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> Dear Sir/Madam,I am interested in acquiring a workstation and I would like to > know more about > AWIPS.How does AWIPS work? Is it a standalone workstation or web-base?can > AWIPS be procured by > other institution in this case like meteorological agencies?If yes, what need > to be done?Does > it have a license? Is this license a once for all or requires annual > subscription?Are there any > bronchure on AWIPS that you can share?Regards, Hello, Our website has quite a bit of documentation depending on what you are looking for. Here is a link to a short youtube overview of what AWIPS is and how it can be used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ax6SRyaYTc Overall documentation can be found here: http://unidata.github.io/awips2/ with many links to installs, system requirements, and other information. License information: Unidata AWIPS source code and binaries (RPMs) are considered to be in the public domain, meaning there are no restrictions on any download, modification, or distribution in any form (original or modified). Unidata AWIPS license information can be found here: https://github.com/Unidata/awips2/blob/unidata_18.2.1/LICENSE. Thanks, Tiffany Meyer AWIPS Lead Software Engineer UCAR-Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: LKA-823601 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.