AWS Truewind, LLC has announced the release of openWind. openWind is designed for diverse end?users, from individuals to large consultancies and developers.
The application is fully compatible with other brands, which will enable wind industry professionals and other interested parties to work efficiently and share information with ease. The application is built around standard GIS data types and employs a GIS?style interface to allow seamless integration of geographic and modeling data. It also supports wind resource grids, tabular wind data files, and other industry?standard file formats. openWind is being released initially as a freely downloadable, open?source software package. With this version, users are able to view and freely modify the code, subject to the limitations of the open?source license. A protected version of the software intended for users requiring greater security and guaranteed authenticity will be made available in 2009, along with a variety of proprietary modules with specialized or advanced features.
