IDL 8.0
IDL 8.0 is the latest release of scientific programming language used to easily create high-quality, meaningful visualizations out of complex numerical data. The product 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. It introduces significant improvements to make it even easier to analyze and visualize data, including a powerful graphics system, an enhanced and expanded programming language and a streamlined development environment. Its graphics system allows users to 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.