WeatherViz

A desktop application for displaying historical weather data on an interactive map.

Major Features

Heatmap interpolation

Smooth timelapse

1. Ability to select time frame and parameters (temp, rain, wind) and query/render data in real time
2. Adjustable playback feature allows the user to view the weather trend for their selection

Custom UI

• Reworked, more intuitive UI, that scales according to the window size, required no external tools in its creation

Caching

• Queries save in local database
• Will load up the saved queries when the program is opened
• Can add and delete from the saved queries

Example: Hurricane Irma Timelapse

Repository

https://github.com/SplatMudkip/WeatherViz

Setup

1. WeatherViz has only been tested on WSL with Ubuntu. In addition to the Python and Rust toolchains, WeatherViz requires several system packages to be installed:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt install gcc make g++ pkg-config libfontconfig-dev libssl-dev libgl1 x11-xserver-utils libnss3 libxcomposite1 libxdamage1 libxtst6 libxkbcommon0 libasound2 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xkb1 libxkbcommon-x11-0
   sudo snap install cmake --classic
   

2. Create a Python 3.8 virtual environment.

3. Activate the environment, clone the repository, and install the package:

   git clone https://github.com/SplatMudkip/WeatherViz
   cd WeatherViz
   pip install .
   

Now the application can be run as weatherviz.

WeatherViz looks for a config.toml file in the current directory, falling back on default values without one. To get a starter configuration file including comments explaining each option, copy config_example.toml to the directory that WeatherViz will be executed from, for example:

cp config_example.toml config.toml