Re: GTE DUATS and weather graphics/etc.

["Curtis L. Olson" <curt@me.umn.edu>]

Nathan Neulinger writes:
> I would suggest that any standardized library to interface with duats
> should be written in C - the reason for this is that then it can be used
> from ANY of the languages (perl,tcl,python,c,c++), simply by writing a
> small wrapper library by hand or using SWIG. 
> 
> This makes a LOT more sense than coding something specific to one
> scripting language which will then HAVE to be reimplemented if someone
> wants to use something else.
> 
> For example, I could very easily see portions of this tied in with GMAP
> or GRASS, which are a couple of GIS systems.

It would also be nice to be able to pull current weather conditions
into flight sims such as flight gear.  I imagine that DUATS would have
more/better/more current info than what is generally available on the
web?

Curt.
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