McIDAS Survey Results
These are the results for the McIDAS Survey at McIDAS Survey. Plots were only created for questions 1 - 5 and only for numeric data - questions where the user could enter in an answer into a text box were skipped.
1. McIDAS-X commands can be run in many different ways. Rate the importance of each of these on a scale from 1 to 5.
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| McIDAS command window |
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| McIDAS GUI |
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| McIDAS Batch files |
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| F-Keys and F-Key menus |
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| McBASI files |
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| McIDAS scheduler |
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| Unix prompt or shell scripts |
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| Scheduled through cron |
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2. Some McIDAS-X commands interact with the display or require user input while running. Rate the importance of each of these on a scale from 1 to 5.
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| ASK1 |
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| CM |
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| DIST |
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| EB |
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| FRMLABEL with CRAWL= |
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| GRDDISP with MOVIE= |
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| IMGMAG |
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| IMGPLOT |
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| IMGPROBE with MODE=I |
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| IMGTRACK |
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| PCMW |
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| STNLIST with MODE=I |
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| TOWNS |
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| UACROSS with MODE=I |
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| ZA with Mouse option |
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| ZLM with MODE=I |
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3. McIDAS has some unique concepts. Rate the importance of each of these on a scale from 1 to 5. For those you rate a 4 or 5, please include a description of how it's used:
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| Paneled frames |
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| Independent graphics |
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| Virtual graphics |
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| String tables |
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| REDIRECT for locating files |
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| Briefing frames |
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4. McIDAS-X uses frames that are sequentially numbered. This will not be the case in McIDAS-V, as frames will be located and addressable by their contents rather than by a number. How important are numerically addressable frames, for example: SF 5?
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| How Important: |
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5. The output from McIDAS-X commands fall into a few categories. On a scale from 1 to 5, rate each of these with respect to the operations at your site.
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| McIDAS Area files (IMGCOPY) |
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| netCDF image files (IMGCOPY) |
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| Text or binary image files (AXFORM) |
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| Text output from data listing (IMGLIST, PTLIST, GRDLIST, etc. with DEV=) |
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| Graphics, saved to GIF, JPEG, etc. (FRMSAVE) |
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Last updated
11-Aug-2004
by
SSEC Webmaster