> > The topic was climate data. Specifically, our task was to scrape various > sources of climate data from the web suitable for input into ccc-gistemp ( > http://code.google.com/p/ccc-gistemp/). After an introduction and > discussion led by David J in which we considered what the data meant and > what format we wanted it in, we broke off into pairs to get working on our > respective scrapers in ScraperWiki. There were a couple of shouts of "We > have data!" as groups finished their scrapers. The plan is for each group > to post the URLs of their completed scrapers to the list. > > Myself and Andrew P worked on weather data for Alice Holt and Kielder made available following a Freedom Of Information request. I just checked the scraper and all looks ok. Here's the URL for (David J's) information:
http://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/weather-data-for-alice-holt-and-kielder/ > We discussed whether we would like to return to a pub session for the next > meeting, but it was generally agreed that alternating between talks and > coding was preferable. > > A proposal was made up to hold some Python Northwest meetings in Liverpool > as well as Manchester to make them accessible to a wider audience. > > Alternating the venue between Manchester and Liverpool (and A.N.Other Town) makes sense if there's enough interest in doing so. That said, we're starting to build up a bit of momentum for the meetings in Manchester and it would be good not to lose that momentum elsewhere so I'd like to sound out the level of interest on this list if possible. /discuss > > Cheers, > > Safe > > Safe Hammad > http://safehammad.com > -- To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west
