Table 1 Tool survey
From: Ycasd– a tool for capturing and scaling data from graphical representations
Dexter | Digitize | Engauge Digitizer | g3data | Plot Digitizer | WebPlotDigitizer | ycasd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
License | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | GPLv2 | GPLv2, LGPLv2 | GPLv3 | GPLv3 |
Platform | Java | R | Linux, Windows | Linux, Windows | Java | HTML5 | Windows |
Version | 0.5a | 0.0.2 | 5.1 | 1.5.4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 |
Documentation | Sufficient | Sparse | Extensive | Sparse | Sufficient | Extensive | Sufficient |
Single window | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Figure import | Graphic | Graphic | Graphic, clipboard | Graphic | Graphic | Graphic, clipboard (Chrome) | not necessary |
Diagram type | Cartesian | Cartesian | Raw pixel, Cartesian, polar, map | Cartesian | Raw pixel, Cartesian | Raw pixel, Cartesian, polar, ternary, map | Raw pixel, Cartesian |
Calibration points | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 (optional 3) | 4 | 4 |
Log Axis | Both | n.a. | Both | Both | Both | Both | y-axis |
Magnifier | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Data point correction | Delete | Not available | Insert, delete, shift | Delete last point | Insert, delete, shift (only XML) | Delete | Insert, delete, overwrite |
Axis correction | Shift | Re-capture | Shift | Re-capture | n.a. | Re-capture | Re-capture |
Distortion correction level | Rotated, skewed | None | Rotated, skewed | Rotated, skewed | Rotated | Rotated, skewed | Rotated, skewed |
Output format | Delimiter | R | Delimiter | Delimiter | Delimiter, xml | Delimiter, plotly | Matlab, R |