After an interminable search I found something dead simple, but which is
heading towards what I was after. Try this in your browser:

 

http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=Moorabbin

 

I was surprised to find that it knew this was my local area, not somewhere
in the USA. As this article explains
<http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/02/08/googles-secret-weather-api/> ,
it's either unofficial or not released yet. The resulting xml is a bit
inconsistent, but it's okay for now until I finding something better. I
forgot about this web site: http://www.programmableweb.com/ which is a good
jump off point.

 

I'm reading the google xml with a WebRequest GetResponse stream and I had my
app using it in 10 minutes.

 

Greg

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