<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The new UDF interface is still in the design phase. It will be included in version 2.1. <div>--Jennifer<div><br><div><div>On Sep 29, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Semyon Grodsky wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Jennifer,<br>is UDF support included in the 2.0.0? If not, could you please update us <br>on that?<br>Thanks,<br>--Senya<br><br>On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Jennifer Adams wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Brian and I are pleased to announce a new release of GrADS, version 2.0.0. We <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">have worked very hard to make this version as stable as possible, and are <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">therefore taking it out of alpha status, skipping over beta altogether, and <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">calling it 'operational'. There is a very long list of new features, bug <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">fixes and miscellaneous additions, the full text from the ChangeLog is below, <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">please read it carefully.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Highlights of this release, other than its stability, are a new shaded <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">contouring algorithm (which allows for "transparent" colors), support for <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">polygon shapefiles and KML files, and some fixes and improvements to the <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">streamlines, including controls for spacing, style, and size of the arrows. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">There are also new versions of some of the supplibs, enabling the handling of <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">GRIB2 product definition template 4.15, and optimizing the netcdf5/hdf5 <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">interface.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The GrADS downloads web page (<a href="http://iges.org/grads/downloads.html">http://iges.org/grads/downloads.html</a>) has been <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">updated with links to the source code and a few pre-compiled binaries. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Binaries for additional operating systems will be posted as they become <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">available.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Please report any problems or questions to this forum. Enjoy!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Jennifer M. Adams<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">IGES/COLA<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Calverton, MD 20705<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:jma@cola.iges.org">jma@cola.iges.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">2011-09-29 Version 2.0.0<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Features:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * New shaded contouring algorithm: "set gxout shade2"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Polygons are closed, have no holes, do not overlap, and are as large and <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">few in number as is feasible<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Use of -1 for a color # will suppress drawing of the shaded contour, <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">making it effectively transparent<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Legacy shaded contouring routine: "set gxout shade1"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * "set gxout shaded" is now an alias for legacy shaded contouring routine<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Support for creating polygon shapefiles with new option "-poly" to "set <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">shp" command<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Support for creating polygon KML files with new option "-poly" to "set <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">kml" command<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * 1D loglog plots with new command "set log1d"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * New environment variable GASHP, contains 1 or more directories that may <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">contain shapefiles.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> GASHP delimiters are space, semicolon, comma, or colon. Algorithm is:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> 1. Tries to open filename as provided by user<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. Parses <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">GASHP and prepends each dir to filename<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> 3. Prepends GADDIR directory (only one dir) to filename<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * New command "set strmopts" to control streamline density plus arrowhead <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">spacing, size, and type.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Support for negative streamline density values (between -10 and -1) for <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">high-res grids.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Misc:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Mixed case ensemble names are now allowed<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Changes to improve masked contour labeling; also now works with "set <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">vpage"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Support for grib1 time range indicator 7, which subtracts the forecast <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">time<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> from the basetime to get the valid time<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Loosened restrictions in gribmap for mapping monthly data<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Previously undocumented command: "screen"<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Added "query calendar" command to discover calendar mode (unset, <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">365-day, or standard)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Added ":" to list of delimiters for multiple dirs in GASCRP environment <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">variable (now same as GASHP)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Added "NULL" as an option for scale factor attribute name in the UNPACK <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">descriptor file entry<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> when add offset occurs alone<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Updated wgrib.c to version 1.8.1.2a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Updated grib2scan to show start/ending times for averages, and valid <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">times for instantaneous fields<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Handles GRIB2 Product Definition Template 4.15<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Added aliases 'line' for 'ln' and 'point' for 'pt' in 'set shp' and 'set <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">kml' commands<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Added alias 'image' for 'img' in 'set kml' command<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Bugs:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Fixed errors when retrieving data from a very large defined object that <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">has more than 2Gb elements.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Patched memory leak when reading NetCDF attributes with lengths larger <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">than 128<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Patched memory leaks in cdiff(), gr2stn(), and coll2gr() functions and <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">collect() command<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Cannot have a leap and no-leap file open at the same time<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Calendar mode cleared with "reinit" only<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Fixed big/little endian error when reading 2-byte binary data<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Fixed bug where 2-point contour segments are not drawn in upper right <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">corner of grid<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Fixed contouring bug for very high res grids with vertices too close <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">together to resolve graphically<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Fixed contouring bug for small grids that left a gap in contour line<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Added check for strictly increasing contour levels<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Fixed streamlines in areas where grid boxes are not square (e.g. near <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the poles)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Disabled erroneous vector/barb drawing in some projections (mollweide, <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">orthographic, and robinson)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Fixed erroneous results from 'q xy2gr' for some projections (returns <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">-999.9 instead of garbage)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Supplib Updates:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> * Linked with jasper-1.900.1, g2clib 1.2.2, hdf5-1.8.7, netcdf-4.1.3, <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">zlib-1.2.5<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br>Semyon Grodsky<br>Computer and Space Science Building (Bldg. #224), Room 2409<br>Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science<br>University of Maryland<br>College Park, MD 20742<br><br>Phone: 301-405-5330<br>Fax: 301-314-9482<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:senya@atmos.umd.edu">senya@atmos.umd.edu</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>gradsusr mailing list<br><a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>http://gradsusr.org/mailman/listinfo/gradsusr<br></div></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 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