Pipelined data to map calculations can be run with the 'bng' script in MIExpert, a companion package to the MIFit software. These are open source packages at
http://code.google.com/p/mifit The bng script can either be run on the command-line or through the MIFit GUI. Both GUI and processing script are written in python and fully exposed so it you don't like the defaults or one of the underlying CCP4 processing engines gets updated with new keywords or some other change you can easily fix. Possibly novel features are the ability to start from image data (assuming it is 'reasonably good') and the ability to load up a whole series of data sets in a single calculation. i.e. you can setup all 30 to run and then go away for a few hours before reviewing the refined maps. Outputs include various processing summaries, refined phased data and coordinates before and after water picking. If you happen to have an automated ligand-fitting technology you can throw that in also. I use this script all the time for projects (usually cocrystals or fragment screening) where I have many data sets and I want an efficient route to the first maps. Thanks John Badger
