The reason you see a lot of airport related weather data is because many of the Met Office's weather stations are based at airports - hence why if you're watching a BBC News report on hot weather, they'll often be reporting from Heathrow ;) IIRC there's about fifty odd weather stations in the UK so each one covers a large area.
As I recall from some work I did around three years ago, what happens on the BBC site is that the area each station serves is broken down into around four different areas and weather forecasts created for those different areas, interpreting the data supplied by the weather station Useless but hopefully vaguely interesting information :) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen > Tomlinson > Sent: 02 September 2005 10:19 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: [backstage] Weather feed > > > David, > > GNOME currently use this. But it's very US centric, and uses > airports, rather than Met offices. I live in South London - > Gatwick, City and Heathrow are all innapropriate for where I > live. Similarly, when I'm down in Canterbury, a city with a > Met office, I have to choose Manston. Many people in the UK > are unlikely to know the nearest small airport to them. > > A feed from the Met office, ideally via the beeb, would be preferable. > > Stephen > > David Tattersall said: > > Hi Steve, > > > > Weather.com has a good XML feed that provides forecasts for up to 5 > > days in advance. I think they're pretty OK about usage (the > usuals - > > display their logo, non commercial etc). > > > > I've used it in the past and I have to say it's a dream to use! > > > > David > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen > > Tomlinson > > Sent: 01 September 2005 4:59 > > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > > Subject: Re: [backstage] backstage.bbc.co.uk TV Schedule competition > > Importance: High > > > > I'd like to just add another voice to the call for XML feeds. It's > > much easier to parse with the abundance of libraries. Also, > off-topic, > > but any chance of the Weather feed (XML aussi) being added? The > > GNOME-UK team would like to use it. > > > > Stephen > > > > Ben Metcalfe said: > >> * The TV schedule data we provided over-complicated and in > an alien > >> format that was difficult to parse, or > >> * The idea of developing around a BBC-led theme, even for a prize, > >> isn't an approach that is of interest to the backstage.bbc.co.uk > > community. > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > please visit > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: > > 29/08/05 > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: > > 29/08/05 > > > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > please visit > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
