US Patent:
20030151591, Aug 14, 2003
Inventors:
James Harpen - Toledo OH, US
John Zalewski - Perrysburg OH, US
Daniel Sadoski - Perrysburg OH, US
David Gorka - Perrysburg OH, US
International Classification:
G09G005/00
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for providing a weather information display includes a data receive and conditioning server for enhancing, compressing, encrypting and storing weather data specific to at least one area; and a distribution server for delivering the stored weather data to an Internet connection. A client utilizes a data send and receive module to request and receive the stored weather data specific to the at least one area and a display application to display the associated weather data as an overlay on an electronic navigation display. The displayed associated weather data can be at least one of Doppler weather radar images, wind and wave conditions, lightning strikes, surface water temperature, tides, air temperature, storm track, satellite images, short-term forecast, long-term forecast, and precipitation totals. The data send and receive module and the display application are software adapted to run on a general purpose computer and can be adapted to proprietary electronic navigation systems.