Thanks! There was People's Weather suggested by Kim... http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ideas/archives/2005/05/the_peoples_wea.html
I was thinking of simplifying this slightly, with a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, to start with. Yes - the data mining could get quite complicated. The database holds the 'observed' weather with the 'forecast' weather, so eventually I'll give an accuracy rating for each forecaster in each location. Then, when producing the MetaWeather forecast the more accurate forecaster's data will be given a greater weight. Some forecasters give their own 'predictability' rating as well. Could work, but it's a world of SQL pain with so much data :-) J -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brendan Quinn Sent: 03 January 2006 11:26 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [backstage] MetaWeather: Weather Mashup Very cool, well done :-) An idea that I've been thinking about (can't remember whether somebody suggested it on the list or not?) is to remember weather forecasts and then compare them with the reality when that day comes, to get an overall accuracy figure for different weather providers, to keep them honest, and to give people an idea of whose weather forecast they should trust! I was going to build it but as you've done a lot of the work, Jason, I'll let you do it instead :-) Maybe you could add that feature, develop some accuracy figures for different providers over time, and use the data to weight your "predictability" rating. Brendan. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Cartwright > Sent: 03 January 2006 10:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [backstage] MetaWeather: Weather Mashup > > http://www.metaweather.com > > A website I've made in a personal capacity (nothing to do with the > BBC). > > It takes the weather data from various websites (currently only > weather.com and the BBC, for London & New York - more > coming) and makes a prediction based on their combined forecasts. Some > parts are dodgy at the moment, and there may be licencing issues, but > feedback appreciated! > > Cheers, > Jason - 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/[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/[email protected]/
