Other features we are planning or considering:
* The OPeNDAP/NetCDF server will be enhanced to replace the DODS 
Aggregation Server functionality. This should allow aggregation to 
be done efficiently on files other than NetCDF.
* add a built-in FTP and/or GridFTP server.
* read NetCDF-4 and HDF5 files.
* create aggregation services for point/station observation datasets.
* make all datasets viewable through the IDV
We would like to know what features are a priority for you over the 
next year. Please send your thoughts to thredds@unidata.
The combination of :
* The OPeNDAP/NetCDF server will be enhanced to replace the DODS 
Aggregation Server functionality. This should allow aggregation to 
be done efficiently on files other than NetCDF.
* create aggregation services for point/station observation datasets.
would be of high priority to us.  In fact the whole issue of serving 
point/station observations, and integrating with gridded data  (say 
overlaying fishery data on satellite data) is of high priority.
We aren't in th IDD, but we serve a lot of environmental data, 
including a large amount of satellite data 
(http://oceanwatch.pfel.noaa.gov ) .  Would love to test this out, as 
NOAA Fisheries has many user who use ArcXX products, and interfacing 
OpeNDAP services with ESRIproducts has been of much  concern.
Regards,
-Roy M.
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Roy Mendelssohn
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NOAA/NMFS
Environmental Research Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
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