Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sco!rosso
From: rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: weather maps
Keywords: digital weather map
Message-ID: <1109@viscous>
Date: 18 Nov 88 18:58:53 GMT
References: <3286@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Reply-To: rosso@sco.COM (Ross Oliver)
Organization: SCO Technical Support
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In article <3286@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> vmrad@deneb.ucdavis.edu.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
>I am interested in viewing current weather maps on a Mac or other
>suitable screen.  Is there a source for weather maps in electronic
>form?  I am also interested in a source that posts
>current satelite images like the TV news people use.  I would like
>to download some to view.
>
>Any information from anyone out there would be much appreciated.

Radar percipitation maps for the entire U.S. are available from CompuServe.
These maps are four-color GIF files, and are updated every few hours.
There are other maps available also, mostly geared toward aviation.
These maps are in CompuServe's run-length limited graphics format, I think.
I haven't seen these maps yet, all I have working so far is a GIF
decoder for SCO XENIX.

There are several other commercial data services that offer weather maps,
although all the ones I've found so far require you to run their custom software
under MS-DOS.  When asked if they have software for other operating systems,
they react with amazement: "You mean there are OTHER operating systems?"

Ross Oliver
Technical Support
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
uunet!sco!rosso    rosso@sco.COM