1. Live Access Server (LAS)
Web based, common interface to diverse data
Single interface for subsetting, download, visualization, comparison
Easy access to metadata and documentation
Unified access to distributed data holdings
Uniform user interface to existing back end visualization packages

2. LAS Architecture
LAS is three tiered

3. LAS and OPeNDAP
Ferret back end is linked with OPeNDAP

4. Data Server Details

5. LAS Documentation Home page List of servers
List of servers
LAS_servers.html

6. LAS Tutorial Creating dataset configuration files
LASdoc?file=16
Adding data to your LAS

7. LAS Tutorial Customizing output graphics with <properties>
FAQ/per_variable_configuration.html
Fixing datasets with <init_script>

8. Thank You! You all for coming. Tim Campbell and Brian Tabor.
Peter and James.
The Ferret-FDS-LAS gang:
Steve Hankin, Ansley Manke,
Kevin O’Brien, Yonghua Wei,
Joe Mclean, Roland Schweitzer