> Feed/api issues aside, > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1809 > > Top right, "Current Nearest Observations"
Like I'd believe the BBC. ;-) > I believe (but I really don't know) that these come > automatically from the nearest automated weather station. > The location of which is further down the page, along with > capture time. Plug the long/lat into multimap or similar to > get the actual location. I suppose. It just all seems a bit kind of subjective to me. It's a nice idea, but I don't see how anything can be considered accurate enough to be useful. imho, obv. I mean, looking at the 'current observation' for London, it says Visibility: Very good, but I can barely see the Wembley arch. Which, to me, isn't "very good" by quite a long mark. > By the by, I believe the weather station in Cardiff center > used to be right beside the outdoor smoking section of the > local Starbucks :) Heh. Did they report a lot of fog, by any chance? - 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]/
