<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I am writing to inform the community of major updates to a product I have been working on, entitled <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 136); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">WebGrADS</span>. <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 136); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">WebGrADS</span> is an online web-based version of GrADS 2 that runs in your browser. It is backed by the cloud and allows you to access and visualize OPenDAP and GDS data. It was originally posted to this listserv last spring, but since then there have been many major updates. WebGrADS now goes beyond an imitator of the GrADS terminal/window style and includes including a full comprehensive interface. Users can open datasets, make plots, change the dimension environment, and more without knowing a single line of GrADS command line code. However, if writing GrADS command line code is your thing, you can still do that too.</div>
<div><br></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><div>To access it, point your browser towards:<br> <a href="http://webgrads.me/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://<span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 136); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">webgrads</span>.me</a> (please use FF/Chrome/Safari at this time)</div>
<div><br></div></div><div><br></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div>WebGrADS is open-source, so if you are interested in hosting your own instance with your own configuration (e.g. your own custom featured datasets), this is supported. Check out the source from the mercurial repository on the project page and see the README file for instructions on how to install and setup an instance. Feel free to email me for support.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The purpose of this is to gauge interest and acquire feedback, so please feel free to provide comments, questions, and suggestions. </span></span><br>
</font></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Comments and Feedback:</div><div>
To this list, or:</div><div><a href="mailto:ddasilva@umd.edu">ddasilva@umd.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>Project Page: </div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://code.google.com/p/gaweb/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204); ">http://code.google.com/p/gaweb/</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div></div></span><div><br></div>Cheers,<br><br>Daniel da Silva</div></div>