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It's written on the frontpage "Weather data is recieved from global meterological broadcast services and more than 40 000 weather stations." http://openweatherm
by zalew 13y ago
It's written on the frontpage "Weather data is recieved from global meterological broadcast services and more than 40 000 weather stations." http://openweathermap.org/sys http://openweathermap.org/sys
- dfc 13y agoI came here to ask the same question and I saw the 40k number you mention and I visited the page you link to. The occassional blinking light on a google map does not really answer the question of how they accumulated data from 40,000 weather stations. I got the following error when I tried the layer station link[1]: ×Ошибка 404 (depricated function, see more http://openweathermap.org/wiki/API/JSON_API) Ошибка is russian for error/mistake. [1] http://openweathermap.org/layer-station http://openweathermap.org/layer-station
- zalew 13y agothere is an upload api http://openweathermap.org/stations http://openweathermap.org/stations so I guess they scrap/connect 'global meterological broadcast services' and invite stations to submit their data.
- dfc 13y agoI do not like guessing. Trust, verify yada yada. Given the alternatives, NOAA (my preferred source but obviously american-centric) or WeatherUnderground I see no reason to use a service I need to make guesses about.