X-Git-Url: http://pileus.org/git/?p=grits;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=f9995c78e5d0a31ed15e8121b03c997d2330df7a;hp=0501bb1494417b6ae436bd3c612c48451f0c529a;hb=HEAD;hpb=0c727a1d5f133ec7667e8afe1c6e8551b94a1b8a diff --git a/README b/README index 0501bb1..f9995c7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -Advanced Weather +Grits is a Virtual Globe library developed along side AWeather, but desigend to +be usable by other program as well. -This may eventually become free software program/library/something used to -access/process/visualize weather related data. +It is differentiated from other Virtual Globes such as Google Earth, NASA World +Wind, and KDE Marble in that it is developed primairily as a library that is +used by other programs, rather than providing it's own user interface. -See also: -WDSS II - http://www.wdssii.org/ -AWIPS - http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ops2/ops24/awips.htm -AWIPS II - http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/Presentations/AWIPS/AE_Overview_NCEP_v2-1.pdf +For more information, see the homepage: + - http://pileus.org/grits