Howdy!
Alex Carver wrote:
--- Gerry Creager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Pardon me while I don my Nomex.
<soapbox>
No problem, I've got my plasma torch handy. :)
No problem. I have to deal with faculty on a regular basis.
Joseph M. Durnal wrote:
Some things that I can do with APRSDos, like bring
up a command window
to the TNC, handle NTS formatted messages
I can't think of a reason to have to get into the
TNC once it's
configured, and it really should be run in KISS.
What'd a terminal
window buy you there?
Actually, it's sometimes handy to reconfigure the TNC
for non-KISS operation (a digipeater, for example,
that you shouldn't depend on the computer in case it
crashes), or diagnostics while inside Xastir. I run a
TNC in command mode with Xastir precisely for the
digipeating of the TNC without the computer just in
case the machine dumps out due to something weird (and
I've got a weird system, two computers, one runs
Xastir and one runs the TNC). I know I've wanted to
be able to send a command or two to the TNC before.
I've done this in the past and found it was better/easier for me to have
a configured digi and a lower powered APRS station. While I've more
computers at home than sense.... Well, you get the idea. I don't have a
computer on a digi all the time unless I'm having hardware problems or
want to monitor the channel authoritatively for problems.
Still, I may concede this point.
OK: I am now switching gears and asking for opinions
and comments on a
vizualization product. If y'all would look at
http://mesonet.tamu.edu/scoop-cgi/ogc/wrf and give
me off-list feedback,
I'd appreciate it. I'm running the WRF (community
developed Weather
Research and Forecasting)model over a rather large
domain, from ~40W to
~105W and ~5N to ~55N. The display is surface wind
fields. The purpose
of this model is to provide 10 meter height winds
and surface barometric
pressures to initialize ocean circulation and wave
models, which will in
turn be used to help predict storm surge and
inundation.
It's hard to see some of the arrowheads especially on
the vectors that have small magnitudes. It seems the
arrowheads scale with the magnitude of the vector,
too, and not just the length of the vector line.
Perhaps fixed sized arrowheads and color for the
magnitude like radar data?
Good point/observation. With the package we're using now... and most
I've seen for model outputs, there's little I can do to keep the arrow
heads a constant size but we can look into this.
Thanks
Gerry
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