Hi guys,

Is there anyone here that's good with C++ and has a little bit of time
to add PostgreSQL support to a project?

There is a 4D visualisation program called Flounder:

http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/~vigmond/flounder/

And it does some pretty nifty stuff.  It takes in data sets (x, y, z,
time) and displays then graphically, saving them to image files if
needed, and also creating the time sequences as animations if needed.

Was looking at it from a "performance tuning tool" point of view.  i.e.
Testing PostgreSQL performance with a bunch of settings, then stuffing
the results into a database, and then using something like Flounder for
visualising it.

It seems pretty simple, and Flounder seems like it might be the right
kind of tool for doing things like this.  Was emailing with Edward
Vigmond, the author of it, and he seems to think it'd be pretty easy to
implement too.

Now, I'm not a C++ coder, and as short of time as anyone, so I was
wondering if there is anyone here who'd be interested in helping out here.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

-- 
"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
first group; there was less competition there."
- Indira Gandhi



Thu, 23 Jan 2003 04:49:17 +1030
Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
C++ coding assistance request for a visualisation tool
Have you tried IBM's OSS visualization package yet?  Sorry, I don't seem
to recall the name of the tool off the top of my head (Data Explorer??)
but it uses OpenGL (IIRC) and is said to be able to visualize just about
anything.  Anything is said to include simple data over time to complex
medical CT scans.


Greg


On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 12:19, Justin Clift wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Is there anyone here that's good with C++ and has a little bit of time
> to add PostgreSQL support to a project?
> 
> There is a 4D visualisation program called Flounder:
> 
> http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/~vigmond/flounder/
> 
> And it does some pretty nifty stuff.  It takes in data sets (x, y, z,
> time) and displays then graphically, saving them to image files if
> needed, and also creating the time sequences as animations if needed.
> 
> Was looking at it from a "performance tuning tool" point of view.  i.e.
> Testing PostgreSQL performance with a bunch of settings, then stuffing
> the results into a database, and then using something like Flounder for
> visualising it.
> 
> It seems pretty simple, and Flounder seems like it might be the right
> kind of tool for doing things like this.  Was emailing with Edward
> Vigmond, the author of it, and he seems to think it'd be pretty easy to
> implement too.
> 
> Now, I'm not a C++ coder, and as short of time as anyone, so I was
> wondering if there is anyone here who'd be interested in helping out here.
> 
> :-)
> 
> Regards and best wishes,
> 
> Justin Clift
-- 
Greg Copeland <greg@copelandconsulting.net>
Copeland Computer Consulting


22 Jan 2003 14:59:53 -0600
Greg Copeland <greg@CopelandConsulting.Net>
Re: [HACKERS] C++ coding assistance request for a visualisation
Greg Copeland wrote:
> Have you tried IBM's OSS visualization package yet?  Sorry, I don't seem
> to recall the name of the tool off the top of my head (Data Explorer??)
> but it uses OpenGL (IIRC) and is said to be able to visualize just about
> anything.  Anything is said to include simple data over time to complex
> medical CT scans.

Cool.

Just found it...  IBM "Open Visualization Data Explorer":

http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/

Going to check it out now.  The screenshot looks *very* nice.

;-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


> Greg
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 12:19, Justin Clift wrote:
> 
>>Hi guys,
>>
>>Is there anyone here that's good with C++ and has a little bit of time
>>to add PostgreSQL support to a project?
>>
>>There is a 4D visualisation program called Flounder:
>>
>>http://www.enel.ucalgary.ca/~vigmond/flounder/
>>
>>And it does some pretty nifty stuff.  It takes in data sets (x, y, z,
>>time) and displays then graphically, saving them to image files if
>>needed, and also creating the time sequences as animations if needed.
>>
>>Was looking at it from a "performance tuning tool" point of view.  i.e.
>>Testing PostgreSQL performance with a bunch of settings, then stuffing
>>the results into a database, and then using something like Flounder for
>>visualising it.
>>
>>It seems pretty simple, and Flounder seems like it might be the right
>>kind of tool for doing things like this.  Was emailing with Edward
>>Vigmond, the author of it, and he seems to think it'd be pretty easy to
>>implement too.
>>
>>Now, I'm not a C++ coder, and as short of time as anyone, so I was
>>wondering if there is anyone here who'd be interested in helping out here.
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>Regards and best wishes,
>>
>>Justin Clift


-- 
"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
first group; there was less competition there."
- Indira Gandhi


Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:29:31 +1030
Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
Re: [HACKERS] C++ coding assistance request for a visualisation	tool
Justin Clift wrote:
> Greg Copeland wrote:
> 
>> Have you tried IBM's OSS visualization package yet?  Sorry, I don't seem
>> to recall the name of the tool off the top of my head (Data Explorer??)
>> but it uses OpenGL (IIRC) and is said to be able to visualize just about
>> anything.  Anything is said to include simple data over time to complex
>> medical CT scans.
> 
> 
> Cool.
> 
> Just found it...  IBM "Open Visualization Data Explorer":
> 
> http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/

That seems to be a very outdated page for it.  The new pages for it (in 
case anyone else is interested) are at:

http://www.opendx.org

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


-- 
"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
first group; there was less competition there."
- Indira Gandhi


Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:10:30 +1030
Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org>
Re: [HACKERS] C++ coding assistance request for a visualisation	tool
On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 23:40, Justin Clift wrote:
> Justin Clift wrote:
> > Greg Copeland wrote:
> > 
> >> Have you tried IBM's OSS visualization package yet?  Sorry, I don't seem
> >> to recall the name of the tool off the top of my head (Data Explorer??)
> >> but it uses OpenGL (IIRC) and is said to be able to visualize just about
> >> anything.  Anything is said to include simple data over time to complex
> >> medical CT scans.
> > 
> > 
> > Cool.
> > 
> > Just found it...  IBM "Open Visualization Data Explorer":
> > 
> > http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/
> 
> That seems to be a very outdated page for it.  The new pages for it (in 
> case anyone else is interested) are at:
> 
> http://www.opendx.org
> 
> :-)
> 
> Regards and best wishes,
> 
> Justin Clift


Yep!  That's the stuff!  Sorry I wasn't more specific.  Just been a
while since I'd looked at it.

I'd love to know how well it works out for you.  Especially love to see
any pretty pictures you create with it.  ;)


Regards,

	Greg


-- 
Greg Copeland <greg@copelandconsulting.net>
Copeland Computer Consulting


23 Jan 2003 15:48:48 -0600
Greg Copeland <greg@CopelandConsulting.Net>
Re: [HACKERS] C++ coding assistance request for a