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D -- ENHANCEMENT OF JAVA AND VISAD APPLICATIONS SOL 52DDNE-9-90130 DUE 090399 POC Helene Kram, Contract Specialist,301/713-0839; Aileen Redding, Contracting Officer, 301/713-0839 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Helene Kram, Contract Specialist,, helene.kram@agf.noaa.gov. The Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (DOC/NOAA/ NESDIS) intends to award a sole source contract to the University of Wisconsin/Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC), to enhance the Java and VisAD applications toward distributed object science data protocol for advanced collaborations. The period of performance is one year from date of award. The work to be performed includes: Integrating the science data protocol with a collaborative visualization protocol that synchronizes interactions of multiple users with 3-D visualizations; provide shorthand specialization of the science data protocol for common earth science data types, such as images, multi- spectral images, grids, station data, and time sequences of this data; define Java Bean components for protocol elements so that visual programming tools can be used to design data flows in network applications; demonstrate collaborative access to satellite and radar data via a simple web browser interface. VisAD was developed at the UW-Madison/SSEC and is used in ongoing VisAD development at NASA and the National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA) as well as NOAA's VisAD science data protocol. SSEC has historical knowledge, documentation, access to GOES data and McIDAS (an interactive hardware and software computing system for analysis and display of weather and climate data), as well as a professional staff of scientists, engineers and computer programmers with a high level of expertise. NOAA believes that only SSEC is capable of providing the services necessary, in a cost-effective and timely manner. No solicitation is available. Respondents to this announcement who believe they have the ability to provide the services required must identify their interest and capability and show their capability, including costs, in writing, to provide these services. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. See Note 22. Posted 08/17/99 (W-SN368535). (0229)

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