Plotting Software

[n2ize]

What plotiing, i.e data/function curve plotting software do y'all use under Linux. I've been using Gnuplot with relatively good results. It's easilly scripted and seems relatively easy to integrate into most of my analytical routines. Anyone else using Gnuplot or have you found something better ?

[dj1yfk]

I also use gnuplot to generate all kind of graphs. I don't think there is anything that comes even close to it, in flexibility, ease of use, feature richness etc.

Always makes me chuckle when I see people using Excel or other spreadsheet bloatware to make simple (and often very ugly) plots.

Edit: Some examples:

QSO- and Callsign-Statistics, generated live from my log:
http://dl0tud.tu-dresden.de/~dj1yfk/logstat.png
http://dl0tud.tu-dresden.de/~dj1yfk/logstat2.png

WPX CW contest: My own QSO nr versus those numbers I received:
http://dl0tud.tu-dresden.de/~dj1yfk/wpx.html

CQWW-CW: CQ-Zones vs. Time
http://dl0tud.tu-dresden.de/~dj1yfk/cqww-zones.png

Needless to say, it takes less than 5 minutes to generate such graphs from a cabrillo log, with a little awk or Perl. Now try to do that in Excel!

[n2ize]

Nice work. That's what I like about Gnuplot. It seems simple, it's not bloated, it's fast, and it does decent work whether used interactively, as part of a script or an app. It also has the "splot" function to do 3D renderings of graphs which can be rotated and manipulated in real time on screen and/or printed.

[K8ERV]

Will Gnuplot work with Windows? If so, where do I get it. Or anyone know of a good free win pgm.

Tom K8ERV Montrose Co.

[dj1yfk]

Sure. http://www.gnuplot.info/download.html