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Description
-----------

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

Features
--------

* Supports an unlimited number of blocks and an unlimited number
  of locations per block
* Provides a custom block which can be administrated by a user
* Users can search for a location and get a display of the
  weather conditions
* 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
* Layout of displayed block is configurable with the template engine
* Fully translatable, currently available in English, German,
  Dutch, Czech, Norwegian, Russian, Hungarian, Danish, Italian,
  Spanish, French, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish,
  Romanian, Greek, and Croatian.
* Works well with MySQL or PostgreSQL databases

Author
------
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. 

  4. This module uses METAR data to display current weather conditions from

  5. anywhere in the world.

  6. 

  7. Features

  8. --------

  9. 

  10. * Supports an unlimited number of blocks and an unlimited number

  11.   of locations per block

  12. * Provides a custom block which can be administrated by a user

  13. * Users can search for a location and get a display of the

  14.   weather conditions

  15. * Integrates with Location module and shows the weather nearby

  16.   a node's location

  17. * Displays different images for daytime and nighttime

  18. * Download of current METAR data is scheduled in a smart way

  19.   to reduce unnecessary network traffic and keep your site

  20.   responsive

  21. * Provides three different methods to download the METAR data

  22.   (fopen, curl, and wget) and multiple download locations

  23. * Displayed units of the weather data are completely configurable

  24. * Layout of displayed block is configurable with the template engine

  25. * Fully translatable, currently available in English, German,

  26.   Dutch, Czech, Norwegian, Russian, Hungarian, Danish, Italian,

  27.   Spanish, French, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Turkish,

  28.   Romanian, Greek, and Croatian.

  29. * Works well with MySQL or PostgreSQL databases

  30. 

  31. Author

  32. ------

  33. Tobias Quathamer 

  34. 

  35. It was inspired by the Weather module which was written in 2004 by

  36. Gerard Ryan .