modules/weather/README.txt

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 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
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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>.
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 <t.quathamer@gmx.net>
34
35	It was inspired by the Weather module which was written in 2004 by
36	Gerard Ryan <gerardryan@canada.com>.