[Fwd: 20010511: VisAD now DODS enabled]

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• Subject: [Fwd: 20010511: VisAD now DODS enabled]
• From: Tom Whittaker <tomw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 08:02:12 -0500

FYI - this was sent from Unidata on Friday...

Ethan Davis wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> VisAD, a Java component library for interactive and collaborative
> visualization and analysis of numerical data, can now be used as a DODS
> client. For more on VisAD, see the VisAD home page:
> 
> http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visad.html
> 
> The new data adapter (visad.data.dods.DODSForm), developed by Steve
> Emmerson of Unidata, allows you to request data from a DODS server using
> the standard DODS URL data request (.dods) syntax.  Using DODSForm, DODS
> data types returned from the server are adapted to VisAD Data objects.
> 
> To try out VisAD with DODS, go to the VisAD Home Page and download
> visad.jar. Run the VisAD Spreadsheet by using the -jar option to java:
> 
> java -Xmx128m -jar visad.jar
> 
> and paste a DODS URL (e.g.,
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-nc/packages/dods/data/nc_test/COADS-climatology.nc.dods?SST)
> into the formula bar at the top of the window. You can pan and zoom
> using the mouse along with the shift and control keys, respectively.
> 
> Let us know if you have questions or run into any problems.
> 
> Ethan
> support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> --
> Ethan R. Davis                       Telephone: (303) 497-8155
> Software Engineer                    Fax:       (303) 497-8690
> UCAR Unidata Program Center          E-mail:    edavis@xxxxxxxx
> P.O. Box 3000
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