Updated links to METAR resources in the README

Tom Pollard · Tom Pollard · commit beb4d4c7b7c4 · 2009-05-02T15:05:30.000-04:00
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 The metar library
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-Metar is a python package for interpreting METAR and SPECI coded
+Python-metar is a python package for interpreting METAR and SPECI coded
 weather reports. 
 
 METAR and SPECI are coded aviation weather reports.  The official
 coding schemes are specified in the World Meteorological Organization
 (WMO) Manual on Codes, vol I.1, Part A (WMO-306 I.i.A).  US conventions
 for METAR/SPECI reports vary in a number of ways from the international
 standard, and are described in chapter 12 of the Federal Meteorological
-Handbook No.1. (FMH-1 1995), issued by NOAA.  See <http://metar.noaa.gov/>
-
-This module handles all main-body groups in reports that follow the
-WMO spec or the US conventions, except for trend groups.  The most
-useful remark groups defined in the US spec are parsed, as well,
-such as the cumulative precipitation, min/max temperature, peak
-wind and sea-level pressure groups.  No other regional conventions
+Handbook No.1. (FMH-1 1995), issued by the National Oceanic and
+Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  General information about the
+use and history of the METAR standard can be found at
+
+    http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wdc/metar/
+
+This module extracts the data recorded in the main-body groups of
+reports that follow the WMO spec or the US conventions, except for
+the runway state and trend groups, which are parsed but ignored.
+The most useful remark groups defined in the US spec are parsed,
+as well, such as the cumulative precipitation, min/max temperature,
+peak wind and sea-level pressure groups.  No other regional conventions
 are formally supported, but a large number of variant formats found
-in international reports are accepted."""
+in international reports are accepted.
 
+Current METAR reports
+---------------------
 Current and historical METAR data can be obtained from various places.
 The current METAR report for a given airport is available at the URL
-<http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/<station>.TXT>
+
+    http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/stations/<station>.TXT
+
 where <station> is the four-letter ICAO airport station code.  The 
 accompanying script get_report.py will download and decode the
 current report for any specified station.  
 
 The METAR reports for all stations (worldwide) for any "cycle" (i.e., hour) 
 in the last 24 hours are available in a single file at the URL
-<http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/cycles/<cycle>Z.TXT>
+
+   http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/observations/metar/cycles/<cycle>Z.TXT
+
 where <cycle> is a 2-digit cycle number (e.g., "00", "05" or "23").  
 
-The WMO and US code specifications (and a file listing the ICAO
-station codes) are available from my website at
-http://homepage.mac.com/wtpollard/Software/FileSharing4.html.
+METAR specifications
+--------------------
+The Federal Meteorological Handbook No.1. (FMH-1 1995), which
+describes the U.S. standards, is available online at
+
+   http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/fmh1.htm
+
+The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Manual on Codes, vol I.1, 
+Part A (WMO-306 I.i.A) can be downloaded from site I use to distribute
+this package,
+
+   http://homepage.mac.com/wtpollard/Software/FileSharing4.html.
+
 
 Tom Pollard
 pollard@alum.mit.edu
-January 25, 2005
+May 2, 2009
 
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 Installation
@@ -57,6 +78,15 @@ There are a couple of sample scripts, described briefly below.
 There's no real documentation to speak of, yet, but feel free to
 contact me with any questions you might have about how to use this package.
 
+Current sources
+---------------
+You can always obtain the most recent version of this package using git, via
+
+    git clone git://github.com/tomp/python-metar.git
+
+This is a public copy of the code repository I use for development.
+Thanks to Toby White for making me aware of github.
+
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@@ -131,7 +161,7 @@ LICENSE
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 The metar library is
 
-Copyright (c) 2004, Tom Pollard
+Copyright (c) 2004-2009, Tom Pollard
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
