The latest version of the gemvis software is now available for anonymous ftp from the NCEP server at ftp.ncep.noaa.gov. Please cd to /pub/hpc and get the compressed tar file named gemvis.tar.Z. Uncompress the file, and untar it. There is a README file describing the installation procedure, with which you are already familiar. This latest version supports the depth vertical coordinate which allows gemvis to handle oceanographic data. This version of GEMVIS has not been linked with any version of vis5d higher than 4.2. Linking to a later version of vis5d may result in link time or execution time errors because of changes to vis5d software libraries. I have moved on to another position here at NCEP; so, I no longer maintain the gemvis code. It is offered as is. Please feel free to modify it at will and share changes with other users to perpetuate the utility of this software. Thanks, Keith