In article <1991Oct8.064744.1 at cc.utah.edu> eyring at cc.utah.edu writes:
>We have some data plots that are only available to us in hardcopy.
>We need to be able to get the raw values of the data into numerical
>format so we can integrate the data into our flight simulator.
>Does anyone know of any software that might help with the digitization
>process?
I just came across the following on comp.sys.mac.digest:
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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 91 14:04:44 MET
From: Kees Huyser <keeshu at nikhefk.nikhef.nl>
Subject: [*] dataThief v1.0.6
DataThief v1.0.6 is an application to read data from a (scanned)
graph. It reads both PICT and Paint files and converts the lines
on an X-Y graph back in the numbers that originally made the
graph. It has both an auto-trace and a manual mode.
It's system 7 compatible PostCardware.
--kees
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