Re: Re: Package proposal Science_Weather

On 22 Aug 2003 at 23:03, Graeme Merrall wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 10:23:57AM +0200, lists@zyanka.li wrote: > > > > [...] > > > How about a class Science_Weather as a wrapped / interface for all > > > weather-services - defining a common data structure etc. And then > > > we might have classes Science_Weather_METAR as well as > > > Science_Weather_WheaterDotCom as interfaces to the actual > > > services. > > > > Ok, as you brought up that topic, I'm willing to write a framework > > for at least weather.com and METAR, I also saw another provider for > > weather XML data, but this website was non existent, so I didn't > > followup'ed. > > Saw this inside the weather.com XML > "This document is intended only for use by authorized licensees of The > Weather Channel." so not great news there. Perhaps some more > investigation is required. Hopefully it's a simple free registration > although from memory weather.com. As far as I have heard from Alexander only a free registration is required, yes. But maybe they will turn commercial at some point. That's why I hoped we might find a good interface which makes switching services a bit easier if it might be necessary. Stefan