| Download and Run MeteInfo |
MeteInfo could be downloaded freely from the website http://www.meteothinker.com. The complete MeteoInfo Java package should, after uncompression, include the following items:
- MeteoInfo launcher in a shell command file called "meteoinfo.sh" for MAC OS, Linux, Unix system.
- MeteoInfo launcher in a batch command file called "meteoinfo.bat" for Windows system.
- MeteoInfo executable file called "JMeteoInfo.exe" for Windows system.
- MeteoInfo jar file called "MeteoInfo.jar".
- Default MeteoInfo project file called "default.mip".
- Configure file called "config.xml".
- Splash file called "splash.png'.
- Library files in a folder called "lib".
- Map data files in a folder called "map".
- Sample data files in a folder called "sample".
- Image data files in a folder called "image".
- README file.
On Windows paltform, you can launch MeteoInfo by double-clicking "MeteoInfo.exe" file, or by run the batch command file "meteoinfo.bat". The batch command file with parameters will run a Jython or Groovy script according to the file suffix ("meteoinfo.bat test.py" or "meteoinfo.bat test.groovy").
On other platforms, you should run MeteoInfo from the shell command line; 'cd' into the directory where the above files are located and then type:
./meteoinfo.sh
This will execute a one-line command in the shell file which starts MeteoInfo and requests that it be allocated 1 GB of memory. To run the script, type:
./meteoinfo.sh test.py
or
./meteoinfo.sh test.groovy
Using './meteoinfo.sh -e' will open the script editor form.
Using './meteoinfo.sh -b test.py' will run the script under headless model, which is essential for crontab job with no DISPLAY environment.