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[McIDAS #LMP-188837]: Project TDF...



Hi Matthew,

re: 
> Hello!  As promised, here is an e-mail to remind you about our
> Antarctic community move toward using the Terascan Data Format
> (TDF).  Hence, first chance you can get a copy of the TDF to McIDAS
> AREA converter code that the CPTEC folks made, that would be most
> appreciated as we'd like to take a look at it.

I will be in touch with the folks at CPTEC in the coming days about a
variety of issues.  I will ask for their conversion code at that time.

> I'd love to have you
> and the folks here at SSEC (Dave/Russ/etc.) check it out to see how
> generic/specific it is, try it out against some TDF data samples I'm
> getting from RPSC, and see what the effort is to make this into an
> ADDE server.

I am very interested in how well the conversion software works also!

> As noted at the Antarctic meeting, we seem to be moving
> toward using TDF as our data sharing format for NOAA and DMSP
> satellite imagery....and perhaps MODIS too.

Yup, this is a high priority item.

> As a note, if the TDF to McIDAS AREA convert is pretty good on its
> own, I would like to suggest it gets placed in McIDAS-XRD, and then
> if it works out to have it coded up as a server as well, that would
> go into core McIDAS-X.

I agree.

> Thank you so much for this!!

No worries.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LMP-188837
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: On Hold