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>From: Edward Hindman <address@hidden> >Organization: CCNY >Keywords: 199909281329.HAA09685 McIDAS Ward, >Thanks for your encouraging word that you have a program that translates >NOAA/AVHRR Level 1B data into McIDAS AREA files. The NOAA SAA >(www.saa.noaa.gov) contains Level 1B data as well as DMSP data. OK. I will have to grab one of the images and give it a try. >I also want to display DMSP images from the SAA. There is already an >excellent DMSP browse file (julius.ngdc.noaa.gov:8080/index.html) to >easily locate suitable images. Then, one should be abe to download the >detailed DMSP images from the SAA. Thus, do you also have a program >that will translate DMSP files to McIDAS AREA files? No, not yet. I am a co-investigator on a NOAA High Performance Computing and Communications Networking Panel proposal to make the NGDC DMSP data available to the Unidata community. If this proposal gets funded, then I will be developming ADDE servers that will run on a machine that will be dedicated to Unidata's use to: o run an LDM to "push" data to sites o run an FTP server so users can "grab" the data o run a McIDAS ADDE server so users can "browse", "display", or "get" images >The reason I'm persuing using McIDAS to analyze NOAA and DMSP images is >that I would like to avoid having to pay $3000 to get our TeraScan software >upgraded. I understand. >We do not need the sophisticated TeraScan for our >classroom/laboratory work, McIDAS is quite satisfactory. Kind of a sideways slam against McIDAS, wouldn't you agree :-)? >Thank you >Ward Hindman >CCNY Tom >From address@hidden Fri Oct 1 12:12:29 1999 Sounds like you're doing some great work on getting polar orbiting images accessable by the Unidata community. Sorry, I did not mean McIDAS was not sophisticated. What I meant to say was McIDAS is easier to use (teach) than TeraScan, in my experience. Sincerely, Ward Hindman