He also showed his current version of the three-dimensional hodograph viewer. MetApps Update - Charlie Murphy Charlie Murphy summarized his status report. It helps to structure the discussion and debate on the various issues. It also documents the discussion, providing a historical archive. The next round includes the satellite image viewer and model viewer.
Active members develop use cases for prototypes.
The components approach and integrated systems approach were discussed. How to combine components to build customized applications was discussed. There was consensus that along with components, the developers should work towards the development of useful turn-key applications already assembled from components. User involvement has been weak, but we must be creative in facilitating involvement in the process. Unidata should create a more concrete description of the goals of the Java development, including the relationship between components, a GUI framework for the components, and turn-key applications.