[Xastir] Rainfall

[Ray Wells]

Jason,

I'm looking to amend just my copy of xastir to suit a particular local 
need.

By way of explanation, the Linux box providing the weather display for 
presenters is locked away, with the screen being visible through a 
window between the studio and the computer room. Presenters have no 
access to the machine (to avoid the "fiddle factor") to be able to 
access drop-down boxes containing rainfall information. I therefore need 
to provide, on screen, the data they need and, rainfall is one such item.

With the town of Kempsey being on a major river system that has produced 
two major floods, at least five moderate floods and countless minor 
floods in 8 years, rainfall figures are more important than humidity. Of 
course, both would be even better <grin>. Since, as already confessed, I 
am not a programmer, I must stick to my own level of inexpertise!

Ray vk2tv

On 25/10/10 10:21, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Ray Wells<vk2tv at exemail.com.au>  wrote:
>    
>> Would anybody care to comment about this proposed alteration to db.c to
>> display 24 hour Rain (R) in lieu of Humidity?
>>      
> Are you talking about a change in your copy of xastir, or the base
> code? If the latter, I'd be against that.
>
> Current humidity can be useful (here in the southeastern US) for
> tracking a front (along with temperature), even if the reporting
> station doesn't have an anemometer.
>
> I'd certainly be open to_ additional_ functionality...
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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