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RadarGUI
RadarGUI allows you to process and view weather data with LibNNids II, load data from files, and receive live data streams from libradar_stp (RSTP/TCP/IP protocol) and libradar_dtp_ax25 (RSTP/AX.25 protocol), as long as you have the appropriate software installed. You'll of course need LibNNids II, and the live data stream software is optional.

When building from source, note that RadarGUI requires a wxWidgets installation which was configured with the --enable-stl option. The author has found that Fedora Core 6 RPMs for wxGTK are not built with this option, so an installation of RadarGUI on this platform requires a wxGTK build from source.

Download Links
radargui-0.9.7.tar.gz (HTTP)

Credits, Copyright & License
RadarGUI was developed by Nick Luther. It is Copyright © 2007 Nicholas Luther, and it is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. License under version 3 is NOT available!

RadarGUI may include or link to, directly or indirectly, the following software and data:
The PNG Reference Library <http://www.libpng.org>
The FreeType Font Library <http://www.freetype.org/>
The wxWidgets Framework <http://www.wxwidgets.org/>
zlib <http://www.zlib.net/>
libbzip2 <http://www.bzip.org/>
NWS and USGS map data <http://www.nationalatlas.gov/>
Bitstream Vera fonts

Operating Instructions
To connect to a live datastream:

Click "Connect->Connection Manager"
You can now create new RSTP and RDTP connections. You can also bring configured connections up and down, and view connection status. You'll need to get connection parameters from your network administrator.

On viewing data:

As data is received or loaded from files you will see codes appear in the list boxes at the left of the screen. To view data, first click the appropriate originating station ICAO identifier. Then a list of AWIPS PIDs available will appear. Click the AWIPS PID you are interested in. Then a history list will appear with numbers between 1 and 10. 1 is the most recent version of the product you have selected, and 10 is the oldest. Click 1 to see the most recent version.

Loop functionality is available through the loop menu. The zoom feature is easy to learn: Click on a point with the left mouse button to zoom in, and click with the right mouse button to recenter on that point. To zoom out or reset use the zoom menu.