Weatherscape’s Material Editor is part of a growing list of powerful and creative authoring tools that keeps Metra at the forefront of weather presentation technology. Material Editor enables users to create unique and visually striking weather show that incorporates 3D graphics driven directly by weather data elements - taking weather presentation to a new level of realism.

“A mountain snow line that changes with the freezing level or ocean waves that adapt to the forecasted wave height are just two examples of the exceptional graphical features that can be created easily using Material Editor”, says Tom Sutherland, International Sales and Marketing Manager, Metra.

Friday 27th July 2007

Weatherscape XT has improved its ‘Cyclone Tracker’ capabilities within its acclaimed Weatherscape XTweather graphics system. The system enables the automated display of global cyclone, hurricane or typhoon information.

Data such as current position, name, category number and maximum central wind speed as well as historical track and forecast position are automatically plotted and displayed on the Weatherscape XT globe for any location in the world. Other data such as areas of hurricane, strong gale, gale and storm force winds are also plotted graphically, if the information is available from the hurricane reporting centre.

Tuesday 12th June 2007

Continuous development of Metra’s weather presentation software - Weatherscape XT - has resulted in an impressively long list of features including Render Manager, which provides a simple and easyto- use interface for the automated production of images and 3D animations populated with the very latest weather data.

“Creating sophisticated images and animations for broadcast, web or mobile applications has never been easier,” says Tom Sutherland, International Sales and Marketing Manager, Metra.

23rd march 2007

Metra’s flagship TV weather graphics product Weatherscape XT™ is now live at Channel 7’s five broadcast centres across Australia. Channel 7 is the most recent Australian broadcaster to go live with Weatherscape XT and Metra data.

The shows being produced by Weatherscape XT can be seen on Channel 7’s Sunrise breakfast show and the evening news broadcasts at each of Channel 7’s five regional stations in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

20th February 2007

Metra have been shortlisted for the Hottest Overseas Technology Prospect of the Year Award at the years UK Technology Innovation and Growth awards 2007, the UK’s most prestigious technology awards.

Details on the awards can be found at:
http://etf.cnetnetworks.co.uk/ig07/awards-categories.htm and
http://awards.cnetnetworks.co.uk/.