[SciPy-User] Extracting data from a figure in a paper

[Johann Rohwer]

Does it have to be python? We've used Engauge Digitizer 
(http://digitizer.sourceforge.net/) quite effectively for this purpose.  It's 
written in C++ but fully open-source and multi platform.

Johann

On Friday 08 November 2013 08:18:25 Yuxiang Wang wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Does anyone know any python alternatives to GRABIT or DataThief (both
> attached below)?
> GRABIT: http://www.mathworks.com.au/matlabcentral/fileexchange/7173-grabit
> DataThief: http://www.datathief.org/
> 
> These two software are used to extract data points from a research paper
> figure, I guess usually happens when the author did not reply the email...
> And I truly believe I am not the only person who needs this, from this post:
> http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7671/software-for-extracting-da
> ta-from-a-graph
> 
> I have written a simple python snippet myself using pyHook, yet I was
> wondering, probably there is already something already out there, which may
> be much more powerful.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> -Shawn




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