Hi Paul, Sorry for the slow reply... I just returned from the AMS Conference in Seattle last night, and I am now catching up on email. re: > We are undergoing some big changes around here and would like to know the > best way to move into the future. We have been playing with McIDAS-V which > incorporates McIDAS-X and IDV. Is that where we should start focusing? This is a very good question. It has not yet been determined if we will be supporting McIDAS-V directly. We will, of course, be supporting the IDV, so you may want to consider using it instead. We will be supporting McIDAS-X for long as it is a viable application (no end in sight yet) and is active use in the community. re: > I assume that the XCD and McIDAS-X work that we have done will merge into > the V packages. This is also another interesting question for which there is no definitive answer yet (this was a hot topic at the McIDAS User's Group (MUG) meeting that I attended back in October). SSEC is trying to figure out how to move forward now that McIDAS-V has been officially released. The decision that I heard was to continue supporting McIDAS-X/-XCD for the undetermined future mainly since there is a large, active user base that is _very_ reluctant to see the packages disappear. Just so you know, the McIDAS user base is much the same as the GEMPAK user base: folks have integrated both packages' functionality into their "operations" (education, research, web presence, etc.), and nobody wants to see the applications go away or support for those applications diminish. We will be working our way through this murky area under the guidance of our governing committees (User Committee in particular), so if you may want to consider contacting them if you have strong feelings (e.g., want McIDAS-X/-XCD support to continue, or lobby for Unidata to support McIDAS-V, or to drop existing support in favor of increased IDV and/or McIDAS-V support, etc.). The email addresses for the Unidata governing committees are: Unidata Policy Committee <address@hidden> Unidata Users Committee <address@hidden> re: > Trying to come up to speed! As are we all in this time of flux! Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HVF-427534 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed
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