<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><div>Dear Pythonistas, </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> I just uploaded a new version of PyGrADS to <a href="http://sf.net">sf.net</a>:</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=161773&package_id=256758">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=161773&package_id=256758</a></p>
</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> For the first time I am including a win32 installer as well as a win32 superpack for those of you who do not have no Python whatsoever installed on your Windows box and would like to give it a try. You can find more information in the Wiki:</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <a href="http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Python_Interface_to_GrADS#Installation">http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Python_Interface_to_GrADS#Installation</a></div>
<div><br></div><div> This version cleans up some minor API issues and has a more consistent naming of the main classes. It should be pretty much backward compatible with v1.0.7, though.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div> Be sure to run the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">examples</span> and check the plots:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <a href="http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Python_Interface_to_GrADS#Checking_your_Installation">http://opengrads.org/wiki/index.php?title=Python_Interface_to_GrADS#Checking_your_Installation</a><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> We are still working on the Examples page in the Wiki. Let me know if any of you would like to help with the documentation.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Grads v2 compatibility:</span> like the previous version, only the very basic <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">GaCore</span> class works with GrADS v2. (The test suite pytests first introduce in v1.9 has recently been ported to v2; pytests only requires GaCore.) The ability of python to exchange data with GrADS requires OpenGrADS extensions not yet available in v2. </div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">A call to volunteers</span>. Here is a sample of some of the features we would like to see implemented in PyGrADS:</div>
<div><ul><li>Better handling of satellite imagery, with seamless integration of AREA, GeoTiff and some basic KML functionality</li><li>Integration of VTK or any other volumetric visualization python package</li><li>Neural networks: integrate one of the many available NN python modules so that network design and training could be accomplished using simple and familiar GrADS expressions</li>
<li>Wavelet transforms, including some wavelet based compression algorithms</li><li>Comprehensive set of statistical functions for analysis of climate variability: better EOF capabilities, SVD, CCA, POP analysis, kernel density estimates, time series analysis, etc</li>
<li>Some simple client/server implementation through XML-RPC or equivalent protocol</li><li>Better Java integration through Jython: implement GaNum functionality through JNumeric, 3D/volumetric visualization capability through visAD, ...</li>
<li>Some GUI demonstrations using wxPython or any other python toolkit. For example, a "GFS Workbench" tool that would bring together GFS forecasts through OPeNDAP, observational data and satellite imagery. </li>
</ul><div>If you have some python experience in any of these areas and would like to lead or get involved in any of these efforts (or anything else that interests you) just drop me a note.</div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div> Cheers!</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> Arlindo</div><div><br></div></span>-- <br>Arlindo da Silva<br><a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a>