Re:Show HN: Coat, a simple weather forecast and clothing sug...
by sean_b on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @06:20PM
(#1813358)
Yup, I suspect that site is looking for local weather stations nearby and using the current conditions reported as a basis for a suggestion. That will be most accurate for current conditions.
With Coat I used projection data to give the whole day in a (hopefully) simple and concise single page.
Re:Show HN: Coat, a simple weather forecast and clothing sug...
by sean_b on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @06:14PM
(#1813337)
Yup, sadly outside the United States, cost free weather data seems very rare. In my initial search I found many meteorology agencies (even those publicly funded) required payment or licensing for using the data.
For the UK, the service is Met Office and their licensing/pricing terms were enough to make me reconsider including that data in the first version.
Re:Show HN: Coat, a simple weather forecast and clothing sug...
by singer on Friday October 22, 2010 @08:20PM
(#1822068)
I can supply you with the current conditions, daily forecast, hourly forecast, and severe alerts (US only) for nearly any city in the world for $0.02 per API call. I have access to more weather stations than any single source in the world. I can return the data to you using the conversion and format of your preference. If interested, you can find my email in my profile.
With Coat I used projection data to give the whole day in a (hopefully) simple and concise single page.
For the UK, the service is Met Office and their licensing/pricing terms were enough to make me reconsider including that data in the first version.