ADS Dexter extracts data from scanned graphs through its utility.
If you are a scientist or anyone who deals with astronomical data, then ADS (Astrophysics Data System) is a valuable resource when it comes to finding useful data sets. However, given the fact that there are about one million scanned pages on ADS, it's common to find diagrams and figures for which the original data sets are either lost or inaccessible. So, how can you recover these valuable data points? Dexter, a Java applet, can help you ease the process.
Dexter is an interactive software with a user-friendly interface that runs in your browser. With Dexter, you can easily select the part of the page that interests you, and mark coordinates, axes, points and error bars. The software allows you to correct any inaccuracies and errors that you might notice during the process.
Even though Dexter is not capable of performing automatic digitization of your data, it makes the process far easier for humans. You can use the applet to streamline the process and make sense of the valuable data sets which were once believed to be lost or inaccessible to researchers.
In the future, the developers hope to implement more recognition algorithms that would trace a line for users or automatically search for markers. With this additional functionality, Dexter will become an even more powerful tool in the arsenal of any researcher or scientist who needs to find or recover valuable data sets for their research work.
Dexter is an interactive software with a user-friendly interface that runs in your browser. With Dexter, you can easily select the part of the page that interests you, and mark coordinates, axes, points and error bars. The software allows you to correct any inaccuracies and errors that you might notice during the process.
Even though Dexter is not capable of performing automatic digitization of your data, it makes the process far easier for humans. You can use the applet to streamline the process and make sense of the valuable data sets which were once believed to be lost or inaccessible to researchers.
In the future, the developers hope to implement more recognition algorithms that would trace a line for users or automatically search for markers. With this additional functionality, Dexter will become an even more powerful tool in the arsenal of any researcher or scientist who needs to find or recover valuable data sets for their research work.
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