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#21 Postby rjgator » Tue May 16, 2006 9:48 pm

Does anyone know where I can get Shape files for the roads in South Florida for GRLevel3?
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#22 Postby southerngale » Tue May 16, 2006 10:44 pm

hookemfins wrote:
southerngale wrote:Thanks Paul and skysummit. So if I get GRLevel3, I need to use the NWS servers? And it's not as reliable without AllisonHouse? I guess I can figure all this out as it comes up.
Do you need AllisonHouse to zoom to street level? I'm thinking this will be VERY handy during severe weather threats.


No SG. AllisonHouse is another outlet for radar. The zoom to streetlevel is good for whichever server you get the radar from. The difference between Allisonhouse and NWS data may only be from a few seconds to a minute or so. If you need those extra seconds for storm chasing than go with Allisonhouse. If not the NWS should be fine for most.


Thank you for the info. I think I'll give it a shot without AllisonHouse then...I think I'll have my hands full learning all the tools, etc. as it is. :)
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#23 Postby hookemfins » Tue May 16, 2006 11:11 pm

Kewl SG, it's worth the investment. Especially durring hurricane season.


Does anyone know where I can get Shape files for the roads in South Florida for GRLevel3?


Tiger maps are here for 2000 http://arcdata.esri.com/data/tiger2000/ ... wnload.cfm After you select the county you would choose line features-Roads. There is plenty of help on GRLevel3 forums. Somewhere there'sa tutorial.
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#24 Postby wxmann_91 » Tue May 16, 2006 11:37 pm

I absolutely love GRLevel3... still using trial version. StormLab looks great (can view radars while I'm gone, thank goodness, that can't be done with GRLevel3), so I think I'll try it out next severe wx event.
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#25 Postby rjgator » Wed May 17, 2006 8:25 am

Thanks WX this is the best radar program I have ever seen.
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#26 Postby skysummit » Wed May 17, 2006 9:13 am

I also try to keep GR3 uploading to my website:

SkyTrakker Radar
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#27 Postby Jaggy » Wed May 17, 2006 10:04 am

Does anyone know if either the video card in the MacBook Pro or the new Macbook supports the smoothing feature in GRLevel3? I'd run the program under XP via Bootcamp.
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#28 Postby terstorm1012 » Wed May 17, 2006 10:10 am

rjgator wrote:Does anyone know where I can get Shape files for the roads in South Florida for GRLevel3?


Florida MAY offer GIS data for free. Check with Miami-Dade Co.'s website for road shapefiles. Many states do offer the data for free but you really have to dig for it.

Here's a link you can start from: http://www.fws.gov/data/2mdata.html#Geodata
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#29 Postby rjgator » Wed May 17, 2006 10:27 am

does anyone know where to get backround images for grlevelx
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#30 Postby skysummit » Wed May 17, 2006 10:44 am

rjgator wrote:does anyone know where to get backround images for grlevelx


http://www.allisonhouse.com/grlevelx/maps/
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