We'll make this available through this web site in the next few weeks. The lack of a direct internet link with the Vietnamese node is still a problem, although the data is now being transferred manually via a proxy server about once every month. A new version of the software is undergoing tests at the moment. Optimisations leading to faster generation of the composited images. Web front-end to the data archive allowing users to see quicklooks and download fire maps from any node.
Automatic installation scripts to reduce operator effort in upgrading.
The first new node to join the network is the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand, that came online at the end of September 1999. A system was dispatched in August, but unfortunately suffered badly in transit. Work is also continuing on preparations for a burnt area detection facility. In November we will begin to update the processing software to include a generic burnt-area detection chain, into which we can plug different algorithms optimised for each region. This should provide significant improvements to the geolocation and calibration.