Thanks for the excellent explanation. Very helpful. fuba duba
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Melchior FRANZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "FlightGear user discussions" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Anybody getting ready to fly hurricane Flo > out of Bermuda (TXKF)? > Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:23:48 +0200 > > > * fuba duba -- 9/10/2006 12:00 AM: > > > The Metar service is set to 240? minutes by default in preferences.xml. > > This is not the update rate, but the maximum age for a METAR sets to be > considered > at all. Sets older than that are dropped. The update rate isn't > configurable. > > > > > I assume weather stations would update about every 30 to 60 minutes > > No. METAR weather is updated at least once every 15 minutes. If the nearest > station has changed , it's updated within the next minute. Of course, if > you have > set metar-max-age-min to a small value, then many data sets will be dropped > and you'll see *less* weather changes. > > m. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users > -- ___________________________________________________ Now you can search for products and services http://search.mail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
