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
>
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> Software Engineer Fax: (303) 497-8690
> UCAR Unidata Program Center E-mail: edavis@xxxxxxxx
> P.O. Box 3000
> Boulder, CO 80307-3000 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Space Science and Engineering Center
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