DIAL Release 3.1 (11/30/2000)
DIAL Release 3.1 is available for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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ALPHA / DIGITAL UNIX
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PC / WINDOWS 95/NT
The distributed search capability (using V0 protocol) is supported for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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ALPHA/DIGITAL UNIX
New Features:
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Distributed Search using CIP protocol (SUN/SOLARIS)
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Cross-granule Animation
Known Problems:
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For enabling a DIAL center with Distributed Data Service, DIAL catalog
should be created using .meta files only.
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Distributed search is only supported on a limited selection of platforms
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Release 3.0 and 3.1 for Windows 98 platform gives HDF Mapping Gateway error when
a datafile is selected for viewing from the search result set.
Acknowledgement:
DIAL's CIP distributed search is based on DLR's Retrieval Manager.
Cross-granule download does not work on Linux.
DIAL Release 3.0 (04/15/2000)
DIAL Release 3.0 is available for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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ALPHA / DIGITAL UNIX
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PC / WINDOWS 95/98/NT
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PC / LINUX (GNU)
The distributed search capability (using V0 protocol) is supported for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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ALPHA/DIGITAL UNIX
New Features:
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Improved Scalability
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Distributed Data Service
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Cleanup Serverside Tool (for removing temporary files)
Changes:
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DIAL catalog creation tool was modified for improved scalability.
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Catalog tool was modified for including data file size.
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DIAL Search CGI was updated for HTML interface changes and Distributed
Data Service.
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DIAL View CGI was updated for interface changes. Uses HTML frame
structure for improved navigation.
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HTML Search results implements frame structure. Uses left side of
the frame for displaying datafiles and right side of the frame for displaying
selected file metadata.
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Cleanup tool removes all the temporary files generated by the DIAL CGI.
Fixes:
Fixed broken gif problem caused by memory leak
Known Problems:
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For enabling a DIAL center with Distributed Data Service, DIAL catalog
should be created using .meta files only.
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Distributed search is only supported on a limited selection of platforms
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Loading speed for the color composite is slow, if the image is too large
(>5 MB)
Cross-granule download does not work on Linux.
DIAL Release 2.4 (09/30/1999)
DIAL Release 2.4 is available for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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ALPHA / DIGITAL UNIX
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PC / WINDOWS 95/98/NT
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PC / LINUX (GNU)
The distributed search capability is supported for the following platforms:
New Features:
V0 protocol directory search support
Changes:
Requires a mapping table for mapping a DatasetID with the Directory
Interchange Format (DIF) ID obtained from the Global Change Master Directory
(GCMD).
Fixes:
Now DIAL supports HDF's 24 Bit Raster (DF24) or General Raster (GR) data
model.
Fixed the problem of animating an image that has at least one dimension
that has less than 100 pixels.
Known Problems:
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Distributed search is only supported on a limited selection of platforms
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Loading speed for the color composite is slow, if the image is too large
(>5 MB)
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Cross-granule download does not work on Linux.
DIAL Release 2.3 (06/30/1999)
DIAL Release 2.3 is now available for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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ALPHA / DIGITAL UNIX
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PC / WINDOWS 95/NT
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PC / LINUX (REDHAT)
New Features:
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Color composite image creation
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Cross-granule subsetting/subsampling
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Download multiple granules simultaneously
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Remote database search
Changes:
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Requires a "tmp" directory under cgi-bin/dib/ directory
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Requires recreation of the existing inventory files
created by earlier versions of DIAL
Known Problems:
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Does not yet recognize HDF's General Raster (GR) or 24 Bit Raster (DF24)
data models
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Problem with animation when one of the dimensions of an image is less than
100 pixels
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Loading speed for the color composite is slow, if the image is too large
(> 5 MB)
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Distributed search is only supported on a limited selection of platforms
DIAL Release 2.2 (03/30/1999)
DIAL Release 2.2 is available for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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ALPHA / DIGITAL UNIX
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PC / WINDOWS 95/NT
New Features and Changes:
This release supports "clustering" of DIAL servers (distributed server
environment) through the V0 protocol. A DIAL server can provide data
access to a user community through an EOS Data Gateway (EDG).
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V0 protocol support for inventory search
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Inventory records require the following mandatory fields:
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Dataset ID / Longname
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Parameter
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Sensor
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Source
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Processing Level
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The distributed search capability is supported for the following platforms:
Known Problems:
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Problem with animation when one of the dimensions of an image is less than
100 pixels
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Distributed search is only supported on a limited selection of platforms
DIAL Release 2.1 (12/31/1998)
DIAL Release 2.1 is available for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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ALPHA / DIGITAL UNIX
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PC / WINDOWS 95/NT
New Features:
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Animation
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Coastline and political boundary overlay
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HTML interface enhancements
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'OR' search capability
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Database inventory support using JDBC interface
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Auto-installation for Windows 95/NT platforms
Changes:
Requires a 'gif' directory under htdocs/dib_home/
Known Problems:
Problem with animation when one of the dimensions of an
image is less than 100 pixels
DIAL 2.0 (09/30/1998 - Baseline Version)
DIAL 2.0 Release is available for the following platforms:
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SGI / IRIX
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SUN / SOLARIS
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HP / HP-UX
Features:
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WWW based client/server architecture
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User friendly Java & HTML interfaces for data search and manipulation
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Spatial, temporal and parameter based inventory search
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On-line geographic and image - coordinates based subsetting and subsampling
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Interactive browse and visualization of data
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Full HDF and HDF-EOS support
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Immediate downloading of data in multiple formats
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Flexible site configuration
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Easy installation and setup
Contact: dialhelp@dial.gsfc.nasa.gov