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[ldmMcidas #RSH-858670]: ldm-mcidas 2009 decoders

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  • Subject: [ldmMcidas #RSH-858670]: ldm-mcidas 2009 decoders
  • Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:39:24 -0600
Hi Darren,

re:
> I have GEMPAK installed.

OK.

re:
> But I'm dumb… as I missed a couple of the really important
> decoders, pnga2area, pngg2gini, and area2png, which were
> the reason I was trying to install ldm-mcidas.

OK, these are indeed ldm-mcidas utilities.  But, you may not
need them as:

- GEMPAK from Unidata supports direct use of PNG-compressed 
  imagery in AREA and GINI formats, so you may not need
  to uncompress the images at all

- 'area2png' is the routine that compresses single-banded
  imagery in AREA format

  I am curious if you really need/want this routine?

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RSH-858670
Department: Support ldm-mcidas
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed