MountainsMap

MountainsMap

Developer(s)	Digital Surf
Initial release	September 1996
Stable release	6.0 / September 1, 2010; 13 months ago (2010-09-01)
Operating system	Windows
Platform	PC
Type	Scientific Software
License	Proprietary
Website	www.digitalsurf.com

MountainsMap is a micro-topography software published by the company Digital Surf. Micro-topography is the science of studying surface texture and form in 3D on the microscopic scale. The software is used mainly with stylus-based or optical profilometers, optical microscopes and Scanning Probe Microscopes.

MountainsMap is mainly offered as embedded or optional OEM analysis software by most profilometer and microscope manufacturers^{[1] [2]}, usually under their respective brands ; it is sold for instance as :

• TalyMap, TalyProfile, or TalyMap Contour on Taylor-Hobson's profilometers,
• PicoImage on Agilent's AFM's,
• HommelMap on Hommel-Etamic's profilometers,
• MountainsMap - X on Nikon's microscopes,
• Apex 2D or Apex 3D on KLA-Tencor's profilometers
• Leica Map on Leica's microscopes,
• ConfoMap on Carl Zeiss' microscopes.

MountainsMap is available in English, Brazilian Portuguese, simplified Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish and Spanish.

Compatibility

• MountainsMap's native file format is the SURF format (.SUR extension).
• it is compatible with most instruments of the market capable of supplying images or topography.
• MountainsMap complies to the ISO 25178 standard on 3D surface texture evaluation.

References

1. ^ Digital Surf technology on Olympus Microscopes in Imaging and Microscopy
2. ^ Surface analysis data to be sold with instruments in Engineering talk

External links

• New 3D parameters and filtration techniques for surface metrology, François Blateyron, Quality Magazine White Paper
• Manufacturer's official Web site