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gprMax is open source software that simulates electromagnetic wave propagation using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method for numerical modelling of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

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Simulate how electromagnetic waves travel underground using Ground Penetrating Radar software.

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gprMax is open source software that simulates electromagnetic wave propagation using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method for numerical modelling of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

gprMax has 861 stars on GitHub. It has been forked 388 times. gprMax is written mainly in Python. It has been in active development since 2015. gprMax is available under the GPL-3.0 license. Its main topics are antenna, cuda, electromagnetic, fdtd.

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What is gprMax?

gprMax is open source software that simulates electromagnetic wave propagation using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method for numerical modelling of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

Is gprMax open source?

gprMax is an open-source project. It is released under the GPL-3.0 license.

Is gprMax free?

Yes. gprMax is free and open source — you can use, modify and self-host it. Its GPL-3.0 license is copyleft: if you distribute a modified version, it must remain under the same license.

What license does gprMax use?

gprMax is available under the GPL-3.0 license.

What language is gprMax written in?

gprMax is written mainly in Python.

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