Idvusers is on the email list I replied to...but obviously from the
response..including Don, IDV as it is deployed mainly depends on external
sources for data. That needs to be looked at. I have used IDV quite a bit with
internal data..but it doesn't seem that is how it is primarily used. LDM and
McIDAS ADDE are very easy to use. They would be very good accessories to a
primarily internal use of IDV.
> On Apr 2, 2014, at 9:10 PM, "David P Dempsey" <dempsey@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> External
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> On Apr 2, 2014, at 7:03 PM, Robert Mullenax <Robert.Mullenax@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>>>> I would also add that depending on bundles from Unidata is short sighted.
>>>> As has been noted Unidata is not 24/7. The great thing about GEMPAK is it
>>>> forces you to be self sufficient at least to the point where you are
>>>> responsible for your own downloads. Maybe a greater reliance on local
>>>> datasets would be a good thing for IDV. I know that GEMPAK and McIDAS are
>>>> passé but their are advantages..even in the teaching and research realm.
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> Robert,
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> One of the great things about the IDV (by design, from the beginning) is that
> it can do either (that is, display local or remote data) with equal facility.
> Your suggestion would therefore be aimed at the IDV user (or creater of
> bundles) rather than the IDV developers. :-)
>
> -- Dave
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