<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Mar 4, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Andrea Sealy wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Jennifer</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for your quick response! Is there an extension for the current version with regards to the shape files?</div></blockquote>Arlindo's opengrads has a shapefile extension, but my implementation is a little different, so the docs I have written will not help you use shapefiles in opengrads. </div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div> How soon will 2.0.a8 be released? </div></blockquote>I will never commit to a specific release date, or even an unspecific one (e.g. next week). All I can say is ... soon. </div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Is there a beta version that you are willing to share (with bugs and all)?</div></blockquote>Sorry! I see no benefit to releasing code that isn't ready. </div><div><br></div><div>--Jennifer</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"> <div> </div> <div>Thanks!</div> <div>Andrea<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Jennifer Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">GrADS version 2.0.a8 is not yet public. But one way to tell it is very close to being released is that I have already updated the documentation for the new shapefile handling features! I am working hard on getting 2.0.a8 ready. We are still doing some testing on the big (>2Gb) GRIB file interface ... please stay tuned. <div>--Jennifer</div> <div><br> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div></div> <div class="h5"><br> <div> <div>On Mar 4, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Andrea Sealy wrote:</div><br> <blockquote type="cite"> <div>Dear colleagues</div> <div> </div> <div>Where can I download the GrADS version 2.0.a8 so I can use the shape file support? I currently have 2.0.a7.1 installed.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks!</div> <div>Andrea</div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><font color="#888888"> <div><span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-SPACING: 0px 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: 12px Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"><span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-SPACING: 0px 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: 12px Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px"><span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-SPACING: 0px 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: 12px Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px"> <div>--</div> <div>Jennifer M. Adams</div> <div>IGES/COLA</div> <div>4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302</div> <div>Calverton, MD 20705</div> <div><a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org" target="_blank">jma@cola.iges.org</a></div> <div><br></div><br></span></span></div></span></div><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>--</div><div>Jennifer M. 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