Walker walkz@zip.com.au
converts latitude and longitude to grid coordinates
Satbuster 1.5 - an excellent Windows -based satellite tracking program
sorry no longer directly available from this site
The version 1.5 is available direct from the author at:
http://www.satbuster.com
Rockcycle(167K)-
by Wallop Ware - the Hamstead School
an interactive
way to learn about the rockcycle -three levels novice to expert
React(167K)-
by Wallop Ware - the Hampstead School
works out
your reaction time for various stimuli (sound, sight, thinking)
JupSat95
ver1.14 (753k)
Jupiter's
Moons
gives realtime animation of the position of
Jupiter's four moons
Glayers(156k)
A
neat interactiive program that gets you to name the layers of the earth
and the atmosphere
2nd place in the 1997 ThinkQuest
WinPlot(447k)
- a freeware graph making program, plots lots of kinds of graphs, even
several at a time
Carbon
14 Dating Calculator
(interactive javascript)by Mark Gregory
GeoField
- 7.48Meg computer based geological mapping system
(self-extracting
files geofield.exe)
using Microsoft Access database files suitable for
use with handheld computing devices from the Yukon Geological Survey in
Canada a manual is included http://www.geology.gov.yk.ca
Wiz
- a windows based program
to zip and unzip files
Offsite
freeware - download from external sites
SeisMac
by
Daniel T. Griscom is
a Mac OS X Cocoa application that makes your MacBook or MacBook Pro
into a seismograph. It will access your laptop's Sudden Motion Sensor
in order to display real-time, three-axis acceleration graphs.The
resizable, real-time scrolling display shows an enormous amount of
acceleration information. Place your laptop on a table and see the
seismic waves from tapping your toe on the floor. Lay your laptop on
your chest and see your heartbeat. And of course, if there is a real
earthquake, SeisMac will be displaying full seismic information while
you drop, cover and hold-on. http://www.suitable.com/tools/seismac.html