Does anyone have a "how to" on adding a radar feature for a newbie?

On Jan 28, 4:54 am, mapperzUK <[email protected]> wrote:
> Marcelo has one of the best examples for Google Maps API
>
> http://maps.forum.nu/gm_weather_radar.html
>
> (Animation is only available in Firefox)
>
> credit to Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu
>
> combine it with hishttp://maps.forum.nu/gm_radar.html
>
> then you have a real weather radar scanner...
>
> a good source for US weatherhttp://wdssii.nssl.noaa.gov/geotiff_new/
>
> and if you want local weather
> tryhttp://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge2/alpha_test2/
> (but in Alpha2!)
>
> Mapperzhttp://mapperz.blogspot.com/
>
> On Jan 28, 9:05 am, qFox <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > What you're looking at is a custom tile layer. Google requests images
> > as tiles from your server and displays them over their own maptiles.
> > It is then up to your server to actually create those images properly
> > to display whatever you like. When you go to the 'radar' example you
> > can clearly see the tiles being loaded, one square at a time, because
> > the "radar" server is much slower than google's server. The tiles are
> > created by the server somehow to reflect the weather conditions on
> > those area's.
>
> > Setting up a custom tile layer is not very hard on the client side
> > (but still a bit advanced) and is quite some work on the server side,
> > depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
>
> > Have a look at the GTileLayerOverlay examples.
>
> > On 27 jan, 21:39, STV <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > Actually I need to display weather in my map. The example link is
> > > given bellow.
>
> > >http://www.dyasdesigns.com/geoxml/myweather.htm
>
> > > In this example, There is an option called "NexradRadar". This is
> > > what exactly I need to do.
>
> > > Thank you very much for your reply
>
> > > On Jan 27, 1:10 pm, Region 3 DFG <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > whats a radar option?
> > > > do you have an example website you have seen and liked?
>
> > > > On Jan 27, 8:46 am, STV <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi,
>
> > > > > I am trying to add radar option in my map. But I did not get any
> > > > > sample code for that. Anybody has sample code for adding radar option
> > > > > in map. Please reply to me.
>
> > > > > Thanks.- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
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