It's more work upfront but the skin can convert units. If weather alerts are gone (which so far looks like they will be when DarkSky goes away), then I am leaning back to yr.no. Another appeal for yr.no in my reading is that for yr.no is no API key is needed, no developer account - "it just works". Just need to put some credits on the about page.
On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 11:05:49 AM UTC-4, G Hammer wrote: > > Metric is not used in the US would be the problem. > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2020, 10:37 AM steeple ian <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Quote from yr.no website: - >> >> *"A new Yr API is on the way!* >> >> We are working on a new and modern API, that we plan to release some time >> in the winter 2019. Make sure you visit this site to keep posted!" >> >> I am not sure why metric only is so much of a problem anyway, but maybe >> that will be fixed in the new API anyway. >> >> From a personal point of view, I use forecasting services from YR >> DarkSky, WU, and UK Metoffice. I know it can be subjective but for my >> location YR is by far the most accurate. >> >> Ian >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 3:17 PM Pat <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >>> yr.no isn't commercially owned, so the theory is they won't get bought >>> out or go away. They're owned by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation >>> and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. That said, it's only in >>> metric, does not have weather alerts and is in XML format only. >>> >>> The pro is that they don't seem at risk of being purchased and going >>> away. The con is it may not be a good fit for how the skin is being used. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 10:01:39 AM UTC-4, G Hammer wrote: >>>> >>>> I'd say OWM, simply because I see no way to get anything except >>>> metric/C from yr.no >>>> >>>> On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 9:11:43 PM UTC-4, Pat wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm sure the Belchertown skin could benefit from the forecasts plugin, >>>>> but Belchertown does more than that. It shows weather alerts for your >>>>> location as well as current conditions. The forecasting plugin doesn't >>>>> provide those 2 bits. For that you need a service, and if you're getting >>>>> info from the service (in my opinion), one stop shop for it (get the >>>>> forecast too). >>>>> >>>>> As for maintaining a plugin base for each region/location, that's not >>>>> something I can develop or support right now. The JSON would have to be >>>>> formatted exactly for each service in order to support the current way of >>>>> updates. Again, this is a simple task for 1 provider who has all this >>>>> data >>>>> for worldwide regions >>>>> >>>>> I understand that OWM could become the next DarkSky but I think it's >>>>> the best option for what we have right now. The free tier should be able >>>>> to >>>>> provide enough data to replace DarkSky. >>>>> >>>>> It's just a matter of time on my end. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 6:38:28 PM UTC-4, William Burton wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 4:34:46 PM UTC-4, Wes Witt wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> how about implementing a design that allows for weather forecast >>>>>>> extensions/plugins. then regional plugins can be built and allow the >>>>>>> user >>>>>>> to choose the weather forecast service that is best for them. this way >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> don't need a single service that works for everyone. it can be very >>>>>>> difficult to find a service that works everywhere and if you can find >>>>>>> one >>>>>>> it may result in a low bar terms of quality and features from the >>>>>>> service. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I was thinking the exact same thing as it doesn't make sense for >>>>>> every skin author to have to implement forecasting from scratch. There >>>>>> are >>>>>> many API's and there won't be one that works for everyone everywhere. >>>>>> >>>>>> The weewx-forecast extension ( >>>>>> https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-forecast), already handles the >>>>>> following weather forecasting services: >>>>>> >>>>>> US National Weather Service (NWS) >>>>>> the weather underground (WU) >>>>>> open weathermap (OWM) >>>>>> UK Met Office (UKMO) >>>>>> Aeris Weather >>>>>> World Weather Online (WWO) >>>>>> Dark Sky (DS) >>>>>> Zambretti >>>>>> >>>>>> The extension also handles tide predictions using xtide. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> My thought was to enhance the weewx-forecast extension to: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - Output a generic JSON file that can be loaded via Ajax into a >>>>>> theme. As much as possible, the JSON would be generated in a manner >>>>>> that's consistent across different API implementations to make it easier >>>>>> to incorporate into a skin. >>>>>> - Output one or more include files that can be included into other >>>>>> skins. >>>>>> >>>>>> Skins like Belchertown can incorporate this output using either method >>>>>> as appropriate. The end result is it would be far easier for skin >>>>>> maintainers to expand forecasting options. >>>>>> >>>>>> The benefit to this approach is the ability to support many more options >>>>>> for forecasting more widely. However, a small drawback is users of WeeWX >>>>>> will have to install another extension and configure it in addition to >>>>>> the selected skin. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Bill >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/716c235d-a99c-454c-b31b-276e22b79829%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/716c235d-a99c-454c-b31b-276e22b79829%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/m_47lX0fsIM/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CADASSaTQMse0QSA_VeKRbuuWUNJsi8_ivOmsZio9034ZV19Fyw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CADASSaTQMse0QSA_VeKRbuuWUNJsi8_ivOmsZio9034ZV19Fyw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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