Everytime I get a minute to sit down and open the laptop and read up on what's available, I change my mind. I'm back on the OpenWeatherMap thought now because of the localization and languages it offers.
On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 4:47:42 PM UTC-4, gary....@gmail.com wrote: > > If units aren’t an issue, then in the infamous words of Alfred E. Neuman, > what, me worry? > > > > > > *From:* weewx...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> <weewx...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>> *On Behalf Of *steeple ian > *Sent:* Friday, April 3, 2020 11:37 AM > *To:* weewx...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* Re: [weewx-user] Re: Changes with Belchertown skin & DarkSky > > > > Gary, > > > > Ok have a look here: - > > > > https://claydonsweather.org.uk > > > > The base units are set in weewx.conf to METRICWX. The json data from WU is > coming as US, DarkSky as METRIC. The skin is displaying U.K. units which is > Metric with mph. Click on the F button too right and watch what happens to > the units including those of the forecasts. Go to the menu accessed by > clicking top left. You will see toggles for various unit systems. The data > does not change, it is just converted on the fly. So I don’t see units > being an issue. > > Ian > > > > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 16:05, G Hammer <gary....@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Metric is not used in the US would be the problem. > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 10:37 AM steeple ian <steep...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Quote from yr.no website: - > > > *"A new Yr API is on the way!* > > We are working on a new and modern API, that we plan to release some time > in the winter 2019. Make sure you visit this site to keep posted!" > > I am not sure why metric only is so much of a problem anyway, but maybe > that will be fixed in the new API anyway. > > From a personal point of view, I use forecasting services from YR DarkSky, > WU, and UK Metoffice. I know it can be subjective but for my location YR is > by far the most accurate. > > Ian > > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:17 PM Pat <p...@obrienphoto.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > > yr.no isn't commercially owned, so the theory is they won't get bought > out or go away. They're owned by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation > and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. That said, it's only in > metric, does not have weather alerts and is in XML format only. > > > > The pro is that they don't seem at risk of being purchased and going away. > The con is it may not be a good fit for how the skin is being used. > > > > On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 10:01:39 AM UTC-4, G Hammer wrote: > > I'd say OWM, simply because I see no way to get anything except metric/C > from yr.no > > On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 9:11:43 PM UTC-4, Pat wrote: > > I'm sure the Belchertown skin could benefit from the forecasts plugin, but > Belchertown does more than that. It shows weather alerts for your location > as well as current conditions. The forecasting plugin doesn't provide those > 2 bits. For that you need a service, and if you're getting info from the > service (in my opinion), one stop shop for it (get the forecast too). > > > > As for maintaining a plugin base for each region/location, that's not > something I can develop or support right now. The JSON would have to be > formatted exactly for each service in order to support the current way of > updates. Again, this is a simple task for 1 provider who has all this data > for worldwide regions > > > > I understand that OWM could become the next DarkSky but I think it's the > best option for what we have right now. The free tier should be able to > provide enough data to replace DarkSky. > > > > It's just a matter of time on my end. > > > > > On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 6:38:28 PM UTC-4, William Burton wrote: > > Hello, > > On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 4:34:46 PM UTC-4, Wes Witt wrote: > > how about implementing a design that allows for weather forecast > extensions/plugins. then regional plugins can be built and allow the user > to choose the weather forecast service that is best for them. this way you > don't need a single service that works for everyone. it can be very > difficult to find a service that works everywhere and if you can find one > it may result in a low bar terms of quality and features from the service. > > > > I was thinking the exact same thing as it doesn't make sense for every > skin author to have to implement forecasting from scratch. There are many > API's and there won't be one that works for everyone everywhere. > > > > The weewx-forecast extension ( > https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-forecast), already handles the > following weather forecasting services: > > > > US National Weather Service (NWS) > > the weather underground (WU) > > open weathermap (OWM) > > UK Met Office (UKMO) > > Aeris Weather > > World Weather Online (WWO) > > Dark Sky (DS) > > Zambretti > > > > The extension also handles tide predictions using xtide. > > > > My thought was to enhance the weewx-forecast extension to: > > · Output a generic JSON file that can be loaded via Ajax into a theme. As > much as possible, the JSON would be generated in a manner that's consistent > across different API implementations to make it easier to incorporate into a > skin. > > · Output one or more include files that can be included into other skins. > > Skins like Belchertown can incorporate this output using either method as > appropriate. The end result is it would be far easier for skin maintainers to > expand forecasting options. > > > > The benefit to this approach is the ability to support many more options for > forecasting more widely. 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