Hey James, Thanks!
Currently most of the data I'm crunching has more than just the wind info in. Although I suppose there is nothing to stop me adding sources that only contain this information. I didn't think of that, I'll give it a go :-) I'll try and add some other locations this evening. Licencing is an issue. The BBC data I'm using isn't provided by the Backstage project (yet) [1], so I'm not sure what infringement is happening there. If it was provided by backstage.bbc.co.uk then I'd be alright [2]. I'm not sure what licence weather.com and NOAA provide with their XML services. However, I'd argue that the adverts are fair. I'm certainly not covering the costs of thousands of GBP of hardware, colocation, bandwidth, and many hours of coding - let alone "making money" :-) Cheers, J [1] http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data/WeatherFeeds [2] http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/05/faq.html#canimakemoney -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Brook Sent: 04 January 2006 14:55 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] MetaWeather: Weather Mashup Hello Jason, Very nice, I have been trying to find the time to do some web based stuff around weather data. I'm a fairly keen windsurfer and there are quite a few quality sites that give weather predictions that might be a good place to "borrow" ideas from. http://www.windguru.cz/ - provide excellent predictions of wind movements using a number of different weather models. http://www.xcweather.co.uk - provide the latest weather information for the UK. The information is based on the feeds from the airports (for example the reading in Bristol is Filton Private Airport). The buoys out at see are from another source. Perhaps you could merge those two feeds in as well? Any chance of getting Bristol in there as well? Cheers, James ps - how come the demo has google ad's on it? Does that increase the licencing issues (i.e. your making money from other peoples data they gave you for non commercial purposes?). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Cartwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:33 AM 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 > > ________________________________________________ > Jason Cartwright > Client Side Developer - Content Management Culture - New Media & > Technology > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > T: 0208 00 85151 > M: 0797 65 00729 > A: BC4 C5 29, Broadcast Centre, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TP > > Personal site: www.jasoncartwright.com > "Don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride" - > Bill Hicks > > > - > 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]/ - 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]/
