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From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)
Subject: Re: wxmap access denied?
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 14:41:16 GMT
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In article <25268@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt1111a@prism.gatech.EDU (Vincent Fox) writes:
> [wxmap description, a most execellent program for X]
> 
> Now all I get is:
> !!! Server failed: Data restricted to uiuc.edu only per Alden/Zephyr licensing,
> sorry.

The data that wxmap uses for display is not free, UIUC pays real money
for it. I would assume that the U of Ill. pays only for a UIUC site
license, and that allowing the data to flow off campus is illegal.

Alternatively, it's possible that the off campus useage became so
large that it was bogging the machines (which are already slow and
heavily used, especially with it getting to be the end of semester).

P.S. I run wxmap as my X window background, updated every half hour.
It is cool beyond belief. It's got radar, fronts, wind, temperature,
isotherms, storm and tornado watches, in glorious color.

-- 
Alan M. Carroll                "I hate shopping with the reality-impaired"
Epoch Development Team                 - Susan
CS Grad / U of Ill @ Urbana    ...{ucbvax,pur-ee,convex}!cs.uiuc.edu!carroll