Briefing Tool Update Herb Grote ESRL/GSD/ISB Boulder, CO June 13, 2006

2 Workstation Evolution FXC ALPS AWIPS/SOA v3.00v4.00v5.00 OB7.1OB8 DevTK RSA OB6

3 FXC Enhancements FXC 3.0 Slide Show line cursor AFOS text menu file OB3 Radar Keys Distance-bearing Range-bearing HTML templates Drawing tool (symbols, etc) Slideshow GUI redesign Dwell time (Slide & Proc) Multiple Slide Show folders Copy between folders Help-file search Web posting R911 support (XML) Installation scripts IPC (sockets) User Guide (WWW)(WWW)

4 FXC Enhancements FXC 4.0 Lambert conformal with 2SP Font orientation along long. Image glyphs for drawings Grouping of objects Overlaying saved drawings Saving map color, other New AWIPS models Web applet (briefing)(briefing) Enhanced install & mgt script Contour Editing Drawing into each frame Drawing rectangle Drawing circles Text with colored shadows More text font sizes Optional line smoothing Transparent PNG Creating GIS world file Procedure with JPEG gen.

5 Advanced Linux Prototype System (ALPS) Accelerate the HP to Linux transition Address key AWIPS architectural issues (e.g. Data access, Adding Functionality) Evolutionary changes to AWIPS, not the next generation system

6 Expanding the Power of AWIPS with Plugins Herb Grote ESRL/GSD/ISB February 2, 2006

7 What is a Plugin? Extends system capabilities Installed by user or automatically downloaded Plug-and-Play Technology used by Web Browsers Maintained separately

8 AWIPS Plugins Extends AWIPS functionality Easily integrated –Copy to reserved plugin directory –Restart workstation –Automatically populates menu Written in variety of languages (incl. Java) Replaces AWIPS C++ “Extensions”

9 Interactive Capability API handles mouse events –needed for drawing, sampling, etc Obtains display status –needed for graphic overlays, data processing Displays images and graphics Currently, data API not provided

10 Display Architecture Baselines Drawing Display ProcessPlugin Processes IGC Plugin Server X11 Display Mouse / Keyboard

11 Interactive Drawing Plugin

12 Plugin Data Access Data API in early design phase Will support remote and local data access Image and graphic display generation Display process (IGC) controls overlays, zoom, toggling, fading, animation, … Image transparency (alpha blending) added

13 Data Access Flexibility Data Request Location Table OPeNDAP Server NAS Local Database Remote Database URL fln

14 Multiple Image Overlays

15 Long-term Design Concept Plugin repository Automated Delivery System Common Application Visualization Environment (CAVE) Integration of global data sets Plugins for ocean data processing

16 Service Support AWIPS Data Servers Plugin Repository Plugin Local Data Network & Services

17 API Status and Plans Several Plugins have been developed for demonstration, written in C++ and Java. Extensions have been converted to Plugins (points, baselines, home, WarnGen …) Plugin test driver (X-display) has been written. Plugin Developers Package available (API, Doc) Basic drawing/annotation Plugin demonstrated –lines, polygons, fronts, text,.. –modify lines, smooth, change attributes,...

18 Current Efforts Plugin Developers Package Basic drawing/annotation Plugin –lines, polygons, fronts, text,.. –modify lines, smooth, change attributes,... Conversion of HydroView to Plugin Enhancing Plugin API –Support for non-plan view displays –Collaboration

19 Summary FSL working with NWS to expedite full transition to new Linux based architecture. The distributed data concept is flexible and can be introduced gradually. The new API provides the infrastructure for integration of other AWIPS packages

20 AWIPS Evolution (SOA) Raytheon

21 Task Order Roadmap TO 2TO 1 TO 3TO 4 TO 5 TO 6 TO 7TO (M)TO (D) Application Migration Application Migration Analysis First Deployment 6 m 3 m 15 m 3.25 yr 3.5 yr T0T0 Architecture Migration (ADE) Plan Analysis

22 > AWIPS Service Service Container Network transport protocals [jms|http|https|soap|ftp|tcp|…] System capabilities available as network services Thick Client Thin Client NAS Data Storage > AWIPS Service Service Container AWIPS Site 1 > AWIPS Service Service Container NAS Data Storage > AWIPS Service Service Container AWIPS Site 2 AWIPS Sites n…

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24 Alpha Channel Blending