IDV version 2.1 release candidate 2 available for download and testing

• To: IDV Users <idvusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, idvdevelopers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: IDV version 2.1 release candidate 2 available for download and testing
• From: Don Murray <dmurray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:10:57 -0700

Hi All-

In preparation for the 2.1 release before the end of the
year, we're making a release candidate available for testing
and feedback.  New features since the IDV 2.0 release in
August include:

User Interface Changes
# New Field Selector Layout
# Dashboard improvements
# Tools interface changes

Display Changes
# Pressure surfaces as topography
# Labels on color filled contours
# 2D data plan views
# Displayed Data Range
# Display Control Properties
# Display List Properties

Data Changes
# Level subsettting for grids

Other Changes
# Support for import/export of Google Earth KML/KMZ
# User configurable mouse and keyboard bindings
# Plugins
# ISL improvements
# Animation Rendering

Performance enhancements
# Wind vector field display
# Level subsetting
# Point observation loading
# Level II radar volumes
# New Contouring Alogrithm

Bug Fixes


For more details, see the release notes at:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/2_1/docs/userguide/ReleaseNotes.html

You can download this release candidate from the IDV downloads
page:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/

We would appreciate community testing of this release, especially
with old bundles.  Please send feedback to support-idv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Thanks.

Don Murray & Jeff McWhirter