ITT Visual Information Solutions has just announced the newest version of their popular IDL suite, IDL 8.0. The new version boasts several little changes like an improved UI and faster performance, but perhaps the biggest feature is the new dynamic graphics system that allows interactive manipulation of individual elements, saving both time nad effort.
“The goal behind IDL development has always been to provide a powerful, yet easy to use, programming environment that allows users to focus on the work at hand, and not on a complex, time-consuming programming tool to analyze data,” said Beau Legeer, director of product marketing for ITT Visual Information Solutions. “IDL 8.0 is focused on this goal more than ever, and makes it easier and faster for users of any experience level to interpret data, but now in a modern, streamlined environment that delivers powerful new programming and graphics functionality.”
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ITT announces IDL 8.0 for data visualization and analysis
Latest release of IDL, the company’s premier programming language, delivers significant improvements and new features to help professionals across industries interpret complex numerical data.
BOULDER, Colo. – September 30, 2010 – ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS), a subsidiary of ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT), and a developer of software products for data visualization and image analysis, announced the release of IDL 8.0, the latest release of its scientific programming language used to easily create high-quality, meaningful visualizations out of complex numerical data. IDL is used by scientists, researchers, engineers, and professionals across disciplines to create a range of data analysis and visualization solutions from small analysis programs to widely deployed software applications. IDL 8.0 introduces significant improvements to make it even easier to analyze and visualize data, including a powerful new graphics system, an enhanced and expanded programming language, and a streamlined development environment.
“The goal behind IDL development has always been to provide a powerful, yet easy to use, programming environment that allows users to focus on the work at hand, and not on a complex, time-consuming programming tool to analyze data,” said Beau Legeer, director of product marketing for ITT Visual Information Solutions. “IDL 8.0 is focused on this goal more than ever, and makes it easier and faster for users of any experience level to interpret data, but now in a modern, streamlined environment that delivers powerful new programming and graphics functionality.”
The most notable enhancement in IDL 8.0 is a dynamic new graphics system that allows users to more easily produce meaningful, presentation quality graphics, such as 2D and 3D plots, graphs and maps, from virtually any type of numerical data. The system is both interactive and dynamic, and provides the capability to quickly make on-the-fly adjustments to individual graphic elements, which saves significant time and effort. The new graphics system is powered by an improved language syntax that saves time and effort by requiring fewer lines of code to produce high quality graphics when compared with other popular programming languages. Additionally, the IDL workbench development environment is now easier to navigate and more intuitive. The streamlined environment makes it easy to access advanced, modern programming tools while creating on-the-fly visualizations, or feature-rich scientific applications to distribute commercially or to colleagues.
For more information about IDL 8.0, visit http://www.ittvis.com/IDL.
About ITT Visual Information Solutions
ITT Visual Information Solutions, a subsidiary of ITT Corporation, provides integrated software solutions that help scientists, engineers, researchers, and medical professionals turn complex data into useful information. The company’s 150,000 customers from more than 80 countries use IDL, ENVI and IAS to analyze data and imagery and deploy imaging applications. ITT Visual Information Solutions’ products are used in a variety of industries, including remote sensing, engineering, earth sciences, aerospace, defense and intelligence, medical imaging, oil and gas exploration and biotechnology. Combined with a host of support services including training, consulting and technical support, ITT Visual Information Solutions offers the most complete data visualization, image analysis and image delivery solutions available. For more information visit: http://www.ittvis.com/.
About ITT Corporation
ITT Corporation is a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company operating on all seven continents in three vital markets: water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. With a heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver extraordinary solutions that create more livable environments, provide protection and safety and connect our world. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company reported 2009 revenue of $10.9 billion. www.itt.com
