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>From: Unidata User Support <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Organization: Unidata Program Center/UCAR >Keywords: Unidata McIDAS-X web FTP Unidata McIDAS-X Users, Version 7.8 of Unidata McIDAS-X is now available for download by educational institutions worldwide! Even though passworded FTP access is still available, users are strongly encouraged to download the new distribution by using the 'Download Software' link on the Unidata McIDAS-X 7.80 HomePage: Unidata McIDAS-X Version 7.80 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/780/ The web method of package download, which is being developed as the standard for Unidata offerings, requires that you register as a Unidata user before you will be allowed access. The registration process will only take a couple of minutes, so please signup! While you are at it ;-), please fill out the Unidata User's Committee survey: http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/surveys/spring_2001/survey.php Unidata McIDAS-X 7.80 is a combination of SSEC McIDAS-X 7.80, McIDAS-XCD 7.80, and various applications and enhancements from the UPC, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, CSU/CIRA, and others. Featured upgrades in this release are: - an ADDEized version of the Tcl/Tk MCGUI interface - a GUI startup interface that allows users to modify and save session parameters. To us the GUI startup, simply run: mcidas config from the Unix command line after you have finished the 7.80 upgrade. - "built-in" access within MCGUI to a set of cooperating remote ADDE servers for currently supported datasets: Model output Satellite Imagery Point Data Weather Text ------------ ----------------- ---------- ------------ RTGRIDS AMRC RTPTSRC RTWXTEXT CIMSS GINICOMP GINIEAST GINIWEXT ME7 RTIMAGES RTNEXRAD TOPO RTNOWRAD (for those who subscribe to the NOWrad (tm) composites from WSI Corporation) The list of datasets supported by the MCGUI will be increase throughout the fall. The current set of sites providing cooperative ADDE services is: Site Datasets -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Plymouth State College CIMSS, GINICOMP, GINIEAST, GINIWEST, RTIMAGES snow.plymouth.edu Universite du Quebec a Montreal ME7 io.sca.uqam.ca University of Colorado/CIRES CIMSS, GINICOMP, GINIEAST, GINIWEST, RTGRIDS, stratus.al.noaa.gov RTIMAGES, RTNEXRAD, RTPTSRC, RTWXTEXT University of Georgia CIMSS, GINICOMP, GINIEAST, GINIWEST, RTGRIDS, cacimbo.ggy.uga.edu RTIMAGES, RTNEXRAD, RTPTSRC, RTWXTEXT University of Nebraska-Lincoln CIMSS, GINICOMP, GINIEAST, GINIWEST, RTGRIDS, papagayo.unl.edu RTIMAGES, RTNEXRAD, RTPTSRC, RTWXTEXT University of Wisconsin/AMRC AMRC uwamrc.ssec.wisc.edu UCAR/Unidata/SCD CIMSS, GINICOMP, GINIEAST, GINIWEST, RTGRIDS, adde.ucar.edu RTIMAGES, RTNEXRAD, RTPTSRC, RTWXTEXT We hope that the list of cooperating servers and the collection of datasets that they provide will grow as you, the Unidata McIDAS community, volunteer to provide access to your local data holdings through ADDE. Please contact Unidata User Support for additional information. - more tightly integrated support of NEXRAD Level III imagery data in all IMG* (IMGDISP, IMGPROBE, etc.) commands. - station database enhancements that provide access to the increasing numbers of surface METAR and synoptic sites - and more... A complete list of changes contained in Version 7.80 can be found in: McIDAS-X/XCD Release Notes http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/780/mcx/release_notes.html Please send any/all questions related to installing this distribution or upgrading from a previous distribution to Unidata User Support at support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Tom Yoksas **************************************************************************** < Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program < (303)497-8644 P.O. Box 3000 < support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Boulder, CO 80307 < ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- < Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ < **************************************************************************** <
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