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What do you like best about IDL?

IDL has fairly versatile properties and it can be a very efficient tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IDL?

Documentation could be better and the IDL syntax is perhaps not as readable as in Python for example. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IDL solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used to do all my data analysis tasks using IDL. This included image processing and data visualisation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What is IDL?

A key foundation of scientific discovery is complex numerical data. If making discoveries is a fundamental part of your work, you need a tool to help you understand what your data means, and how to apply that knowledge effectively; a tool to help you discover what’s in your data. Using a powerful, modern programming language like IDL lets you transform numbers into dynamic visual representations, so you can interpret your data, expedite discoveries and deliver powerful applications to market.

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IDL is the trusted scientific programming language used across disciplines to extract meaningful visualizations from complex numerical data. With IDL you can interpret your data, expedite discoveries, and deliver powerful applications to market.

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"IDL applications for NOAA aerosol remote sensing data analysis"
Me and my team use IDL in various ways. From algorithm development to data analysis of satellite products. We primarily use IDL to display satell...
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"IDL for scientific programming."
IDL has very active user group, sharing many specialized library. This makes prototyping in IDL fast and less prone to bugs.
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What do you like best about IDL?

Me and my team use IDL in various ways. From algorithm development to data analysis of satellite products. We primarily use IDL to display satellite products and conduct analysis such as monthly means, annual means, matchups with other correlative observations, time series analysis, and web-based dissemination of our satellite products at NOAA. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IDL?

It is slow and sometimes unforgiving. IDL guides are of not much use. We rely on other published documents online (Coyote) for help with certain aspects of code development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IDL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Benefits are that IDL is one of the best software tool out there to display satellite data using different map projections Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IDL?

IDL has very active user group, sharing many specialized library. This makes prototyping in IDL fast and less prone to bugs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IDL?

Array functionality is less powerful, also slower for larger array. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IDL solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been using it to process X-ray scattering, optical diffraction data and also diffractive reconstruction.

Given a large user group sharing their codes optimized for particular task, the prototyping is very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IDL?

The simplicity in writing code and the vast variety of functions that one can use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IDL?

Many times there is no sufficient explanation for the errors that might occur. Running time is OK, but could be a little better for large numerical analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IDL solving and how is that benefiting you?

I analyze X-ray observations of astrophysical objects (image processing). IDL is easy to handle and Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IDL?

Easy to install and start programming. Debugging is very simple and do not have syntax problems!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IDL?

Varying versions, recently the reverse indexing. Huge cost for license I completely dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IDL:

Great software for scientific analysis and imaging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IDL solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been using IDL for scientific research to simulate charge transport in X-ray detectors being used in various space missions. I also use IDL to perform research on the solar flares using data from multiple solar observatories. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IDL?

Easy interface for plotting and analyzing data. Great compatibility with NC files. Similar to Python. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IDL?

Very expensive for individuals to buy a license. No major improvements in recent versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IDL:

Be patient in learning it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IDL solving and how is that benefiting you?

Use it to analyze modeling and satellite data and to visualize it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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