Disclaimer: I can't program. Every morning I gather the same information off the internet for my job. My organization insists on having this information in a powerpoint presentation form, but the hour a day spent compiling it is really killing me. I might as well be typing it out and sending everyone a telegraph for how backwards this process is.
An example: San Diego International Airport METAR/TAFs must be gathered from aviationweather.gov It looks like this: KSAN 150351Z 18004KT 9SM SCT200 17/11 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01670111 KSAN 150307Z 1503/1606 VRB03KT P6SM SCT200 FM152000 29010KT P6SM SCT250 FM160200 VRB03KT P6SM FEW200 I have to copy and paste it into a powerpoint to make it look like this: KSAN 1951 Observation: 18004KT 9SM SCT200 Temp 17/ Dew point 11 Prevailing Forecast 1900: VRB03KT P6SM SCT200 FM 1200 Local 29010KT P6SM SCT250 FM 1800 Local VRB03KT P6SM FEW200 If you are familiar with METARS/TAFS, I basically have to copy and paste them into powerpoint, decode them, and change the times from zulu to local. Not a big job, I just hate doing it for 10 airports every morning, it's a total waste of time. This information is in some sort of CGI accessed database on aviationweather.gov. There are iPhone aps and web plugins that access this data. My ideal solution: I write some code or have someone help me write the code that gets the info, converts it to local time, and displays it on a webpage with dynamic content. What programing language do I need to learn? I also need to be able to display radar images from that website, notams and TFRs from the FAA, bouy temp from NOAA, and a few other things. I'm not looking for help programing it yet, just some pointers to getting started. Even better would be putting it into google docs presentation automatically! Thanks for your help! Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en
