I was likewise disappointed at the National Weather Service's poor excuse for a "metric" link. I, too, expected the values to be converted rather than be shown metric legends and calculator boxes, separate from the map page.
Regarding the new interface, I couldn't find a metric button either, so I left them a comment (which they say they welcome) on their survey page<http://www.nws.noaa.gov/survey/nws-survey.php?code=wxmap>for the proposed replacement, saying that, if there is indeed a method to metricate the page, they need to make it much more obvious, and, if there is not, then I stressed the need for metric to be the only units displayed, and, failing that, a one-click toggle switch that will let people switch from US customary. After all, virtually every other weather website has a toggle, and there is no reason that the National Weather Service, of all places, cannot implement one. On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 2:49 AM, James Wong <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's the current NWS Graphical Forecast: > http://graphical.weather.gov/**sectors/northplains.php<http://graphical.weather.gov/sectors/northplains.php> > > Metric Unit is here: > http://graphical.weather.gov/**supplementalpages/convert_**springfall.php<http://graphical.weather.gov/supplementalpages/convert_springfall.php> > > I thought Metric Unit link automatically convert imperial units to Metric > Unit, > but that WAS not the case. > > Now they proposed a new version of graphical forecast: > http://preview.weather.gov/**graphical/<http://preview.weather.gov/graphical/> > > Metric Unit link was gone. What was this? Degeneration? > > Kill me. > > James Wong > > -- *Zach Rodriguez* http://twitter.com/#!/metric8america http://twitter.com/#!/zachrodriguez
