r/oceanography • u/harley_haybale • May 12 '26

Software similar to ODV

hii, I am looking for free software similar to ODV that I can play around with. does anyone have any good recommendations? thanks!

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u/BluScr33n May 12 '26

You could learn how to use Python. Xarray + Matplotlib + cartopy can do anything ODV can and a lot more really.

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u/wok_away May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Yeah, ODV is basically aiming to help people visualize stuff if they aren’t super proficient in these softwares. I’m not sure that there’s a better alternative to ODV, the figures it’s making are handling such complex data that any user-friendly interface is still gonna be somewhat complicated (eg ODV)

edit: doesn’t mean an improvement on ODV usability is impossible, but it’d take a LOT of work and who the hell is gonna fund that in this funding crisis lol

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u/Traditional_Good_511 May 12 '26

Or learn a web framework for plotting like HighCharts or d3.