Re: [backstage] weather feed: thursday
On 11/09/2007 07:31 AM, ~:'' ありがとうございました。 wrote: weather feed: thursday why is the BBC weather feed showing thursday's weather? http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/24hr.shtml?world=0008 I do find this fairly frequently and rather unhelpful. It's a beta for the BBC's new weather catch-up service, iMbrella. If you missed yesterday's weather, you can catch it again today. Note that, because of the use of Digital Rain Management, sunlight is not presently available through this new service. -- Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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/
RE: [backstage] Weather feed
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/
RE: [backstage] Weather feed
Hi, I'm not too sure it uses airports for everywhere in the UK. I've actually found it to be pretty good for the UK. It's probably harder for you people in London a such a large place is only covered by one name (unless you get a specialised feed for the UK) but I've typed in town names for places around here and it's all very accurate - and doesn't use airports. For example, Bolton, Hereford and Wrexham don't have airports yet they have accurate data. @ Ben - would the BBC feed be available in a similar way to the weather.com one: - One XML feed for searching for locations and getting a location ID - One feed that returns weather info when given ID David -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/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/89 - Release Date: 02/09/05 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/89 - Release Date: 02/09/05 - 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/
