Procedure (con’t):
- Collect your sequential WEFAX image files.
- Place the image files in the ROMEO subdirectory. Be sure the image files are listed
in the subdirectory in chronological order. The closer together the chronological
files are obtained, the smoother the animation. Images collected every hour work
best, although images collected every two, four, or six hours also give good results.
Animation works well with 10 or more image files. - To animate the files, be sure you are in the subdirectory containing the file DTA.
- To create the animation file, type:
where the path is the path to the image files. This will create the file ANIM.FLI, the
more images in the animation, the longer this process will take.- To show the animation, type
- The file, ANIM.FLI should be renamed since each subsequent animation
created by DTA will be called ANIM.FLI. - Additional, in-depth information about the programs DTA and PLAY are found in
their .DOC or .TXT files.
References:
Mason, David K.,
Mason, David K.,
* The Romeo file may be obtained from:
NASA Spacelink via modem at (205) 895-0028
Internet at spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov.
B o rd e r Tech Bulletin Board (410) 239-4247 no charge to educators except long distance phone cost.
Dallas Remote Imaging Group (DRIG) Bulletin Board System
There is a fee to use this BBS. (214) 394-7438
The animation software is shareware, meaning that it is not free, Trilobyte will support the
product and send you new versions as they become available. To register, send $39 to Trilobyte,
PO Box 1412, Jacksonville, Oregon 97530.
T h e re are two animation files and 9 individual frame files on the disks. The file, ROMEO, contains 10
images, taken by GOES West. This animation covers 5 hours in the life of the hurricane.
The file ROMEO.ALL contains the original 10 images plus an additional number of frames that
extend the animation to over a day’s period of time.
PKUNZIP may be downloaded from Spacelink, or the Border Tech or DRIG BBS.256D T A \ *. G I F / S D / S W ENTERP L A Y A N I M. F L I ENTER