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Hi Paul, re: > I recently signed up on unidata.ucar. I would like to know if McIDAS-X > is now free for educational research Unidata McIDAS-X/-XCD has always been free for education and research. Users with an '.edu' email address should be able to get ready access to the distribution as soon as they are registered with our website. To register with our web site, go to our HomePage: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu and click on the 'Login' link near the top of the page. Follow the instructions for users not previously registered with the site. As soon as the registration process is finished, you should be able to login to our website and download Unidata McIDAS-X. NB: if you register with an email address that is not associated with your institution, we will need to verify that your use of Unidata McIDAS-X fits the guidelines imposed on us by UW/SSEC for McIDAS use. re: > and if MCIDAS-V is no longer used. McIDAS-V is the next generation of McIDAS that is being developed on top of the IDV framework that we developed (which is based on a variety of open source packages premier of which is VisAD). So, McIDAS-V is definitely still being used. If you meant to ask if McIDAS-X is still being used, it is. If you were meaning to ask if Unidata distributes McIDAS-V, we don't, at least not yet. We do, however, offer the IDV, and give that the current beta of McIDAS-V is about 95% the IDV, you could most likely do anything you would like to do in McIDAS-V in the IDV. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: AZL-764854 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed