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I really envy you guys. I'm somewhat of a weather enthusiast and here in Germany the (tax funded) Wetterdienst [0] makes only out-of-date low resolution weather

I really envy you guys. I'm somewhat of a weather enthusiast and here in Germany the (tax funded) Wetterdienst [0] makes only out-of-date low resolution weather data freely available. There are better systems like webKonrad [1] (live radar data down to city level, etc) available but as a common citizen you can't even get paid access. Access is reserved to the fire department, etc. Funnily though there was a little f*ck up in the webKonrad app and they had hard coded credentials to a developer test account in the app. With a little reverse engineering we had free access to this pretty cool tool for a few months. IMHO it's pretty sad that they fund the whole German Wetterdienst operation with taxes and citizens have no access to the full data. [0] - http://www.dwd.de http://www.dwd.de [1] - http://webkonrad.dwd.de http://webkonrad.dwd.de

rorrr2 13y ago
Have you considered suing for access?
- kybernetyk 13y ago
  I thought about it but decided that it would be too much effort and too costly for just a hobby of mine. So I contacted the german Pirate Party about the issue. (About that and german air space maps which, too, are not freely accessible while being produced with tax money). I assumed this issue would be a great fit for the PP's agenda. But I guess they have more important things to do (like wasting time with arguing about childish bullshit).
homeomorphic 13y ago
Anecdotally, Yr.no's data [1] is good for most of northern Europe. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute's simulation domain [2] seems to cover most of Germany. [1] http://om.yr.no/verdata/free-weather-data/ http://om.yr.no/verdata/free-weather-data/ [2] http://www.yr.no/kart/#lat=67.73265&lon=5.44686&zoom=3&laga=nedb%C3%B8rskyer&proj=3575 http://www.yr.no/kart/#lat=67.73265&lon=5.44686&zoom=3&laga=...
brudgers 13y ago
>"I really envy you guys." A trip to the doctor will cure you of that.

rorrr2 13y ago

Have you considered suing for access?

kybernetyk 13y ago
I thought about it but decided that it would be too much effort and too costly for just a hobby of mine. So I contacted the german Pirate Party about the issue. (About that and german air space maps which, too, are not freely accessible while being produced with tax money). I assumed this issue would be a great fit for the PP's agenda. But I guess they have more important things to do (like wasting time with arguing about childish bullshit).

homeomorphic 13y ago

Anecdotally, Yr.no's data [1] is good for most of northern Europe. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute's simulation domain [2] seems to cover most of Germany. [1] http://om.yr.no/verdata/free-weather-data/ http://om.yr.no/verdata/free-weather-data/ [2] http://www.yr.no/kart/#lat=67.73265&lon=5.44686&zoom=3&laga=nedb%C3%B8rskyer&proj=3575 http://www.yr.no/kart/#lat=67.73265&lon=5.44686&zoom=3&laga=...

brudgers 13y ago

>"I really envy you guys." A trip to the doctor will cure you of that.