MegaTrack
MegaTrack is an application that tracks Atlantic and eastern Pacific tropical storms. It uses the HSQLDB engine and is updated from the tropical storm data repository from the Unisys weather center.
| Tags | Scientific/Engineering Visualization Geographical |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X POSIX Solaris Linux BSD FreeBSD Windows Windows Windows |
| Implementation | Java |
| Translations | English |
Recent releases
- 30 Aug 2005 23:04
Release Notes: An active storms issue and rendering bugs were fixed.
- 18 May 2005 11:18
Release Notes: Enhanced error checking to compensate for track data errors. Server code has been changed to compensate for changes in track data index format.
- 08 Oct 2004 14:21
Release Notes: The application now uses the Unisys tropical storm data source, and has support for Atlantic and eastern Pacific storms. There are new maps from NASA's Visible Earth project and some general GUI improvements.
- 16 Sep 2004 13:05
Release Notes: Storm database updates and display options now have matching preferences to enable actions on program startup and the ability to check for updates on an hourly schedule. GEOS-8 IR satellite images can now be viewed directly from the program. Individual storm data can be exported to a CSV file. A storm key has been added to the main tracking window. Many minor bugs including storm classification, speed, and date display have been fixed. The OS X version now has a new icon.
- 07 Sep 2004 07:34
Release Notes: A map may now be printed, exported, or copied to the clipboard. The progress dialog for data loading now actually works. The speed in the status bar was changed from units of mph to knots. A bug in storm selection was fixed.
Recent comments
Re: trying to run megatrack
The error is caused by trying to execute the program outside the megatrack-1.2/bin/Unix directory.
Re: trying to run megatrack
Suse 8.2
I can try it on Slackware 10 if it will get us matched up.
> I'm popping it into a linux VM on the
> morrow and will try to
> dup the error. What linux distrib/vers
> are you running?
Re: trying to run megatrack
Greetings,
I'm popping it into a linux VM on the morrow and will try to
dup the error. What linux distrib/vers are you running?
thx,
boB
> Greetings,
>
> Using Sun Java 2 - 1.41-23
>
> ckasso@linux:~/src/megatrack-1.1>
> java -jar megatrack.jar
> Exception in thread "main"
> java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file
> or directory
> at
> java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native
> Method)
> at
> java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
> at
> java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:117)
> at
> java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:55)
>
> Is this a dependency problem?
>
> Thanks
>
trying to run megatrack
Greetings,
Using Sun Java 2 - 1.41-23
ckasso@linux:~/src/megatrack-1.1> java -jar megatrack.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.util.zip.ZipException: No such file or directory
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:117)
at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:55)
Is this a dependency problem?
Thanks
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