IBL Software Engineering

Technical Specifications

Category	Description
Operating System	• Microsoft® Windows®, Solaris®, Linux or any other Unix • SQL database RDBMS (Oracle®, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or other) • HTTP software with dynamic server applications (PHP, ASP, Java Servlets, .NET, or other) • Visual Weather with the Online Weather module
System Requirements	• Pentium 1 GHz • 512 MB RAM • 40GB harddisk • full Internet connectivity, located in DMZ or web-hosting facility • SQL database • HTTP software
Compliance	• ANSI SQL/92 standard • HTML 4.0 and CSS 1.0 specifications
Data Formats	• HTML, Macromedia Flash, PNG, JPEG, AVI, MPEG produced by Visual Weather with the Online Weather module
Main Functions	• dynamic presentation of meteorological products on the Internet or intranet in world wide known formats (HTML, Macromedia Flash, PNG, JPEG, AVI, MPEG) • automatical decoding of meteorological observations in WMO formats by Visual Weather and injection into the web server • automatical generating of observation and forecast maps, including remote-sensing imagery by Visual Weather and injection into the web-server • intergration of third-party products • archivation of products • user specific and protected areas • customer defineable web components
Connection Types	• depending on the selected SQL database
Output delivery	• public or secured web access (HTTP or HTTPS) • e-mail • mailing list subscriptions