About the same. - mark
> On 20 Aug 2014, at 17:47, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How does the timing of the latest chart compare with simply getting it here? > > http://www.bom.gov.au/aviation/observations/aerological-diagrams/ > > Mike > > > > At 04:49 PM 20/08/2014, you wrote: >> G’day. >> >> I’ve recently received email from the Bureau of Meteorology to say that the >> data feed they’ve historically provided to make >> http://slash.dotat.org/cgi-bin/atmos work will, in future, cost $1125 per >> annum. >> >> Or, more to the point: The data itself will continue to be free, but >> there’s a $1125 per annum fee to be a registered user of it. >> >> I can get similar data at no cost from University of Wyoming’s Upper Air >> Project. In my experience, the sounding data from there is delayed by an >> hour or so, because they get it from the BoM too, then process it before >> they make it available. >> >> I see a non-trivial number of HTTP server hits on my website, so I know >> people are still using the facility. But server hits don’t tell me if >> they’re getting value out of it. >> >> So: Is it still useful? >> >> My options, as I see them, are: >> >> 1. Pay BoM, >> 2. Refactor the code to fetch from UoW, and accept that it’ll run a little >> bit late; or >> 3. Shut down the site. >> >> Currently leaning towards (2), but nobody is getting value out of it then >> (3) is clearly my path of least resistance. >> >> Thoughts, comments, requests? >> >> - mark >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation > since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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