<s>
WXP	B-Application
may	O
also	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
WXP	B-Application
,	O
a	O
trade	O
name	O
for	O
The	O
Whole	O
Experience	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WXP	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Weather	O
Processor	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
weather	O
data	O
manipulation	O
and	O
visualization	O
package	O
developed	O
at	O
Purdue	O
University	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
WXP	B-Application
was	O
adopted	O
by	O
as	O
the	O
Unix-based	O
weather	O
analysis	O
tool	O
and	O
was	O
distributed	O
to	O
over	O
40	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WXP	B-Application
became	O
a	O
showcase	O
venture	O
for	O
Unidata	O
which	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
promoting	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
standards	O
of	O
software	O
development	O
and	O
user	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
WXP	B-Application
was	O
copyrighted	O
and	O
sold	O
commercially	O
through	O
the	O
Purdue	O
Research	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WXP	B-Application
version	O
4	O
became	O
widely	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
university	O
community	O
to	O
develop	O
weather	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
developer	O
of	O
WXP	B-Application
Dan	O
Vietor	O
developed	O
the	O
wxp.eas.purdue.edu	O
web	O
site	O
which	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
weather	O
web	O
sites	O
on	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
move	O
of	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
Unisys	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
WXP	B-Application
were	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
Unisys	O
corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2020	O
,	O
Unisys	O
no	O
longer	O
supports	O
WXP	B-Application
but	O
the	O
developer	O
continues	O
to	O
maintain	O
and	O
support	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
many	O
developers	O
have	O
played	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
WXP	B-Application
over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
Dan	O
Vietor	O
is	O
generally	O
regarded	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
contributor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
work	O
in	O
developing	O
WXP	B-Application
was	O
honored	O
at	O
the	O
2005	O
American	O
Meteorological	O
Society	O
Annual	O
Meeting	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
was	O
presented	O
the	O
DeSouza	O
Award	O
by	O
Unidata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WXP	B-Application
is	O
a	O
commercially	O
licensed	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
information	O
on	O
licensing	O
WXP	B-Application
can	O
be	O
obtained	O
at	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WXP	B-Application
is	O
still	O
used	O
by	O
many	O
web	O
sites	O
for	O
data	O
visualization	O
including	O
College	O
of	O
DuPage	O
and	O
Plymouth	O
State	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
