This repository contains plugin modules developed by Netcetera Zurich for version 4.11 of the ESA BEAM Earth Observation Toolbox and Development Platform.

• ESA BEAM toolkit
• 3D Vegetation Lab plugin

Binary installation of the 3D Vegetation Lab plugin is automated in Java and involves

• copying/replacing the plugin jar in $HOME/beam-4.11/modules
• first-time plugin run to create/unpack $HOME/.beam/beam-vlab/auxdata/
• fetch/unpack latest versions of dependent 3rd party software into auxdata
• create command line wrappers in the bin directory for batch operation

rem 1. MANUALLY: Download BEAM  - you have to click to Proceed
rem press Windows-R  to get the "run" prompt
iexplore "http://www.brockmann-consult.de/cms/web/beam/dlsurvey?p_p_id=downloadportlet_WAR_beamdownloadportlet10&what=software/beam/4.11/beam_4.11_win32_installer.exe"
rem 2. run installer
beam_4.11_win32_installer.exe
rem 3. go to the beam bin directory (the directory where you just installed it)
rem press Windows-R to get the "run" prompt 
cmd /K "cd /d C:\Program Files (x86)\beam-4.11\bin"
rem 4. download the 3DVegLabInstaller.jar into the bin directory from step 3.
iexplore "ftp://ftp.netcetera.ch/pub/"
rem 5. run the 3DVegLabInstaller.jar from inside the bin directory 
press Windows-R to get the "run" prompt
cmd /K "cd /d C:\Program Files (x86)\beam-4.11\bin"
java -jar 3DVegLabInstaller.jar

# 1. MANUALLY: Download BEAM  - you have to click to Proceed
firefox 'http://www.brockmann-consult.de/cms/web/beam/dlsurvey?p_p_id=downloadportlet_WAR_beamdownloadportlet10&what=software/beam/4.11/beam_4.11_linux64_installer.sh'
# 2. run installer
sh beam_4.11_linux64_installer.sh
# NOTE: an early version of BEAM's 4.11 installer still named the installed directory beam-4.10.3. If so, please rename it to beam-4.11
# 3. go to the beam bin directory (the directory where you just installed it)
cd ${HOME}/beam-4.11/bin
# 4. download 3DVegLabInstaller.jar into the bin directory from step 3.
wget ftp://ftp.netcetera.ch/pub/3DVegLabInstaller.jar
# 5. run the 3DVegLabInstall.jar from inside the bin directory
java -jar 3DVegLabInstaller.jar
# 6. run BEAM
${HOME}/beam-4.11/bin/visat

Once you have started BEAM (visat), use Tools/3D Vegetation Lab Processor to start the plugin.

The BEAM Vegetation Lab plugin relies on the following 3rd party software. Binary snapshots of this software compiled for linux64/win32 platforms are automatically installed by the 3DVegLabInstaller.jar described above

• librat (Monte Carlo Ray Tracing library)
• DART (Discrete Anisotropic Radiative Transfer)
• libRadtran (library for radiative transfer)

There are two modes of development, which are described in a separate README

1. Development for Scientists (in python - changing the single jython implementation file, restarting BEAM, browsing log files)
2. Development for BEAM developers (in Java and python - full development, including Java plugin infrastructure, help files, support scripts, etc.)

• Mat Disney
• Cyrill Schenkel
• Fabian Schneider
• Nicolas Lauret
• Tristan Gregoire
• Daniel Kuekenbrink
• Joshy Cyriac
• Marcel Kessler
• Jason Brazile

• GNU General Public License