Atkins Meyer

I’ve been very happy using the Google Desktop software lately and have done a little bit of widget programming. Google Desktop adds, among other things, a Vista style sidebar to your desktop which can be filled with a ton of great gadgets. The selection of gadgets that are available in Google Desktop seem to be far and away better than what I’ve seen created for the Vista sidebar and it has officially won me over.

That being said, I had not found a weather gadget that I liked. There are many weather gadgets that show the current temperature and all the standard weather information; however, I really wanted something that gave me quick access to my favorite weather maps. So, I modified the U.S. Weather Map gadget, which is by Vishnu.S, and came up with my own style.

This one is for the weather enthusiast and includes U.S. weather, radar, satellite, water vapor, precipitation, current temperatures and forecasts on a national and local (Chicago) level. The national maps should work great for all the U.S. users out there and the local maps can be changed pretty easily by anyone with a little XML knowledge. If you have any interest in the gadget, please click below and check out the page I’ve made for it.

Take me there!