[McIDAS #AWR-703918]: Re: 20080311: McIDAS for Venezuela

Hi Luis,

re:
> Thanks for your answer!!!,

No worries.

>  Well i`ll tell you:
> 
> 1.- We bought GLOBAL IMAGING SYSTEM, but i tried to use such images and i
> couldn´t, i don´t know why, i can see three kind of terminations for the
> same image, .p, .n., .g, but i can´t see any of them with mcidas.

The IDV does not have support build-in to read the files created by a
Global Imaging System directly.  McIDAS, on the other hand, does have
support for images from a Global Imaging System ingester.  If McIDAS can
use the images, the IDV would be able to access the same images by reading
from an ADDE server on a machine that is setup with McIDAS.  I am sure that
this sounds strange, but it should work nicely.

> 2.- Yes i´m working with UCV Venezuelan Central University, but the
> receptor was adquired by Meteorological National Institute, however, my
> work is for the UCV.

OK.  Here are the restrictions that we must follow in making our distribution
of McIDAS available to international universities:

  SSEC considers permissible users of the international university community
  to be those who are using McIDAS-X for academic classroom instruction or
  academic research by students related to obtaining a degree. Research 
institutes
  and government agencies that use McIDAS-X for meteorological research or
  operations must purchase a license from SSEC for the non-academic use.  Given
  this clarification, and if Unidata users remain within the licensing terms
  that include no re-distribution of any portion of the software, SSEC is 
agreeable
  to our providing this software to the international university Unidata user 
community.

So, in order to allow you access to our distribution of McIDAS we would need a 
clear
statement from you that specifies the following:

- you are accessing McIDAS from Unidata for use in a university
- McIDAS must be used for academic classroom instruction or academic research
  by students related to obtaining a degree
- your installation of McIDAS is not for use by a government agency, 
non-academic
  research institute, or private concern
- you agree that you will not re-distribute any portion of the software

> 3.- I downloaded the free McIdas-V, version from the Internet at
> http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mcidas/, but i Can´t visualize my images on it.

If you had McIDAS installed and setup to use the Global Imaging images, McIDAS-V
(which is based on our IDV package) would be able to use the images.

> 4.- Our system use FOCUS 9000 but it is very complicated use and visualize
> images on it, so, i would like to use McIdas, i think is better for us.

If you do not meet all of the requirements I listed above, you will need to get
McIDAS directly from SSEC.  If you want to pursue this, you should send an email
to the McIDAS User's Group <address@hidden>.

> Thanks, and i´ll wait for your answer.

Very good.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AWR-703918
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed