Jython showing up in very interesting edu-sig environments these days.. VisAd homepage http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/visad.html VisAD is a Java component library for interactive and collaborative visualization and analysis of numerical data. The name VisAD is an acronym for "Visualization for Algorithm Development". VisBio is a biological visualization tool designed to allow easy visualization and analysis of 4-D multispectral data--stacks of slices of biological data with multiple color values, animated across time. http://www.loci.wisc.edu/visbio/ Using Python with VisAD http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/visadtutor/ Several small examples http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/visadtutor/smallex.html Quick Reference to VisAD Python Interface Functions http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~tomw/visadtutor/cheatsheet.txt ./Jason ______________________________________________ Jason Cunliffe [NOMADICS: Director art+design] Tel/fax: +1 718 422-1078 jasonic@nomadics.org N 43:00.000' W 074:31.875' ALT:1144 ft 84 Henry Street #3C Brooklyn NY 11201 USA