RE: NAPLPS decoding (FAA weather images)

["Neulinger, Nathan" <nneul@umr.edu>]

Very cool, you bet I'd like to test it out.

Right now, the code is in the form of a perl script, but I'd be more than
happy to convert it to C and provide it to you as a subroutine that can be
called.

What's the licensing/toolkit/etc. you're using for nimbus?

-- Nathan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew S. Wood [mailto:skibum@stampede.org]
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 10:49 AM
> To: 'linux-aviation@nl.linux.org'
> Subject: Re: NAPLPS decoding (FAA weather images)
> 
> 
> Nathan -
> I am very interested in getting this software -- I've nearly finished
> nimbus, a clone of Cirrus for DUATS.  One of the key things that is
> missing, however, is image support.  With your code as a 
> reference, image
> support should be a much smaller project.
> 
> Linux-aviation -
> If anyone is interested in testing nimbus, and giving me suggestions,
> please contact me.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
> On Fri, 25 May 2001, Neulinger, Nathan wrote:
> 
> > Just a heads up in case anyone is interested - I've managed 
> to put together
> > a 95% functional decoder for the NAPLPS format weather 
> images you can
> > retrieve from DUATS. 
> > 
> > At the moment, it doesn't quite handle arcs and circles 
> properly (but the
> > maps don't appear to use those. And the text spacing is a 
> bit screwy.
> > 
> > Right now, it takes the naplps source data and converts it 
> to a postscript
> > output file. I was intending to have it convert to an 
> intermediate format
> > and then have a set of different output modules - such as 
> postscript, gif,
> > jpeg, svg, etc. 
> > 
> > Anyway, if I'm motivated enough, I might try to package 
> this up as a perl
> > module at some point.
> > 
> > -- Nathan
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