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Description
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This module uses METAR data to display current weather conditions from
anywhere in the world.

Features
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* Supports an unlimited number of locations per block
* Provides a custom block which can be administrated by a user
* Integrates with Location module and shows the weather nearby
  a node's location
* Displays different images for daytime and nighttime
* Download of current METAR data is scheduled in a smart way
  to reduce unnecessary network traffic and keep your site
  responsive
* Provides three different methods to download the METAR data
  (fopen, curl, and wget) and multiple download locations
* Displayed units of the weather data are completely configurable
* Fully translatable, currently available in English, German,
  Dutch, Czech, Norwegian, Russian, Hungarian, Danish, Italian,
  Spanish, French, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish,
  Romanian, and Greek.
* Works well with MySQL or PostgreSQL databases

Author
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Tobias Quathamer <t.quathamer@gmx.net>

It was inspired by the Weather module which was written in 2004 by
Gerard Ryan <gerardryan@canada.com>.

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  1. Description
  2. -----------
  3. This module uses METAR data to display current weather conditions from
  4. anywhere in the world.
  5. Features
  6. --------
  7. * Supports an unlimited number of locations per block
  8. * Provides a custom block which can be administrated by a user
  9. * Integrates with Location module and shows the weather nearby
  10. a node's location
  11. * Displays different images for daytime and nighttime
  12. * Download of current METAR data is scheduled in a smart way
  13. to reduce unnecessary network traffic and keep your site
  14. responsive
  15. * Provides three different methods to download the METAR data
  16. (fopen, curl, and wget) and multiple download locations
  17. * Displayed units of the weather data are completely configurable
  18. * Fully translatable, currently available in English, German,
  19. Dutch, Czech, Norwegian, Russian, Hungarian, Danish, Italian,
  20. Spanish, French, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish,
  21. Romanian, and Greek.
  22. * Works well with MySQL or PostgreSQL databases
  23. Author
  24. ------
  25. Tobias Quathamer
  26. It was inspired by the Weather module which was written in 2004 by
  27. Gerard Ryan .