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BugWare, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida. BugWare maintains an extensive library of paleontological software to collect, store, graph, convert, etc. paleontological data. All software is designed for Windows 95/98/NT.

Felsenstein lab, Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle: Phylogeny Programs. The listed phylogeny software programs include both free and non-free ones. Index of packages arranged by methods available, computer systems on which they work, cross-referenced by method and by computer system, etc.

Øyvind Hammer, Paleontological Museum, University of Oslo: PAST. PAST is a free, easy-to-use data analysis package aimed at paleontology. Inspired by PALSTAT, it includes common statistical, plotting and modelling functions, e.g. a spreadsheet-type data entry form, graph, scatter, histogram, ternary and survivorship plots, etc.

Øyvind Hammer, Paleontological Museum, University of Oslo: Computational Paleontology. This page is devoted to the use of mathematical models, simulation, computer graphics and computers in general in paleontology.

Matthew Kosnik, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago: Paleobiology source code and software archive. This site is a repository for source code and compiled programs of interest to paleobiologists. The software and source code posted here is intended to be "open sourc".

W. Maddison and D. Maddison, University of Arizona: Mesquite. A modular system for evolutionary analysis. To analyze data for evolutionary patterns, biologists are relying increasingly on specialized software. Mesquite, a Java-based software, allow many programmers to contribute building blocks to a common system with platform independence.

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, WDC for Paleoclimatology: Free Software. The World Data Center for Paleoclimatology in Boulder distributes several software packages for use on an As-Is basis.

! Paleotax Verlag Dresden, Germany: PaleoTax. PaleoTax is a universal database program and excellent tool for taxonomists in biology and paleontology. Free of charge.

R. Petschick, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Assorted Macintosh software and some more links relevant for geoscientists.

F. James Rohlf, Department of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY: Morphometrics at Stony Brook. Server contains news and files related to the field of geometric morphometrics. See also: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/rohlf/software.html

Evgeny Stambulchik, WIS Plasma Laboratory: Grace. Grace is a WYSIWYG 2D plotting tool for the X Window System and M*tif. Grace runs on practically any version of Unix. As well, it has been successfully ported to VMS, OS/2 and Win9*/NT.

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Marco Bleeker, EcoCam.com, The Netherlands: Checklist of Software for Field Biologists. A linklist for different biology software categories, including phylogeny, evolution and plants.

Mauro J. Cavalcanti, Rio de Janeiro: Digital Taxonomy. This is an attempt to present a wide-ranging resource of information for software and biodiversity data management in the WWW.

Institut Méditerranéen d´Ecologie et de Paléoécologie, Marseille. PSIMPOLL and GPALWIN free to download! This programs runs only on Windows 95/98 or NT4.

Joe Felsenstein, Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington: Phylogeny Programs. List of packages arranged by methods available, cross-referenced by method and by computer systems. The programs listed here include both free and non-free ones.

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, National Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, Colorado: Free Software. The NOAA/Paleoclimatology Program distributes several software packages for use on an As-Is basis.

SPSS Inc.: Today, more than 250,000 organizations use SPSS, a software for desktop analysis, to create and distribute information for better decision making. Fully functional demos of SIGMAPLOT and DELTAGRAPH are available.

Stefan Steinhaus, University of Frankfurt: The Scientific Web. Scientific Web presents an index of scientific programs in chemistry, mathematics, statistics, optimization, data acquisitions and others including detailed product information, addresses of producers and distributors, product announcements, links to other Internet addresses, usergroups, etc.

Quaternary Geology, Uppsala University: Software, psimpoll and pscomb programs for plotting and analysis. This page provides access to an ftp site with programs relevant for acquiring, plotting, and analysing palaeoecological data, including (but not only) pollen data.

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Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium: Mineralogy Software. Annotated index to some mineralogy, gemmology and crystallography software and database.

ATHENA, University of Geneva: Shareware related to science. Briefly annotated list.

Boyan Brodaric, Geological Survey of Canada: FieldLog 3.0. A computer based field mapping tool.

Earth Science Australia. Go to: Earth Science Freeware. Also available via . u!

Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas, Austin: Geoscience and Engineering Software. A collection of software related to various Geoscience and Engineering fields. Access to Computer Oriented Geological Society, Cornell University, Geology Department, GSLIB, Int. Association of Math. Geologists, U.S. Department of Energy codes, U.S. Geological Survey codes.

S. Baum, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University: Software for Graphics and Data Analysis.

Bob´s Rock Shop: Software for Rockhounds. Web page provides a mineral database and identification software and compression software.

Arthur B. Busbey, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas: Macintosh Geological Software. Index in alphabetical order of the product name.

John C. Butler, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston: Another Node On the interNet, (ANON). Geoscience Software Resources on the Web.

Virtual Library (from Calgary): Earth Sciences Resources: Software. Uncommented Meta-Index.

Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Resources: Geological Software. Software programs which relate to specific geological applications are available, as are the web links from which the software can be downloaded if required.

Technical University of Clausthal, Institute of Geology and Paleontology: "Workshop Geosoftware" at EISES.

COGS: The Computer Oriented Geological Society (COGS) acts as a clearinghouse for information about methodologies, software and datasets and conveys information of interest to all geological disciplines, via FTP file server or mail-order distribution of software.

dmoz open directory project: Science: Software.

earthnet online. Service provided by the European Space Agency - ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. After registration procedure various accesses, e.g. to the SOFTWARE GALLERY to download software for reading satellite products or to check satellite routing, or to images.

EJGE Magazine, World Wide Web of Geotechnical Engineers: Geotechnical Software Resources on the Net.

Earth Science Australia. Go to: Earth Science Freeware. Also available via . u!

Anthony Gary and Robert Ehrlich, Center for Industrial Imaging, Energy and Geoscience Institute, University of Utah: Technical Alliance for Computational Stratigraphy (TACS). TACS is developing a biostratigraphic workstation capability by building on existing applications and technologies, and through new technology development.

geo&soft international. Software for rock mechanics, soil mechanics, hydrogeology, geophysics, geology.

The Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Software Directory. A directory of geotechnical software, engineering geology software, hydrogeology software, geoenvironmental software, data analysis software and data visualisation software. Excellent!

GeoWeb Services Inc., Houston: GeoWeb Service Interactive. The goal of the site is to provide the best possible internet resource for serving the needs of all companies and professionals. See: Search Software, or Java Resources.

Geochemical Institute Göttingen: Useful binaries. Simple calculation programs, e.g. petmixxl.zip, petmixex.zip, xchange.zip, cipwcalc.zip, molm.zip, afc.traces.zip, afc.isotopes.zip, and databases like isofrac.zip, a compilation of oxygen and hydrogen isotope fractionation factors, or a global database of available oxygen (n=2855!) and corresponding radiogenic isotope data found in the literature.

Rod Holcombe, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland: Mapping/GIS Software Development Group. This site contains Windows-based geological field database, mapping, and GIS (Mapinfo) software, and structural geology software (stereographic projections/rose diagrams).

Infomine, Softwaremine: Internet Resources. The SoftwareMine directory contains comprehensive information about all facets of software for geology, mining, and environmental computer applications.

Matthew Kosnik, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago: Paleobiology source code and software archive. This site is a repository for source code and compiled programs of interest to paleobiologists. The software and source code posted here is intended to be "open sourc".

Institut Méditerranéen d´Ecologie et de Paléoécologie, Marseille. PSIMPOLL and GPALWIN free to download! This programs runs only on Windows 95/98 or NT4.

University of Michigan, Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory & The Microbeam Analysis Society: Microscopy & Micoanalysis Software Library. (ftp).

MinServ (Geoscience Software), Wantirna, Australia.

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, National Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, Colorado: Free Software. The NOAA/Paleoclimatology Program distributes several software packages for use on an As-Is basis.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA), Paleoclimatology Program: Free Software, especially for palynology, tree-ring research and palaeoclimatology.

Oil Survey: Geo-software, engineering resources.

Yvan Pannatier, University of Lausanne (Switzerland): Geostatistical Software for the PC. This site presents Microsoft Windows and DOS software which have been found useful for teaching spatial data analysis and geostatistic.

Price Watch: Street Price Search Engine. PriceWatch provides street prices for computers, CPUs, memory, storage, multimedia, input devices, output devices, accessories, connectibity products, software and various electronic products. As a kind of "robotic" service, it scans merchant prices and posts prices.

RockWare. Geology software for civil engineering, education, environmental applications, hydrology, mining, petroleum, and structural geology. Free downloads and utilities!

The Soft Earth: Part 2 - Software and Software Sites. One of the most comprehensive indexes of annotated Geoscience Software. The Soft Earth is mirrored weekly at Mikael Niklasson´s page in Sweden.

Tim Spink, The Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Software Directory: Useful World Wide Web links. This page contains links to WWW software sites, directories of software and/or links to other sites. u!

SPSS Inc.: Today, more than 250,000 organizations use SPSS, a software for desktop analysis, to create and distribute information for better decision making. Fully functional demos of SIGMAPLOT and DELTAGRAPH are available.

Evgeny Stambulchik, WIS Plasma Laboratory: Grace. Grace is a WYSIWYG 2D plotting tool for the X Window System and M*tif. Grace runs on practically any version of Unix. As well, it has been successfully ported to VMS, OS/2 and Win9*/NT.

TexaSoft: Winks. Winks makes statistical data analysis understandable and easy to perform. Available for Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and NT.

M. Walters, Truro, Cornwall, UK: Stereographic Projections. This is a Windows 95 (32 bit) Multi Document Interface (MDI) application, capable of holding 24,000 data points in upto 20 specifically designed data sheets. Demo version available.

Dave Waters, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford: Geological Software. An annotated bookmark list.

Pierre A. Zippi, Garland, Texas: PAZ Software. Geology, biostratigraphy, earth science software, scientific software for Macintosh computers (with costs).