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Re: FW: DIFAX update
- Subject: Re: FW: DIFAX update
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 15:44:14 -0700
Hi Rich,
Thanks for the update from Alden. I sent another reminder to the NWS this
a.m., that I hadn't received a response from them yet. I will call them
tomorrow to see if I can track it down.
I'll be in touch.
Linda
--On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 5:31 PM -0500 Richard Clark <address@hidden>
wrote:
>
> Hi Linda:
>
> Here's what we know from Alden regarding Difax, as summarized by Eric's
> conversations with the folks at Alden. This is obviously something that we
> must keep a heads-up on, since the notice is only 6 months. Even with all
> the interactive visualizations available, there's nothing that takes the
> place of paper maps. This is why everyone is interested in writing or
> obtaining scripts that will print difax on a laser printer. I would greatly
> appreciate you passing along any information that might be forthcoming from
> NWS, vendors, or Unidata regarding Difax.
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eric Horst
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 1:46 PM
>> To: Sepi Yalda; Robert Ross; Richard Clark; David Fitzgerald
>> Subject: DIFAX update
>>
>> I have talked with ALDEN and they say NWS has guarenteed them a minimum of
>> 6 months notice if the DIFAX service is to be canceled. ALDEN is possibly
>> the largest reseller of the NWS DIFAX, so they claim they would hear about
>> the cancellation before UNIDATA. Therefore, they insist it is only a
>> "rumor" since they have not heard anything from NWS.
>>
>> In the long run they do think that DIFAX may be canceled. Thus, ALDEN is
>> planning to create their own DIFAX maps to send in place of the NWS feed.
>> So, I think we are OK....
>>
>>
>>
>>
Linda Miller - address@hidden
External Liaison, Unidata
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
303 497-8646 fax: 303-497-8690
URL: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/lmiller/un.act.html