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Wilson, > We discussed this before. NOAAport NEXRAD (FT27/NNEXRAD) > has always been a selected subset of the RPCCDS dataset because NOAAport > doesn't have the bandwidth to carry the entire set of Level III Radar > Products. I believe it would therefore cause confusion to associate the > RPCCDS with NOAAport by using this reserved LDM Feed-type. The only > existing Feed-type as per the URL: > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-current/basics/feedtypes/ > > that matches the Level III RPCCDS is FT15 which we are already using. > This feed-type is the only one assigned to a commercial company (WSI). WSI > is currently getting the radar data from the NWSTG and turn around and > sends these exact data to > their customer as FT15. > > I'm sure there are also other feed-types reserved for future use that > probably won't be used before the next version of LDM is introduced with > greatly expanded feed-type capabilities. In the meantime, feed types > like AFOS will not be used until the next version? Who's the intended audience for these data-products? If the data-products are for internal use only, then you can use any feedtype you want (including AFOS) and it won't make any difference. If the data-products could end up on the Unidata IDD, however, then more consideration is in order. Redesignating the AFOS feedtype for this purpose is a possibility, but we need to know---especially if the data-products are restricted in some way but could end up on the IDD. BTW, it's been our experience that very different data-products can use the same feedtype without causing confusion if their product-identifiers are sufficiently different. > Wilson Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UEA-117531 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: On Hold