E2GPR - Edit your geometry, execute GprMax2D and plot the results!

E2GPR is a new software tool, available free of charge for both academic and commercial use. It is conceived to ease the use of GprMax2D, a versatile and accurate Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulator that is well-known in the Ground-Penetrating Radar community and has been successfully used for a diverse range of applications in academia and industry. The main purposes of E2GPR are to: 1) assist in the creation, modification and analysis of GprMax2D models, through a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) system; 2) allow parallel and/or distributed computing with GprMax2D, on a network of computers; 3) automatically plot A-scans and B-scans generated by GprMax2D. The CAD and plotter parts of the tool are implemented in Java and can run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM), regardless of computer architecture. Scripts devoted to supporting parallel and/or distributed computing, instead, require the set up of a Web-Service (on a server emulator or server); such scripts are currently configured for Windows Server and Internet Information Services (IIS). In this paper, E2GPR is presented and examples are provided which demonstrate its use. E2GPR is a contribution to COST Action TU1208 “Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar” and can be currently obtained by contacting the authors at the dedicated address e2gpr@gpradar.eu; it will soon be possible to download it from the Action's website, www.GPRadar.eu.