Downloads
- "Snapsnot" release (the latest from my hard drive...basically as is,
but I use it, so....)....
- jstrack-06jul08.rar - includes
Windows executables for the netpbm programs used for loading,
resizing, etc., of the GOES East satellite imagery onto the
tracking map.
- jstrack-06jul08.tar.gz - also
includes the Windows netpbm binaries.
- windows_bin.zip - the aforementioned
Windows executables for the netpbm programs....put the windows_bin
directory in place under the tracker directory.... Make
SURE that these all have execute permissions, or you'll
get errors about not being able to load the imagery.
This version:
- NEW FEATURE - Allows the GOES East satellite
imagery to be plotted directly on the tracking map.
See gulf_sat+map.gif for a
sample from early on in the process of adding this.
- fixes the problems with the filter introduced when the NHC
changed the date format from (e.g.) "2100Z" to "2100 UTC"
- has some limited city names for the gulf coast map...but only
the first time the map is loaded...this is very much an
incomplete work in progress, and I was thinking about disabling
it before making the above archive files, but I chose instead
to at least let people see where things are (or may be) headed.
- adds lots of other stuff—see the HISTORY file
for more information....
You will need to have Tcl/Tk installed before you do anything else. After you
extract the archives (and have installed Tcl/Tk), you will need to run
autoconfig.tcl (under the ht directory).
NOTE: The code for satellite imagery and for creating an image file
from the main window REQUIRES the Img extension. This is included
in the ActiveTcl release for Windows. For Unix users, you'll need to
download it (see links below).
Links You Need to Have (and local copies of some files)
- Old Storm Data (courtesy of NHC site)
- Tcl/Tk 8.4.15 (all from other sites)
Refer to installing_tcl.txt in the JStrack distribution
- Img 1.2.4 (included in ActiveTcl distribution for Windows)
- TclLib 1.3 (from sourceforge.net):
(.zip) //
(.tar.gz) //
local mirror: tcllib-1.3.tar.gz
NOTE: TclLib 1.3 is already included in the ActiveTcl 8.3.4 (Windows) distribution.
Refer to installing_tcl.txt in the JStrack distribution
