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Visualization (Celestia)
https://celestiaproject.space/ -
Planetarium (Stellarium)
http://stellarium.org/
Last Updated June 2024
Recommendations
At some point in time, I've found these tools or websites useful.
This page is perpetually 🚧Under Construction🚧, with new links added from time to time.
See the Attributions page and also the Puzzle Tools page (Useful Links) for more recommendations.
Astronomy
Hiking and Backpacking
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Maps (Caltopo)
https://caltopo.com/map.html -
GPX Editor (GPS Track Editor)
http://www.gpstrackeditor.com -
A Better Route planner
https://abetterrouteplanner.com/
Last Updated June 2024
Geography / GIS
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King County GIS download
https://kingcounty.gov/services/gis/GISData.aspx -
USGS National Map
https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ -
GIS Editor (QGIS)
https://www.qgis.org
Last Updated June 2024
Software Development
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Bitvise SSH Client
https://www.bitvise.com/ssh-client-download -
Diff Tool / Editor/ light IDE (Visual Studio Code)
https://code.visualstudio.com/ -
C# / C++ IDE (Visual Studio)
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/ -
Python IDE (PyCharm)
https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/ -
Java IDE (NetBeans)
https://netbeans.org/ -
Java IDE 2 (Eclipse)
https://www.eclipse.org/ -
Java IDE 3 (Code::Blocks)
http://www.codeblocks.org/ -
Game Design IDE (Unity)
https://unity3d.com/ -
Code Management (git)
https://git-scm.com/ -
GPU Render Analysis (RenderDoc)
https://renderdoc.org/ -
OpenGl/WebGl/WebGPU
https://math.hws.edu/graphicsbook/
Last Updated June 2024
C++ Libraries
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Package management (vcpkg)
https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg -
Image / Font Libraries (STB)
https://github.com/nothings/stb -
JSON Parsing (nlohmann JSON)
https://github.com/nlohmann/json -
Linear Algebra (Eigen)
http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Main_Page -
Game / Multimedia Graphics (SFML)
https://www.sfml-dev.org/
Last Updated June 2024
Go Libraries
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OpenGL bindings
https://github.com/go-gl/gl -
OpenSimplex random noise algorithm
https://github.com/ojrac/opensimplex-go
Last Updated June 2024
Rust Libraries
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Kiss3D graphics library
https://github.com/sebcrozet/kiss3d
Last Updated June 2024
Mathematics
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Online Math (MathStudio)
http://mathstud.io/ -
General (Octave)
https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ -
Algebra (wxMaxima)
https://wxmaxima-developers.github.io/wxmaxima/ -
Visualizations (ParaView)
https://www.paraview.org/ -
Like MATLAB (Scilab)
https://www.scilab.org/
Last Updated June 2024
Electronics
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Antenna Design (4nec2)
https://www.qsl.net/4nec2/ -
PCB Design (KiCad)
http://kicad-pcb.org/ -
Simulation (LTspice)
https://www.analog.com/en/design-center/design-tools-and-calculators/ltspice-simulator.html
Last Updated June 2024
Web Development
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HTML / CSS / JS reference
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ -
CSS Grid details
https://learncssgrid.com/
Last Updated June 2024
Machine Learning
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Models and tooling (Hugging Face)
https://huggingface.co/ -
Windows AI
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ai/ -
Model Renderer (shows Alexnet)
http://ethereon.github.io/netscope/#/preset/alexnet
Last Updated June 2024
3D Modeling
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Artistic Modeling (Blender)
https://www.blender.org/ -
CAD (FreeCAD)
https://www.freecadweb.org/ -
Voxel Art (MagicaVoxel)
https://ephtracy.github.io/ -
CAD for Programmers (OpenSCAD)
http://www.openscad.org/ -
Ray Tracing (POV-Ray)
http://povray.org/ -
More Art Modeling (Wings 3D)
http://www.wings3d.com/ -
See more details at:
/projects/hardware/printrbotabout
Last Updated June 2024
3D Printing
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Models (MyMiniFactory)
https://www.myminifactory.com -
More Models (Thingiverse)
https://www.thingiverse.com -
Image to 3D Converter
http://clonerbox.com/image_3D_converter.php
Last Updated June 2024
Audio
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Audio processing (Audacity)
https://www.audacityteam.org/ -
Software Defined Radio Receiver (SDR#)
https://airspy.com/download/ -
SDR to parse trucked transmissions (Unitrucker)
http://unitrunker.com/
Last Updated June 2024
Image Manipulation
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Editing (GIMP)
https://www.gimp.org/ -
Panoramas (Hugin)
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ -
Photo conversion (ImageMagick)
http://www.imagemagick.org/ -
More Editing (Paint.net)
https://www.getpaint.net/index.html -
Image Compression (jpeg-recompress)
https://github.com/danielgtaylor/jpeg-archive#jpeg-recompress
Last Updated June 2024
Multimedia
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Video Converter 2 (ffmpeg)
https://ffmpeg.org/- Useful ffmpeg snippets -- Link
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Video converter (Handbrake)
https://handbrake.fr/ -
Video Editor (Magix Movie Studio)
https://www.magix.com/us/video-editor/movie-studio/ -
eBook Management (Calibre)
https://calibre-ebook.com/ -
Text Editor (Notepad++)
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ -
Office Suite (Office)
https://www.office.com/ -
Paper scanning (NAPS2)
https://www.naps2.com/
Last Updated June 2024
File Management
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Compression (7-Zip)
https://www.7-zip.org/ -
Searching (SwiftSearch)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/swiftsearch/files/ -
Music Player (MusicBee)
https://getmusicbee.com/ -
PDF viewer (Sumatra PDF)
https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org -
Video Playback (VLC)
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Last Updated June 2024