METARdecoder is a simple Chrome extension for parsing and decoding METAR reports found online. Users simply highlight the text of a METAR in a web page and click the "Decode METAR" button to get a user-friendly display of the METAR report.
The current version number of METARdecoder is 0.0.2. This is an initial implementation so best considered a "beta" version. There should be no risk to using it and it should not impact browser behaviour or performance -- but more testing with many METAR reports from many web sites would be needed to fully validate it works in all necessary use cases.
The easiest way to install METARdecoder is from the Chrome Web Store:
You can also clone this repository and load it as an unpacked extension as described in the Chrome Extensions developer documentation:
This is only recommended by Google for use during extension development.
Using METARdecoder is easy. Simply visit a web site containing a METAR report on it, select and highlight the text of the METAR in the page, open METARdecoder and press the Decode Metar button.
This project depends on two other projects:
- jQuery (distributed under the MIT license)
- "metar.js" Node/JavaScript module (distributed under the MIT license)
Both projects's code are included in this project's repository for simplicity and clarity and all rights remain with the original authors.
This project has been developed by @EththeEth and @likeablegeek and is distributed by FlightSim Ninja.
Copyright 2022, FlightSim Ninja (https://flightsim.ninja).
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