Image 1: Image Chooser

1. Choose an ADDE Server and a Dataset to use. Press Connect to query the server for available image types

   The IDV comes pre-configured with a list of ADDE servers and data sets or you can enter your own. See Available data for a description of these pre-defined data sets.

2. Select the Image Type to use:

3. You may choose a relative set of times steps (e.g., Last 5 times):

4. Or, choose a set of absolute times (e.g., 12Z, 1Z):

   When choosing absolute times for the first time the IDV needs to query the ADDE server for the times. This may take some time. Times can be selected in the list or the time line (use control/click or shift/click in the list to select multiple times). See the Timeline section for details on its use.

5. Or, match the times of the current active display window:

   This assumes the current active display window has a display with the time driver set. A display can be set as a time driver in the Time Subset panel in the Field Selector tab or the View menu in the Dashbaord's Displays tab.

6. Select the navigation type:

   This widget is enable when the image type from the ADDE server is polar orbit data and its default value is latlon.

7. Optionally override the image selection properties (e.g., image size, location, etc.) See below for more details.

8. When done, load the selected image data with the Add Source button.

Unidata's Integrated Data Viewer > Dashboard > Choosing Data Sources