UnGraph

If you are doing research and your inquiry involves collecting all sorts of data from graphs and maps, you probably aim for a high degree of accuracy, so there’s no room for human error.

In this case, you need a capable application that can extract data with minimal ease, and UnGraph claims to be just that.

Sporting a clutter-free user interface, the application installs quickly, and once you select the graph or map you want to process, you are ready to start your analysis. As for the input file formats the program support, it need be said that BMP, JPG, TIF, PCX, and TGA are among them. Nevertheless, there is also the possibility of scanning an image using UnGraph, what with its TWAIN compliance.

At this point, you should be able to zoom in or out on your picture, and making adjustments to your data using drawing tools is an option.

As for how Ungraph can calculate coordinates, you may want to know that it relies on the three calibrating coordinate values you provide at the beginning, which are necessary for scaling purposes.

Thanks to its capable automatic line follower, digitizing map contours can be done in a professional manner, and manual vectorization is an option in case you really want to take the reins of the entire process. Alternatively, the single-point mode allows you to digitize points on histograms or diagrams, for instance.

Regarding your export options, you may want to know that multiple formats are supported, with XML and XLS being among them, and saving data to the clipboard should be equally simple.

On an ending note, UnGraph is a professional tool you could resort to in order to gather information from maps and graphs, which it can digitize with accuracy. As for its performance during our tests, you may want to know that it ran without hiccups, so it is worth a shot.