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Re: [gembud] [awips2-users] Unidata releases AWIPS 16.1.5

Does this upgrade fix GFE plugins such as hazards? I did notice on the 
developer preview a couple days ago, there were missing localization files for 
zones used my GFE.

Keith 

Sent from my iPhone 

> On Jun 2, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Michael James <mjames@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> CAVE 16.1.5 requires a full uninstall/reinstall above 14.4 or 15.1 (just this 
> once, hopefully) due to fundamental changes in the program executable. 
> Subsequent updates will be handled by yum without the need to 
> uninstall/reinstall. The shell script 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/installCAVE.sh should be used to 
> install this release as well as all subsequent updates (No client files will 
> be affected by this since bundles, colormaps, and other configuration files 
> will stay put in ~/caveData/).
> 
> To install/update CAVE for Linux, download and run 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/installCAVE.sh
> 
> To install/update EDEX for Linux, download and run 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/awips2/installEDEX.sh
> 
> What's New in 16.1.5:
> 
> Switching the localization site in CAVE Preferences now updates the side-view 
> maps to the new WFO area of responsibility.
> New general "awips2-localization" RPM obsoletes site-specific 
> "awips2-localization-OAX" with support for all WFOs.
> Simply running "cave" will launch the program, running the full path name 
> /awips2/cave/cave.sh is no longer required.
> Full support for UNIWISC McIDAS AREA files, including new support for 
> 20km Global Rectilinear IR and WV
> 30km Global Mollweide IR and WV
> Support for HIMAWARI-8 McIDAS AREA files
> Fix for GINI projection error in decoding of Supernational composites
> New colormap defaults for IR and WV imagery; GEMPAK colormaps also have been 
> added
> New default map projections include Global Mercator, Global Mollweide, and 
> Regional displays for Alaska, Africa, Antarctica, Aus/NZ, Europe, Hawaii, 
> Japan, Pacific Ocean, Puerto Rico, and South America.
> Various bug fixes for the GFE Perspective
> New package "awips2-python-gfe" makes available various Python functions used 
> by GFE which were previously absent.
> Hold-right-click menu on product stack now includes Interpolation toggle.
> Default display of FNEXRAD composites using data interpolation and decreased 
> tiling for clearer data display.
> Two-pane toggle added to D2D right-click menu (along with existing 4-pane 
> toggle)
> Two-pane displays are now oriented side-by-side rather than above-and-below.
> Reconfigured D2D NSHARP plugin display selectable stations
> Reconfigured image export with default timestamp in file name to prevent 
> overwriting. Files are now exported to /awips2/export/<USER>/
> GFS20 replacing GFS40 in the Models menu
> New METAR precip total plugin colorizes rainfall amounts
> Metar surface winds bundle added to Surface menu
> Reorganization of Surface WATCH/WARN bundles, loadable as TStorm/Tornado, 
> Flood, Marine, Extreme Wines, and "all".  Bundle polygon contrast has been 
> increased as well.
> Redbook graphics bundles displayed with higher contour contrast
> Complete regional imagery Satellite sub-menu with full product set for 
> Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Arctic composites.
> New Satellite sub-menus for NOAAport GINI products (GOES East, GOES West, 
> GOES E/W 10 km Composite, 24 km National Composite, 24 km NH Composite, 
> Sounder Imagery
> NPP VIIRS Near Constant Contrast bundle composites all available area for 
> product display.
> ESRL/GSD experimental 3 km HRRR now supported (HRRRX), ingesting on 
> edex-cloud.unidata.ucar.edu (though still missing some grib parameters)
> Better httpd logging removes the unnecessary reporting of internal connection 
> (responsible for approx. 90% of httpd log file size), and logs hostname of 
> client machine, if available.
> Default default purge rule for satellite products preserve 96 frames (12 day 
> archive for Global IR/WV composites), and 288 frames (24 hours) for FNEXRAD 
> images.
> GFE server support available for all WFOs, not just OAX (requires a change to 
> setup.env and edex_camel restart - this does not mean support for all server 
> sites simultaneously)
> Binlightning, nctaf, and nctext decoders re-enabled. 
> Removed all metar/synop-to-Shef processing due to performance problems.
> CAVE operates strictly in practice mode, preventing WarnGen products from 
> being pushed to a connected EDEX server.
> GEMPAK can not be installed from the AWIPS yum repository (simply "yum 
> install gempak").
> 
> Important links:
> User guide: http://unidata.github.io/awips2/
> On github: github.com/Unidata/awips2
> Submit an issue: https://github.com/Unidata/awips2/issues
> Submit a support request: 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/requestSupport.jsp
> Python AWIPS data access framework: 
> http://python-awips.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
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