New release GrADS version 2.0.a5

[mmacleod]

Good afternoon Jennifer.

The expanded capability of 2.0.a5 looks good.  We have an application
that would benefit from the KML and GeoTIFF formats.

Our system operate on Ubuntu 8.4 O/S.  How soon will the Ubuntu x8 - 64
binaries be available?

Will you be sending an e-mail when they are posted to the web pages for
download.

Keep up the good work. The user community really appreciate it.

Regards

Mac MacLeod


Jennifer Adams wrote:
> Hi, Everyone --
> I have posted a new version of GrADS: 2.0.a5. The GrADS downloads web
> page (_http://iges.org/grads/downloads.html_) has been updated with
> links to the source code and pre-compiled binaries for a few OS flavors.
>
> This build has the initial implementation of a new capability --
> graphics output that is compatible with GIS software. You can create
> files in the GeoTIFF format (a georeferenced raster image) as well as
> the KML format, which is actually two files: an image file in TIFF
> format and a text file in KML which contains the georeferencing
> information. The KML file is intended for use with Google Earth. There
> is some documentation on how to use these new graphics output options:
>
> http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradcomdsetgxout.html
> http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradcomdsetgeotiff.html
> http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradcomdsetkml.html
>
> There are other fixes and additions to this release, outlined below:
>
> Bug Fixes:
> * PDEF lcc now works properly in the Southern Hemisphere
> * sdfwrite output has correct time axis units
> Misc:
> * Added support for templating on T but not E for self-describing files
> * Added support for optional padding of sdfwrite output to include fixed dimensions
> * Added check in gribmap for non-supported grib2 product definition templates
> * Added support for jpeg image output format with printim
> If you build GrADS from source, please note there are some changes to the supplibs: I've added libtiff and libgeotiff and upgraded g2clib to version 1.1.8. Please see http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/supplibs.html for links to source tarballs.
> Enjoy!
> --Jennifer
>
> --
> Jennifer M. Adams
> IGES/COLA
> 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
> Calverton, MD 20705
> jma at cola.iges.org <mailto:jma at cola.iges.org>
>
>
>

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