20010427: Difax discontinued-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)

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• Subject: 20010427: Difax discontinued-ADMIN NOTICE NOUS40 KWBC (fwd)
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:19:01 -0600

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NOUS40 KWBC 271827
FOS/NOAAPORT NOTICE NO.  1924     APRIL 27... 2001

ATTENTION  FAMILY OF SERVICES DIFAX SUBSCRIBERS

SUBJECT FAMILY OF SERVICES /FOS/ DIFAX TERMINATION
        DIFAX ON THE INTERNET UPDATE

THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTIFICATION IS TO ADVISE YOU THAT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ WILL DISCONTINUE ITS FOS
DIFAX SERVICE EFFECTIVE 1200 UTC... APRIL 30... 2001. THE FOS
DIFAX SERVICE IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TO SUPPORT NWS OPERATIONS.

THE INTERNET/SERVER VERSION OF DIFAX WILL CONTINUE.   THE URL
ADDRESSES ARE AS FOLLOWS

HTTP//WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/FAX/NWSFAX.SHTML

FTP//WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/FAX

DIFAX CHARTS WILL BE REVIEWED TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE COMPLETELY
DISCONTINUED.  USERS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THIS EFFORT.

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PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED INFORMATION BELOW

THE AVAILABILITY OF DIFAX ON THE NWS WEB SITE AND FTP SERVER

          /1/   UNTIL JANUARY 2003

          /2/   TIFF FORMAT BLACK AND WHITE

          /3/   LEGACY CODES TO BE DISCONTINUE

          /4/   CODES ARE FROZEN... SO NO NEW PRODUCTS WILL BE
                AVAILABLE

WILL TRANSITION TO NEW COLOR GRAPHICS CONTAINING SIMILAR
CONTENT.

          /1/   INTERNALLY USED NWS GRAPHICS PRODUCTS

          /2/   USING A COMMON COMMERCIAL FORMAT LIKE JPG OR PNG
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MORE DETAILS ON THE TERMINATION OF DIFAX/DIFAX ON THE
INTERNET WILL BE PROVIDED IN FUTURE NOTIFICATIONS.  THESE
NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE POSTED ON THE NOTICE WEB PAGE.  THE URL IS
LISTED BELOW.

HTTP//WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OSO/NOTICES/NOTICES.SHTML

IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS... PLEASE CONTACT

JULIE HAYES /W/OPS32
FOS PROGRAM MANAGER
OFFICE  301-713-0864 X 120
FAX     301-713-1409

DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA DISSEMINATION BRANCH
TELECOMMUNICATION OPERATIONS CENTER
RTH WASHINGTON SENDS



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