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> Organization: NCSA
> Keywords: 199501032141.AA09986
Hi David,
> > Does NASA Collage or XDataSlice provide map background for displaying
> > netcdf data by using ENVISION? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > T.C. Yang
> > National Weather Service
> >
>
> 1) Collage and XDataSlice are NCSA products, not NASA. NASA however
> funded the development of Envision.
>
> 2) Collage and XDataSlice do not provide map backgrounds.
>
> 3) Some of the IDL tools included with Envision do display
> map backgrounds for data with lat/lon in the coordinates.
>
> 4) You should note that Envision, though still available, is no
> longer a supported project as NASA decided not to renew its funding
> for Envision.
Thanks for answering this. I'm sorry to here Envision is no longer
supported. Please let me know if the description of Envision in
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/utilities.html
needs to be changed to reflect its status, and especially if Keith Searight
should no longer be listed as a contact for further information.
Thanks.
--Russ