OpenDX.org will be hosting the Birds of a Feather gathering at VIS
2000 in Salt Lake City this year. The following announcement will
appear in the program. If you are going to attend VIS, please come
join us and meet some of the people you've seen send e-mail on the
list. If you have something small you'd like to present at the BOF,
please contact me directly.
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Open Visualization Data Explorer (OpenDX) is an application and
development software package for visualizing data, especially 3D data
from simulations or acquired from observations. It uses a Graphical
User Interface based on X windows and Motif. It comes with a complete
set of standard visualization tools for looking at data that include
cutting planes, vector line traces, volume rendering, and
isosurface/isocontour tools. The OpenDX project is a free-source
project based on code and ideas found in the IBM Visualization Data
Explorer program product. The distribution license for OpenDX has
been officially certified as being compliant with the Open Source
Definition by the Open Source Initiative.
Topics:
Brief Overview of OpenDX and developers
Discuss the current status of the project and the latest updates
Solicit ideas and proposals from the OpenDX community regarding
future directions
Meet with the OpenDX community and interested developers to
exchange information
For further information contact David Thompson, VIS, Inc.,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], 1-406-257-8530
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