NOAA/OAR IDL Site License

CONTRACT COVERAGE NOAA Research, NESDIS, and NCEP have entered into an agreement with Research Systems Inc. (RSI) for a site license for its Interactive Data Language (IDL) product, on all computer platforms and all official NOAA Research and NESDIS sites, including field programs, conferences, travel, and home. Please note that within NOAA Research that Sea Grant, OGP and NURP are not included on this agreement. For information about joining this agreement, please contact Rich Beeler. The site agreement covers maintenance and documentation. RSI does offer site fees for technical support which can be included in the contract. Additional RSI products are available at a discount.

GETTING THE LICENSED SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IDL licenses MUST be requested through your technical contact. Download from http://www.rsinc.com/download/. The package you receive from IDL will run in demo mode until you install the correct license. Use the CD distribution for high-resolution maps.

GETTING MORE INFORMATION - Please read the NOAA IDL FAQ for general information. - Check the IDL Tech Tips for specific problems. - comp.lang.idl and comp.lang.idl-pvwave are two active newsgroups for IDL users. - Contact your Technical Contact for all other issues. NOAA Research AOML Bob Kohler ESRL/CSD Joan Brundage ESRL/GMD Chris Cornwall ESRL/GSD Steve Bruno ESRL/PSD Michael Falls GFDL Larry Lewis GLERL John Fenton NSSL Steve Fletcher PMEL David Borg-Breen NESDIS Vince Barrett Joe Brust Chung Wu NCEP Jim Abeyta