All, I was asked to pass this on to folks that might be interested in participating. I had to strip the attachment to post here but the installation instructions should be available on the SAXTA web site or I can send them to you if you want.
I'm interested to hear what people think about SAXTA. If you have questions about SAXTA or the Go Live December event please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ned From: SAXTA Help [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dave Pieri; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Musinsky John; G. Brakenridge Robert; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Masek Jeff; Maureen Duane; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Skole Dave; Altstatt Alice; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Bruno Margerin; Chris Justice Subject: The SAXTA Go Live December 2006 Launch Dear Colleague, I would like to solicit your participation in an innovative data-sharing experiment. The University of Maryland (Chris Justice P.I.) and SSAI have developed a new open network for Landsat and ASTER data exchange, based on a peer-to-peer architecture. The network is empowered by software we have developed known as SAXTA (for SAtellite jXTA). The software allows for discovery and free distribution of satellite data over the web. It leverages new developments in Java and XML technology for the benefit of the community. We invite you to participate in the SAXTA Go Live December 2006 launch by joining the SAXTA data dissemination network this month. You have been identified as a participant based on you previous expressions of interest and/or suggestions from Chris. The software can be downloaded from the project web site http://Saxta.geog.umd.edu. The installation instructions are attached. We are soliciting users that are willing to maintain their data collections online on a persistent basis. The host machine must remain on. If you feel that you don't have the hardware resources necessary, please contact us, we will do our best to provide you with additional hardware. For the SAXTA Go Live December 2006 exercise, we would like you to download the software, join the network, and share your Landsat 7, Landsat Ortho, or ASTER L1A or L1B scenes. We also request that you use the "Search for Data" and "Download Data" features. The objective of this experiment is to use the release to gather further user feedback. This project is sponsored by NASA's Applied Science Division, which encourages the exchange of Landsat and ASTER data within the science and education communities. The basis is the Open Data Policy (http://globalchange.gov/policies/agency/nasa.html) and the ASTER Data Redistribution Policy (http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/aster/aster_redistribution_policy_clarification.asp ). The software can be downloaded from http://Saxta.geog.umd.edu. The software installation instructions are below. We estimate that installation of the software and sharing of your data can be done in less than 30 minutes. For the launch to be successful, the application needs to be left running continuously. For support questions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The software currently supports ASTER L1A and L1B in HDF-EOS format, Landsat Ortho in Geotiff format, and Landsat 7 data in FAST, NLAPS, and MTL format. We appreciate your participation in the SAXTA Go Live December 2006 launch, and ask you to provide us with your evaluation and feedback by email. In order to maximize the value of this launch, we would invite you to participate beginning now and extending for the next year. This will allow us to evaluate the system with a significant number of simultaneous persistent users. If you have any problems using the system or suggestions as how to improve our service, please feel free to contact me directly (301) 867-6260 or at the helpdesk at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please feel free to pass this message on to your colleagues who may be interested. Regards, Timothy Gubbels Bruno Margerin SAXTA Help [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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