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CONTOUR

A contouring program for gridded data

Information

• Summary of CONTOUR
• Version history
• UNIX installation instructions (README file)
• How to order U.S. Geological Survey printed documentation
• How to register to receive software update and enhancement notices

Software

Selection of the following options preceded by a binary icon retrieves a compressed UNIX tar file. A README file containing installation instructions is included with each of the software distribution files.

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CONTOUR compiled for...

• Data General AViiON (319K)
• Silicon Graphics Indigo (169K)
• Sun SPARCstation (Solaris) (127K)

CONTOUR source code for compilation under...

• UNIX (27K)

Documentation

• How to order U.S. Geological Survey printed documentation
• Harbaugh, A.W., 1990, A simple contouring program for gridded data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-144, 37 p.

Point of contact for CONTOUR:

• U.S. Geological Survey
• Hydrologic Analysis Software Support Program
• 437 National Center
• Reston, VA 20192