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What's New on the ADDS website (updated December 6, 2006)
December 6, 2006
Flight Path Tool Application
  • Enhancements include:
    • Airport and VOR overlays
    • Ability to enter a flight path via airport identifiers
    • Inclusion of new Icing products on the display (CIP Severity)
  • Bug fixes include:
    • Wind barb density issues in cross section
    • Problems saving PNG images
    • Saved configuration issues
Flight Path Tool Applet
  • Enhancements include:
    • Inclusion of new Icing products on the display (CIP Severity)
Java Applets
  • Bug fixes include:
    • Resolved issues with displays on Mac OS X
Icing Page
  • Enhancements include:
    • Inclusion of new Icing products (CIP Severity)
    • Updated navigation of supplemental product so there is no need to 'back and forth' between pages to switch flight levels, times or data type
Turbulence Page
  • Enhancements include:
    • Updated navigation of supplemental product so there is no need to 'back and forth' between pages to switch flight levels or times
    • Enhanced printable layout
Prog Chart Page
  • Enhancements include:
    • No need to 'back and forth' between pages to switch times
    • Enhanced printable layout
Satellite Page
  • Enhancements include:
    • No need to load an entire loop to review one or two images of past data
    • Enhanced printable layout

 
June 30, 2005
Updated Wind/Temps navigation
  • After overwhelming (90%+) positive feedback, the proposed update to the Winds/Temps navigation was made operational. Enhancements include:
    • No need to 'back and forth' between pages to switch flight levels, times or data type
    • Enhanced printable layout

 
May 25, 2005
Deployment of the Q3 FY05 Operational ADDS update. The update includes:
  • New Flight Path Tool Application, with highlights of:
    • Stored configurations
    • Re-sizable Map
    • Available dataset preview
    • Printing and graphics export
  • Better integration with other NWS services such as:
    • Links to SPC's watches and outlook products as well as links to the CWA and MIS products from the Convection page
    • Links to the AWC International products from the Prog Chart and Satellite pages
    • Links to the AWC Area Forecasts from the TAFs page
    • Links to the FB Winds product from the Winds/Temps page

 
Nov 18, 2004
Deployment of the Q1 FY05 Operational ADDS update. The update includes:
  • Updated TAF Graphics, with highlights of:
    • Regional views
    • Hourly updates
    • More time intervals
    • New graphic layout
  • Improved AIR/SIGMET images

 
May 11, 2004
Deployment of the Q3 FY04 Operational ADDS update. The update includes:
  • Deployment of the NWS Look&Feel
  • Improvement in the PIREP retrieval form to allow lat/lon box or a distance from an ICAO location
  • Update of PIREP data handling to store and retrieve data from the relational database

 
March 2, 2004
Deployment of the Q2 FY04 Operational ADDS update. The update includes:
  • Update of TAF and AIR/SIGMET data handling to store and retrieve data from the relational database
  • Deployment of 'plain-english' TAF translation
  • Update to the interface to access Turbulence graphics
  • Addition of pre-generated FIP images and updates to the FPT to include FIP

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