Hi Luke,
If you are using a DisplayImplJ2D that will be much slower
than a DisplayImplJ3D for zooming and I recommend switching
to DisplayImplJ3D.
VisAD's zoom performance is determined by the performance
of Java3D, which will be quite fast with a graphics
accelerator like nVidea.
The long term advantage of VisAD over other systems is the
generality of its data model (it can handle any numerical
data) and its generality for distributed computing.
Good luck,
Bill
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