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- From: brianp@ssec.wisc.edu (Brian Paul)
- Subject: New anonymous ftp site for VIS-5D software
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.202827.743@cs.wisc.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.wisc.edu (The News)
- Organization: University of Wisconsin, Space Science and Engineering Center
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:28:27 GMT
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- The anonymous ftp site for obtaining our VIS-5D software has recently been
- changed to: iris.ssec.wisc.edu (144.92.108.63)
-
- Also, VIS-5D is now available on wuarchive.wustl.edu in the directory
- graphics/graphics/packages.
-
-
- The following is a description of VIS-5D:
-
-
-
- VIS-5D version 3.0
-
-
- VIS-5D is a system for interactive visualization of 5-D gridded data
- sets such as those made by numeric weather models. One can make
- isosurfaces, contour line slices, colored slices, wind vector slices,
- wind trajectories, etc. of data in a 3-D grid and then rotate and animate
- the image in realtime. There are also features for text annotation and
- video production.
-
- Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
- by the Free Software Foundation. Development funded by NASA.
-
-
- Hardware requirements:
- Silicon Graphics:
- IRIS with VGX, GTX, TG, or G graphics
- SGI Crimson or Indigo (R4000, Elan graphics suggested)
- 32MB RAM suggested
- IRIX 4.0.x
- IBM RS/6000:
- 3-D graphics hardware with GL
- 32MB RAM suggested
- AIX version 3 or later
- Stardent/Stellar:
- GS-1000 or GS-2000
- TrueColor display
- 32MB RAM suggested
-
- How to get it:
- % ftp iris.ssec.wisc.edu
- or
- % ftp 144.92.108.63
-
- login: anonymous
- password: myname@location
-
- ftp> cd pub/vis5d
- ftp> ascii
- ftp> get README
- ftp> bye
-
- See section 2 of the README file for complete system requirements
- and installation instructions.
-
- Includes:
- Complete source code for visualization program and utilities
- 2 sample data sets
- Sample conversion program to put your data into McIDAS format
- Documentation and porting guide
- Executable files are also available
-
- For more information contact:
- Bill Hibbard (whibbard@vms.macc.wisc.edu)
- Brian Paul (bpaul@vms.macc.wisc.edu)
-
- Space Science and Engineering Center
- University of Wisconsin - Madison
- 1225 W. Dayton St.
- Madison, WI 53706
-
-