Introduction

PicToData is a program that allows a user to extract data from published graphs. To accomplish this, the user simply loads an image and then selects the axes and data points. The program exports the selected data as a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file. A CSV file is easily opened in data spreadsheet applications such as EXCEL. Although this software was designed to be used as part of Pulse_XP, it is very flexible and has many potential uses.

 

System Requirements

PicToData is a .NET applications which requires Windows2000 or WindowsXP. The disk and memory requirements are quite small (about 100K and 10K, respectively). However, any images you wish to use will require additional memory. To take full advantage of the scanning functionality of this program, a Windows Imaging Architecture (WIA) supported scanner or digital camera is required.

 

Downloads

PicToData installer (last modified 2004-July-06)

PicToData source (last modified 2004-Jun-30)

PicToData User's Guide (last modified 2006-Jun-26)

License

PicToData is made available under a GNU General Public License (GPL). This allows users to make changes to the software and distribute their modified software without cost with the provision that their users have the right to do the same. The Free Software Foundation has a collection of resources about the GPL which will help answer questions which may arise.

Support

We have furnished here a user's guide which supplies the user with some very basic instructions for utilizing PicToData. Further support for PicToData is provided on a time-available basis. Please try all other resources (including installing the latest software version) to resolve any issues before contacting the authors at mlj8e@virginia.edu.