METARs Downloader 1.3.0.5

A software application that provides METAR weather data for your web cam and website METARs Downloader accesses METAR weather data for over 7,000 locations worldwide, the data retrieved can be used in several ways, as an overlay for a web cam, uploaded in a text file or as .gif images to be included on a page on the Internet, and/or to create charts showing temperature, dew point, visibility, and barometer readings which can be saved locally or uploaded to be included in a page on the Internet.
METARs Downloader will tell you everything you want to know about the weather.
METARs Downloader is a handy tool for anyone interested in watching weather trends for sites around the world or in their own back yard.
Add extra information to your web site or web cam with this software. Also fishermen and hunters can benefit by knowing where the temperature and barometer is headed. These are just a few uses for METARs Downloader.
Updating the Metar data and your site is easy, just set the scheduler for how often you want the update/uploads done, every 30 to 360 minutes, and METARs Downloader does the rest.
Main features:
- Selectable Refresh Interval:
30 to 1440 minutes (24 hours)
- AutoRange:
Five of the seven charts automatically select the optimum scale in which to display the data.
- Language - Localization:
Various text and labels used in the program and in the uploaded output can be changed to suit the users preferences. Allows output to be displayed in different languages.
- Customizable:
You set the font and background colors for all image displays and uploads, charts and data
- Automatic Mode:
Set program to begin the download cycle when started instead of waiting for the user to press the start button. This comes in handy when using the program with the task scheduler where the scheduler has been set to start the web cam software and the downloader at a pre-set time
- Turn On/Off Output File Creation:
Turn off output file if you are using the program to upload to server exclusively
- Set The Data Labels For Output:
i.e. use temp., temperature or any other name you want for the identifier.
- Internet Update:
Check for updates to program by selecting Update Program in the Help menu.
- Selectable Display:
Display English results or Metric results or a combination of the two.
- Upload To Server:
Upload files to remote server containing weather data.
- View Decoded METAR Data:
This option downloads the decoded METAR data from the database and displays it in the main window and makes it available for use in the program, This data is only updated in the database once an hour.
- Upload Decoded METAR Data:
Upload a text file and/or a .GIF containing the decoded METARs data to your server to be used on your page.
- Log Cycling:
You set the days to let the logs build, 1 to 365. Use the resulting weather log as a added data item for your site with the log upload.
- Weather log Upload:
By setting the log cycling to the number of days you want to display on your server and uploading the resulting file
- Log Data To File:
Record weather data to weather.log for review.
- Save Copies Of Current Output Locally:
Select a local directory where copies of the current uploadable files will be saved. Perfect for those running a server on the same system as METARs Downloader.
- Save Data To Delimited File:
Data may be saved to a delimited file which may be imported into a third party application such as a spreadsheet. The delimiter is selectable by the user.
- Compact/Restore:
Hide/Show the charts and decoded displays in the main window
- NDBC (N)ational (D)ata (B)uoy (C)enter Browser:
Integrated browser used to display data from buoys and C-MAN stations around the world.
- Upload Statistics:
Upload weather statistics for the period covered by the charts as text or .GIF image
- Charting:
View the trends with the charting feature. To view the types and options available for the charts generated by METARs Downloader Visit the page.
- Upload Charts To Server:
Upload your weather chart(s) to your web site as .JPG, .GIF, or .PNG
- Upload Thumbnails Of Charts:
Upload thumbnail image of the chart in the dimensions you specify (.GIF only)
- Raw METAR Data:
Upload a text file with the raw METAR data as it comes from the ADDS servers.
- Raw TAF Data:
Upload a text file with the raw TAF data as it comes from the ADDS servers.
- Save Chart Images:
Save a copy of the chart in one of five formats, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and TIF. The size of the image can be set manually or can be the same as what is shown in the chart window
- Upload Chart Data:
Upload a tab delimited text file containing the time and data used in creating the displayed chart.
- Choose Either Bars Or Lines To Be Displayed:
You can set the data display style for your charts. Each data type has the option to be added to the chart as line data or bar data. You also can set the colors of the bars and lines
- Line Symbols On Line Charts:
Add line symbols to your line charts. Choose any one of three: circle, square, or triangle. You have the option not to add them to the thumbnails while still having them on the main charts..
- Selectable Connection Modes:
Standard data retrieval mode is FTP but user may choose to use the alternate HTTP method if having problems
System requirements:
- .Net Framework
Version restrictions:
- 15 days trial
- The trial version operates just at the full version except the trial version charts are marked with the words Trial Version