I am looking for some kind of software (windows of linux) that will
let me draw simple shapes (lines, rects, ellipses) and the program
will output the geometry of that shape, i.e., if i draw a rectangle,
it would output the starting point (x and y of top left corner) and
the width and height.  Basically I'm looking for a cousin of the
windows Paint program that outputs the geometrical bounds of the
shapes that are created.  I need this to create a Java paint() method,
so anything that outputs in Java would be preferable but not
necessary.

I *think* this might actually help you...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jimagemapper/

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Try EVE at www.goosee.com it's an award winner.

Thanks for the help guys, EVE looks almost perfect