[Xastir] Modifications for new Australian Wx Shapefiles

[Alex Carver]

James,

You may want to look at

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/business/index_e.html

from Environment Canada.  It appears the data you need is being supplied as an RSS (XML) feed which is the same as the NOAA-NWS service to the general population.  NOAA-NWS does provide a faster feed to certain paying customers but the RSS is pretty fast as is and you will likely get equal service from EC's RSS feed.


If you've already looked at this or it doesn't work then don't mind me. :)


-Alex


----- Original Message -----
From: James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com>
To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
Cc: 
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Modifications for new Australian Wx Shapefiles

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Geoff Gatward <geoff-lists at gatwards.org> wrote:

> I maintain the Australian WXSVR-AU server, which is the equivelent down
> under of the WXSVR in the US that injects NWS alerts into the APRS-IS.

Hi Geoff,

I looked into trying to get a Canadian WX server running about 5 years
ago, and started digging into trying to find out what format the raw
information from the weather service looks like. I asked again last
year, and still can't get an answer.

Perhaps you might be able to shed some light. you've given me a hint
already in that they are now using XML/RSS...

I've been in contact with one of our local severe weather
meteorologists here in Edmonton, and even had him forwarding me the
email alerts that he got everyday so that I could have some sample
data.

The problem is that I don't know if the NWS data is presented as email
alerts, or as an RSS feed, or a telnet stream, or what... I can't go
asking Environment Canada if they have a "fill-in-the-blank" weather
alert feed if I have no idea what goes in the blank.

I'm willing to attempt to work towards getting this type of feed up
and running in Canada, but I need to know which direction to start
running. I manually parsed out all of the alert areas for Alberta many
years ago in hopes that it would get the ball rolling, but it never
went any further than that.

Any information you have or could provide would be greatly appreciated.