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NETPROG
APPLICATION
by
David Allison
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NETPROG Stereographic Analysis Application
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NETPROG is a 64-bit Object Pascal (Free Pascal/Lazarus)
program designed for the statistical analysis of geological structure data via
equal-area or equal-angle stereographic projections. NETPROG is
"freeware" for academic use, "shareware" for commercial
or government use. See the help file for details on registration policy.
This latest version has many enhancements over the older (see below)
Windows XP version. To download this latest copy as a ZIP file, click on
the below link. Also see the below notes on installing NETPROG. NETPROG has
been tested on Windows 3.x, 2000, NT, XP, and 7.x OS platforms with no
major issues. The ZIP file was created with “7ZIP”, a free utility that may
be used to unzip the files in the archive. To download 7ZIP simply do an
internet search for “7ZIP”.
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Download net.zip (7ZIP) file archive for WIN7:
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http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/w-netprg/net.zip
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NETPROG Help file (PDF format):
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http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/w-netprg/Netprog_Help.pdf
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NOTE: If you have trouble downloading the archive from
this web page, contact me via e-mail. I will reply to your message with the
archive file attached. Email: dallison@southalabama.edu
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BRIEF INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: If you click on the above
download link you will receive a file named "net.zip". This is a
ZIP archive file. You should create a folder on your hard disk (I suggest
"C:\stereonet\") that will contain the application program and
supporting files. Copy the "net.zip" file to this folder with
file explorer, and then double-click on the file name to load the net.zip
file into 7zip (or any zip-compatible extractor). Use the “extract” option
to extract the individual files to the “C:\stereonet\”
folder. This will create the NETPROG application (netprog.exe) and
supporting files in your new folder. Several example files with the file
name extension ".txt" are included, so execute
"NETPROG.EXE" by double-clicking on the file name, and use the
"File" > "Open" menu command to open one of the
example data files. You will then see the data in the editor grid. From the
main application window menu select "Run" > "Process
data". You should then see a stereographic projection image on the
screen. You may need to minimize the data grid window to see the plot. This
is all that is necessary to install and test your installed copy. To add an
application icon to your desktop for easy access, highlight the "netprog.exe"
file name in file explorer and select "Edit" >
"copy" from the menu. Now minimize file explorer so that the
desktop is visible. Right click on the desktop and select the "Paste
shortcut" option. The NETPROG application icon will be deposited on
the desktop. When you need to use NETPROG, simply double-click on this
icon. Note that these install directions will not add a link to NETPROG in
the START menu; see your Windows documentation to set up this type of link.
The NETPROG help file is “Netprog_Help.pdf” in Adobe Reader format, so to
access it you will need the free down-loadable reader from the Adobe web
site (i.e. do a web search for “Adobe Reader”). The latest version of the
help file is by default loaded by the program from the author’s web site,
however, if this access is not possible you can open the “Netprog_Help.pdf”
file directly with the reader application. The stereonet
plotter utility application “snet.exe” is also included in the “net.zip”
archive. Use this utility to plot stereographic grids for manually plotting
data/problems on paper. You will setup “snet.exe” in the same manner as “netprog.exe”.
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Crossbed Paleocurrent Application
(Crossbed.exe)
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“Crossbed.exe” is a windows application program designed
for the analysis of cross-bedding data for determination of paleocurrent
direction in multi-deformed orogenic belts. The program uses a 2-step
retro-deformation rotation procedure to (1) rotate primary bedding to be
co-planar to regional “Sheet-dip” (Whiten, 1968) and applying the same
rotation to associated foreset bedding attitudes, and then (2) rotate primary
bedding to original depositional horizontal and applying the same rotation
to foreset beds. The application
program basically applies the 2-step rotation to data to produce a rotated
data set that can be used as input into the NETPROG stereographic application
(see above). For the details regarding installing, running and registering
the program, see the included help file (see below link).
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Download the “cross.exe” zip archive file
(self-extracting zip):
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http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/w-netprg/Cross.exe
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Link to the Crossbed.exe documentation file:
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http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/w-netprg/Crossbed_Help.pdf
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NOTE: If you have trouble downloading the archive from
this web page, contact me via e-mail. I will reply to your message with the
archive file attached. Email: dallison@southalabama.edu
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BRIEF INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: If you click on the above
link you will receive via download a file named "cross.exe". This
is a ZIP archive self-extracting program file. You should create a folder
on your hard disk that will contain the application program and supporting
files. Copy the "cross.exe" file to this folder with file
explorer, and then double-click on the file name to execute the
self-extracting program. This will create the “Crossbed.exe” application
and supporting files in your new folder. An example file with the file name
"Xbedtest.txt" is included, so execute "Crossbed.exe"
by double-clicking on the name, and use the "File" >
"Open" menu command to open one of the example data files. You
should then see an edit window and results window on the screen. This data
set is the “Bulls Gap” example discussed in the CROSSBED help file
(Crossbed_Help.pdf) . Use the settings documented in the help document to
test the program. This is all that is necessary to install and test your
installed copy of the program.
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