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<div class="content">
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- <p class="msg">This site is currently under construction.</p>
+ <p class="msg">This site is currently under construction</p>
<p class="msg" style="font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;">
- If I had an animated GIF of a guy with a shovel, I would put it here.</p>
+ If I had an animated GIF of a guy with a shovel, I would put it here</p>
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<% page->print(); %>
<div style="clear:both;"></div>
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<p class="footer">
- Copyright © 2011 Andy Spencer
+ Copyright © 2011-2012 Andy Spencer
<% for (int i = 0; footer[i].link; i++) { %>
| <% print_nav(&footer[i], page); %>
<% } %>
At the same time, it strives to be simpler and easier to use
than existing meteorological software packages such as GEMPAK
and IDV.
+
+ Currently AWeather only displays data provided by the United
+ States National Weather Service.
</p>
<hr />
<li>Level-II archives</li>
<li>Conus NEXRAD imagery</li>
<li>Volume display of dBZ iso surfaces</li>
+ <li>Storm based and county based<br/>
+ warning/watch/advisory displays</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Virtual Globe base rendering<ul>
<li>Including terrain, satellite, and map imagery</li>
</ul></li>
+ <li>GPS tracking using GPSd (Linux only)</li>
<li>Real-time and offline mode</li>
<li>Auto-updating</li>
<li>Fullscreen mode</li>
<h3>Planned</h3>
<ul>
<li>Additional data sources<ul>
- <li>Watch/warning/advisory boxes</li>
<li>Surface data (temp., humidity, etc)</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Derived NEXRAD data<ul>
<li>Echo tops</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Vertical cross sections</li>
+ <li>Spotter network intergration</li>
<li>Animation</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- It's not really spring anymore :/ -->
<!-- <p class="quote">Now that it's spring again, progress on AWeather is continuing.</p> -->
<dl class="news">
+ <dt>2012-02-16</dt>
+ <dd>
+ AWeather 0.7 released: <ul>
+ <li>Added a GPS plugin that using
+ <a href="http://www.catb.org/gpsd/">GPSd</a><ul>
+ <li>Written by Adam Boggs and based on the
+ <a href="http://www.aircrafter.org/boggs/stormchasing/BrainStorm/">BrainStorm</a>
+ storm chasing tool</li>
+ <li>Linux only, or maybe Mac or Windows
+ if you're very very brave</li>
+ </ul></li>
+ <li>Detailed (but opaque) maps in the map plugin</li>
+ <li>Automaticlaly save window size and position</li>
+ <li>Add toggle buttons for county-based and storm-based alerts</li>
+ <li>Miscellaneous bug fixes, including some long-standing rendering artifacts</li>
+ </ul>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>2012-01-10</dt>
+ <dd>
+ AWeather 0.6.3 released: <ul>
+ <li>Added support for Mac OS X</li>
+ <li>Added an much improved <a href="manual">User Guide</a>,
+ written by Jason Holmes</li>
+ <li>Miscellaneous bug fixes</li>
+ </ul>
+ <span style="font-size: smaller; font-style: italic;">
+ (p.s. AWeather 0.6.2 doesn't exist, you never
+ heard of it, and neither have I)</span>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>2011-11-25</dt>
+ <dd>
+ AWeather 0.6.1 released: <ul>
+ <li>Added a Radar menu to quickly jump to a NEXRAD/WSR-88D site</li>
+ <li>Fixed a bunch of 64-bit bugs</li>
+ </ul>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>2011-11-03</dt>
+ <dd>
+ AWeather 0.6 released: <ul>
+ <li>Added "Alerts" plugin using the
+ <a href="http://alerts.weather.gov/">NWS CAP</a> feed</li>
+ <li>Updated GTK+ libraries for Windows</li>
+ <li>Behind the scenes, mouse support in Grits
+ has been much improved</li>
+ </ul>
+ This release was a little bit faster than previous releases.
+ Hopefully additional improvements to the alerts plugin
+ can be made incrementally during the 0.x.x releases.
+ </dd>
+
<dt>2011-09-12</dt>
<dd>
AWeather 0.5.2 released: <ul>
and <a href="<%= UBUNTU_HOME %>">Ubuntu</a> packages</li>
</ul>
</dd>
+ </dl>
+ <p class="note">See also: <a href="oldnews">Older news</a>,
+ <a href="<%= GW_AWEATHER %>">gitweb</a></p>
+<% } %>
+<% void print_oldnews(void) { %>
+ < <a href="news">News</a>
+ <dl class="news">
<dt>2011-06-19</dt>
<dd>
AWeather 0.5 released: <ul>
<li>Added an option to automatically refresh after a timeout</li>
<li>New fullscreen mode</li>
</ul></dd>
- </dl>
- <p class="note">See also: <a href="oldnews">Older news</a>,
- <a href="<%= GW_AWEATHER %>">gitweb</a></p>
-<% } %>
-<% void print_oldnews(void) { %>
- < <a href="news">News</a>
- <dl class="news">
<dt>2010-05-17</dt>
<dd>AWeather 0.4.1:<ul>
<li>Win32 fixes and improved debug support</li>
</dl>
<% } %>
+<% void print_manual(void) { %>
+ <div class="asciidoc">
+ <% print_file("manual.inc"); %>
+ </div>
+<% } %>
+
<% void print_screenshots(void) { %>
<p>
AWeather provides a consistent user interface that allows the
<% print_screen("iso"); %>
Close up showing a 52.5 dBZ isosurface
</li>
+ <li>
+ <% print_screen("alert"); %>
+ Current severe weather alerts for the CONUS
+ </li>
</ul>
<% } %>
<dt>Source code</dt>
<dd>
<a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION %>.tar.gz">aweather-<%= VERSION %>.tar.gz</a>,
- <a href="../grits/grits-<%= VERSION %>.tar.gz">grits-<%= VERSION %>.tar.gz</a>,
+ <a href="../grits/grits-<%= VERSION_GRITS %>.tar.gz">grits-<%= VERSION_GRITS %>.tar.gz</a>,
<a href="files/rsl-1.40.tar.gz">rsl-1.40.tar.gz</a>
</dd>
<dd><span class="code">apt-get install aweather</span> from Debian sid</dd>
<dt>Ubuntu</dt>
- <dd><span class="code">apt-get install aweather</span> from Ubuntu Oneiric</dd>
+ <dd><span class="code">apt-get install aweather</span> from Ubuntu Oneiric,
+ or the <a href="<%= UBUNTU_PPA %>">AWeather PPA</a></dd>
<!--
(Arch packages still have bugs)
<dt>Arch</dt>
<dd>Available from the AUR</dd>
-->
+ <!--
+ <dt>Slackware</dt>
+ <dd>Available in Slacky 13.37</dd>
+ -->
+ <!--
+ <dt>Mandriva</dt>
+ <dd>Available from contrib/cooker?</dd>
+ -->
</dl></li>
<li class="windows"><dl class="inline">
<dt>Windows</dt>
- <dd><a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>-gtk.exe">aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>-gtk.exe</a>
+ <dd><a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN %>-gtk.exe">aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN %>-gtk.exe</a>
(Use this unless you know what you're doing)</dd>
<dt>Without GTK</dt>
- <dd><a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>.exe">aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>.exe</a></dd>
+ <dd><a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN %>.exe">aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN %>.exe</a></dd>
</dl></li>
<li class="macos" style="padding-top: .8em; padding-bottom: .8em"><dl class="inline">
<dt>Mac OS X</dt>
- <dd>Coming soon (Mac OS developer? <a href="/code/issues/1">Help out</a>)</dd>
+ <dd><a href="files/aweather-<%= VERSION_MAC %>.dmg">aweather-<%= VERSION_MAC %>.dmg</a></dd>
</dl></li>
</ul>
<p class="note">Pre-releases, betas, and other hazardous software</p>
<div style="margin-left: 30px;">
<p>Check out the <a href="files">files</a> directory for any potential updates</p>
- <p>Pre-releases are labeled with a -p0 and are mainly built for testing the Windows packages</p>
+ <p>Pre-releases are labeled with a -p0 and are mainly built for testing the Windows and Mac packages</p>
</div>
<h2>Development code</h2>
<div class="code">git clone <%= GIT_GRITS %></div>
<div class="code">git clone <%= GIT_RSL %></div>
</div>
+ <p class="note left" style="margin-top: 1.5em;">
+ Repositories for packaging and this website
+ (and gitweb:
+ <a href="<%= GW_PKG %>">Packaging</a>,
+ <a href="<%= GW_WEB %>">Website</a>)
+ </p>
+ <div style="margin-left: 30px;">
+ <div class="code">git clone <%= GIT_PKG %></div>
+ <div class="code">git clone <%= GIT_WEB %></div>
+ </div>
<% } %>
<% void print_development(void) { %>
<li>Currently building and running AWeather requires the
exact same version of Grits to be installed<br />
(This may change in the near future as the software stabilizes)</li>
+ <li>The <a href="download">Downloads</a> page has information
+ on accessing the AWeather source code repositories</li>
</ul>
<% } %>
<li>Data caching</li>
<li>Automatic updating</li>
</ul></li>
+ <li>Warning/Watch/Advisory display</li>
+ <li>GPS tracking and logging</li>
<li>Surface and map overlays</li>
<li>Terrain rendering</li>
</ul>
<div style="float: left; margin-left: 20px;">
- <% print_screen("meso"); %>
+ <% print_screen("stormbased"); %>
+ <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 25px;">
+ AWeather showing storm based warnings<br />
+ on top of Level-II radar imagery
+ </div>
</div>
<a href="download" class="download" style="float: right;">
<span>Download</span>