ColorData

The software ColorData is a tool to create PANGAEA import files from color data files produced by the AWI XRF scanner. ColorData is distributed as freeware for the operating systems Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X and Linux.

Developer and contact: [mailto:rsieger@pangaea.de Rainer Sieger]. The software is provided as freeware without warranty by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI).

Reference and detailed description


Tools

Create makefile

Creates a makefile (or control file) from a list of color data files.

Select one or some color data files with the file open dialog (File->Open...) or with the folder dialog (File->Select Folder...). Dragging files onto the program window is also possible.

Choose Tools->Create makefile. The save file dialog asks for the name of the makefile. The name of the file is free.

Create color data import file

Create a makefile first. After editing the makefile, choose this file and set the creation options with the option dialog.

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File

The work with the XRF Core Scanner on sediment cores starts with the creation of directories on the control PC. For each core a work directory and a linescan images directory as a sub-directory of the work directory will be created. This work can be done by the program ColorData.

Create one core directory