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HURRTRAK 5.0 Professional Hurricane Tracking and Historical Analysis System
1-MISC MAY94 WEATHER HURRICANE STORM TRACKING MAPS FLORIDA SAILING
FILES: hurrtr50.sdn
Author: PC Weather Products
Registration: $49.00/$149.00 (Pro Version)
A state of the art, Professional Atlantic Hurricane Tracking & Historical
Analysis System for the IBM PC (DOS). It was written by a meteorologist for
individuals serious about storm tracking and was demonstrated at the National
Hurricane Conference in March, 1994 in New Orleans, LA.
Its features include:
- Highly detailed tracking charts which were created using a 2 KM
resolution geographical database
- VGA Color graphics
- Professional user interface including pull down menus & mouse control
- Complete printing capabilities (both text and graphics)
- Graphical representation of eye, destructive eyewall, tropical storm
force and hurricane force winds.
- Over 200 city locations included with the ability to add more.
- CHART NOTES optionally included on the track indicating date / time /
central pressure / max. wind speed of the storm's observation.
- Separate historical analysis program that allows extensive analysis
of the historical database in various manners
- Ability to display distances from storm center to user definable cities
- Ability to display many user definable city locations and names on one
chart
- Excellent performance
- Automatic saving of users preferences between sessions
- Extensive on-line help/documentation
- Ability to vary the speed and distance units of measure from
US to Metric.
Features specific to the registered version include:
- 19 individual tracking charts of varying scale
- Custom map capabilities which allows you to create a tracking chart
for any area and size.
- Forecast feature that combines present movement and the 107 year storm
patterns to "compute" a 12 to 72 hour forecast track (very fast).
- 107 year historical database
Features specific to the Professional registered version include:
- 28 highly detailed tracking charts
- Highly detailed custom map capabilities (includes counties and roads)
- All county lines optionally drawn on each tracking chart
- All significant roadways optionally shown on each tracking chart
- Ability to enter and display the National Hurricane Center forecast
- Ability to modify the storm's eye characteristics (eye diameter and
eye wall size)
- License agreement designed for businesses and government use
Hardware Requirements : IBM PC, PC-compatible or MS-DOS computer, VGA.
Hard Disk (1MB)
Other Requirements : DOS 3.3 or higher. Mouse Preferable
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