+
Features
--
-
- High quality data sources - (Level-II archive, etc) -
- 3D Volume browser -
- Storm motion animations (todo) -
- API for algorithms - (vortex/hail signatures, rain-rate, etc) - (todo) -
- Other? (open to suggestions) -
Working
+-
+
- High quality data sources
-
+
- Level-II archives +
- Conus NEXRAD imagery +
- Volume display of dBZ iso surfaces +
- Storm based and county based
+ warning/watch/advisory displays
+
+ - Virtual Globe base rendering
-
+
- Including terrain, satellite, and map imagery +
+ - Real-time and offline mode +
- Auto-updating +
- Fullscreen mode +
Planned
+-
+
- Additional data sources
-
+
- Watch/warning/advisory boxes +
- Surface data (temp., humidity, etc) +
+ - Derived NEXRAD data
-
+
- Storm relative motion +
- Compost reflective +
- Echo tops +
+ - Vertical cross sections +
- Animation +
Working
--
-
- High quality data sources
-
-
- Level-II archives -
- Conus NEXRAD imagery -
- Volume display -
- - Virtual Globe base rendering
-
-
- Including terrain, satellite, and map imagery -
- - Real-time and offline mode -
- Auto-updating -
- Fullscreen mode -
Planned
--
-
- Vertical cross sections -
- Derived NEXRAD data (storm relative motion, echo tops, compost reflective, etc) -
- Additional data sources (watch/warning boxes, surface data, etc) -
- Animation -
Licencing
+AWeather is free software licensed under the terms of the + GNU GPL. + As such, it can be used by any individuals or organizations + without any license fees or royalties.
+<% } %> + +<% void print_manual(void) { %> +Now that it's spring again, progress on AWeather is continuing.
+ +-
+
- 2011-11-25 +
-
+ AWeather 0.6.1 released:
-
+
- Added a Radar menu to quickly jump to a NEXRAD/WSR-88D site +
- Fixed a bunch of 64-bit bugs +
+
+ - 2011-11-03 +
-
+ AWeather 0.6 released:
-
+
- Added "Alerts" plugin using the + NWS CAP feed +
- Updated GTK+ libraries for Windows +
- Behind the scenes, mouse support in Grits + has been much improved +
+
+ - 2011-09-12 +
-
+ AWeather 0.5.2 released:
-
+
- Added new desktop icons +
- Miscellaneous bug fixes +
+
+ - 2011-08-25 +
- + AWeather 0.5.1 released: + +
- 2011-06-19
-
AWeather 0.5 released:
- Support for volume rendering (isosurfaces) -
- Automatically update +
- Automatic updating
- Fullscreen mode
- Dropped GtkGLExt
- Fixed lots of bugs
- General code cleanup
- Available from files directory - and git
+ and git + Update: AWeather 0.5 is also compatible with the + newly released RSL v1.41 - 2011-06-13 @@ -133,7 +203,14 @@ Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
See also: Older news, + gitweb
+<% } %> +<% void print_oldnews(void) { %> + < News +- 2010-05-17
- AWeather 0.4.1:
- Win32 fixes and improved debug support @@ -161,23 +238,23 @@ Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 progress is being made on libgis, which is now able to display a virtual globe using data from NASA servers.
See also: AWeather's gitweb
<% } %> <% void print_screenshots(void) { %>AWeather provides a consistent user interface that allows the user to zoom in from a high level view of the entire Earth down - to regional and microscale views. + to regional and mesoscale views.
+- <% print_screen("synop"); %> - High level view using grits + High level view using Grits
- <% print_screen("region"); %> - Regional view of a storm front + Regional view over the midwest
- <% print_screen("meso"); %> @@ -187,36 +264,54 @@ Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 <% print_screen("iso"); %> Close up showing a 52.5 dBZ isosurface +
- + <% print_screen("alert"); %> + Current severe weather alerts for the CONUS +
Stable releases
- While AWeather won't be considered stable until version 1.0,
+ While AWeather won't be considered stable until version 1.0,
these are as close to stable as you can get until then
- Source code -
- aweather-<%= VERSION %>.tar.gz +
- + aweather-<%= VERSION %>.tar.gz, + grits-<%= VERSION_GRITS %>.tar.gz, + rsl-1.40.tar.gz +
- Gentoo -
- Emerge sci-geosciences/aweather from the sunrise overlay +
- emerge sci-geosciences/aweather from the sunrise overlay
- Debian -
- Packaging in progress, check back soon +
- apt-get install aweather from Debian sid + +
- Ubuntu +
- apt-get install aweather from Ubuntu Oneiric, + or the AWeather PPA +
- Windows -
- aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>-gtk.exe +
- aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>-gtk.exe + (Use this unless you know what you're doing)
- Without GTK -
- aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>.exe (Use this if you know what you're doing) +
- aweather-<%= VERSION_WIN32 %>.exe
-
-
- Mac OSX -
- Coming soon (hopefully) +
- Mac OS X +
- Coming soon (Mac OS developer? Help out)
Development code
- Development code is available from Git, and gitweb - (AWeather, - Grits, - RSL) + Development code is available from Git + (and gitweb: + AWeather, + Grits, + RSL)
- The AWeather development wiki + The AWeather development wiki is the main resource for development material.
Bug report and feature requests
How to contribute?
@@ -271,28 +367,32 @@ Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8Building AWeather
-See the install wiki page for more details
+See the install + wiki page for more details
- AWeather has direct dependencies on Grits, RSL, among other things -
- Currently building and running AWeather will require the +
- Currently building and running AWeather requires the
exact same version of Grits to be installed
(This may change in the near future as the software stabilizes)
Grits is a Virtual Globe library developed along side AWeather, but - can be used by other programs as well.
-It is differentiated from other Virtual Globes such as Google Earth, - NASA World Wind, and KDE Marble in that it is developed as a library - that is used by other programs, such as AWeather, rather than - providing a user interface that is used directly.
-+
+ Grits is a Virtual Globe library developed along side AWeather, + but desigend to be usable by other program as well. + + 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, such as + AWeather, rather than providing it's own user interface. +
+- <% print_screen("grits"); %> @@ -310,11 +410,39 @@ Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Radar Software Library
+ AWeather has at times needed a custom version of the + TRMM Radar Software Library + for accessing Level-II radar files. However, most of the changes have + since been incorporated into RSL Version 1.41, which can also be used + with AWeather. Some remaining changes exist though and are mostly + related to code organization and compiler warnings. + +Download
+NASA/TRMM version
+ +AWeather's version
+-
+
- rsl-1.40.tar.gz +
- Gitweb +
- git clone <%= GIT_RSL %>
+
Contact
Questions? Comments? Trouble compiling AWeather?
-
+
- Bugs
- Issue Tracker (sign in to add a new issue)
- Andy Spencer
- IRC
- #rhlug@irc.freenode.net
- AWeather is designed to be an advanced weather program which is - designed to be used by weather enthusiasts. AWeather is not - another weather dockapp that displays a pre-computed forecast. + AWeather is a free real-time weather data viewer designed for weather enthusiasts. + AWeather is not a weather widget/dockapp that displays a pre-computed forecast. It is designed to be an easy to use program that integrates a - variety of weather data in simple unified interface; see - features for more details. + variety of meteorological data in simple unified interface; + see the about page for more details.
- - <% print_screen("meso"); %> -
-
-
- Detailed Level-II radar
-
+
- Detailed Level-II NEXRAD radar
- 3D volume rendering
- Dual-pole support
@@ -348,11 +467,46 @@ Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
- Data caching
- Automatic updating
-
+
+ - Detailed Level-II NEXRAD radar
- Warning/Watch/Advisory display
- Surface and map overlays
- Terrain rendering
+ on top of Level-II radar imagery +
<%= VERSION_DESC %>
<% } %> <% void print_notfound(void) { %> -404 - Not found
+Error 404 - Page Not found!
++
This page does not exist! +
If Andy screwed up, feel free to tell him, + otherwise, go away
+<% } %> + +<% void print_sitemap(const page_t **pages) { %> + +