Technical Details

OzoneWatcher will be produced in Flash and converted to a screen saver using ScreenTime for Flash. Separate versions of the software must be licensed to support both Mac and PC use. We have solicited donations from the various companies that produce this kind of software, but have had no takers.

The server-side component of the project uses the PHP language to construct JPEG images using the data that is downloaded from the NASA website. Multi-user support will be enabled using a 24/7 PHP daemon that will transmit XML data to and from the users.

IP to locale mapping for the sit-in feature will be accomplished using the free utility GeoIP.