Windrose Graphics

I added a new feature to the windrose generator:
http://www.642weather.com/weather/scripts-wind-graphics.php

Version: 1.02 02-May-2008 added ‘Image Prefix’ feature to support multi-language templates,
now you can generate image sets with a custom image prefix, ie: wr-en, wr-dk, wr-es, etc.

I’ve created a set of graphics to go with the Windrose set. If anyone is interested I will upload the set of them. They are all 58x58 png images. I also have them in gif. Sample included. You can see them working on my site.

Scott

www.hometownzone.com


wr-NW.png

wr-WNW.png

nice job!

Ditto on the Nice Job! I also like your fire danger icons on your dashboard, a copy of those would really be appreciated!

Regards,

Jack

Thanks! I’ll zip them up tonight when I get home from work and either attach them here or make them available on my site. Glad you like them.

Scott

www.hometownzone.com

Good job. Nice to see that the local residents find your site useful.
:smiley:

Look nice…

Are you sure the arrow is pointing the right direction though?

The mistake I made with mine was that the arrow was pointing towards the direction when normally the value is from that direction.

If you look at the top post of this topic and Michaels after it, you can see the difference.

Yeah I see that now. Will have to see if I can change it to just an arrowhead pointing in then… I guess I set it up more like a compus. #-o Good thing I save the originals!

Ok, I’ve fixed the graphics arrow to point correctly now! I’ve attached the images in two zip files, one contains the .GIF version and the other the .PNG version. If you like them and use them drop me a note with your site! Thanks

Scott

www.Hometownzone.com


wr-Hometownzone.jpg

wr-Hometownzone-png.zip (72.2 KB)

wr-Hometownzone-gif.zip (43.2 KB)

I have had a play with Adobe Illustrator and came up with these, I started off following a tutorial
found online but then went my own way, i dont think they will go small enough to be able to read
but eh, it was a 1st timer lol There no good to me just yet but someone might lile them :slight_smile:

http://www.northantsweather.com/images/Compass.zip

Safari?

:smiley:

Yes m8 thats the one :slight_smile:

Bashy;

These are very very nice, but as you say, when they were reduced to 58x58 size they become unreadable. I even tried to do a little doctoring of the graphics after reduction in Photoshop but they still are unreadable… I maybe should not say unreadable but definitely become pixelated too much to make them look “clean.”

I like it. I’d like to find a use for them somewhere.

They look nice… but you should have used Vectors… Then you would be able to rescale them and export the sized you wanted.

BTW… the arrows are backwards. If the bearing is 90

Wind Direction Graphics Generator Script modified to add more options to cardinal directions.

New: you can use xxxx for none, or PnWPdZ for Poland

http://www.642weather.com/weather/scripts-wind-graphics.php

Hi Kevin, it depends on how you look at it…

Your wind direction outside, it points to where the wind is coming from, not pointing
away from where the wind is coming from… this is what i based it on… Also, this is
actually a compass not a anemometer so the compass is pointing at the direction the
wind is coming from :wink:

As for vectoring, i struggled big time to follow the instructions so baled out and when my
own when, this is why it aint too good when very small :frowning: the smallest readable is about 68px
but not the bearing in the middle, Sorry folks, it was a 1st time try, I will have another go
some time and see if i can follow the instructions better, unless someone else wants to have ago?
see instructions here

I did a little editing to Mikes graphics to change the arrow.
I hope you don’t mind.

Traj

http://trajnet.com/dload/rose.zip

http://trajnet.com/dload/rose2.zip

Rose2 has the “feathers” on the arrow


wr.gif

wr-SSE.gif

Michael,

Very cool… I’d not taken a look at that before… looks like a lot of work to put that together.

Of all the wind rose’s that have been posted the most functional and cleanest are your style. Your “tool” is great for those that don’t have the time or the skill to create them. They look good even when very small.

I was looking for a new wind rose for a new template project that I am working on and used your style as the inspiration for the set I built in vector graphics. I just activated them on the test site: TNET Test template

Thanks Kevin. It is really hard to make one that looks good at 58x58 pixels
… almost impossible to make a arrow rotate around one pixel in the center (actually I found it mathematically impossible to do it perfectly with image rotate php code).

I like your windrose set you made.