Re: Envision and map backgrounds

> 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