Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amounts’ of location data

Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by brewdad on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:51PM (#31590740)

Look at the METAR data pilots use for an example of how easily weather data can be compressed.

KSEA 020153Z 34008KT 10SM FEW075 OVC090 18/14 A2997

Here's the local conditions at Sea-Tac at 7:15pm Pacific time. We have wind direction and speed, visibility, cloud conditions, temperature and dew point and barometric pressure in one small snippet.

The forecast data for the next 24 hours is given similarly. Radar data would be more complex but the basics for any weather app are only a handful of bytes.

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by skykooler on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:59PM (#31590790)

I wonder how big METAR weather data and forecasts for the whole of the US would be to download?

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Re:Tim Hortons app violated laws in collection of ‘vast amou... by brewdad on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @11:26PM (#31590978)

I can't find the source but I believe there are about 4000 METAR sites. There are plenty more small airports that will issue a weather report but they are pulling from the closest site that actually records METAR data.

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