RE: [SM-PLUGINS] FYI: XML Weather data, excellent for weather plugin

[Starkey, J. N. <ja...@at...>]

Hi Paul,

Good points.  FWIW, I just asked the basic question of how he licenses =
the data feed coming from MSNBC/Akamai.  Haven't heard anything back =
yet--will post to the list when do . . .  If when I develop a rapport =
with him I will most certainly follow up with your questions.

Cheers,

JPS

-----Original Message-----
From: pdo...@an... [mailto:pdo...@an...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 1:13 AM
To: Starkey, Jamuel, NLNS
Cc: av...@no...; squ...@li...;
da...@sp...
Subject: RE: [SM-PLUGINS] FYI: XML Weather data, excellent for weather
plugin


Good.  I was just looking at their website and was getting a little
frustrated at the lack of info about how and where the data is gathered. =

There is also no info about the person/people running the service and no
contact info...  will this service be something dependable in the long
run?

Not sure what you asked the author, but along with Dan's questions, I'd
add that I'd like to know how, where and how often data is gathered as
well as questions about the facilities running their service -- is it =
just
one machine rented out at a colo that will die under the kind of load it
is likely to get should we point the weather plugin at it?  Can we count
on the service being around for the next few years, up 24/7?

  - paul


> Looks like most of the underlying data feed is from MSNBC/Akamai.  =
I've
> emailed the author to see what (if any) restrictions there might be =
with
> reusing MSNBC's data . . .
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Starkey, Jamuel, NLNS
>> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 3:29 PM
>> To: pdo...@an...; av...@no...
>> Cc: squ...@li...; da...@sp...
>> Subject: RE: [SM-PLUGINS] FYI: XML Weather data, excellent for =
weather
>> plugin
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm on the plug-in mailing list . . .  I'd say it's a good
>> idea on first blush.  Would like to checkout the XML site, though.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> JPS
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: pdo...@an... [mailto:pdo...@an...]
>> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:59 PM
>> > To: av...@no...
>> > Cc: squ...@li...; da...@sp...
>> > Subject: Re: [SM-PLUGINS] FYI: XML Weather data, excellent
>> for weather
>> > plugin
>> >
>> >
>> > This is EXCELLENT!  What do you other weather developers
>> say?  I think
>> > this is what we should standardize around instead of mucking
>> > about having
>> > two different plugins that strip data from two different
>> > sites (whose HTML
>> > is liable to change at any time...).
>> >
>> > (Couldn't track down Jamuel's (the developer of the TWC
>> Weather plugin
>> > email address since I'm out of town... if possible, can
>> someone please
>> > forward this to him?)
>> >
>> > Thoughts folks?
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > I just found this site:
>> > >
>> > > http://weather.interceptvector.com/
>> > >
>> > > It provides small, easily parsable XML files with weather
>> > data around
>> > > the globe. It is also an 100% free service. I believe it
>> would be an
>> > > excellent way for the weather plugin to grab its data.
>> > >
>> > > Alexandros
>> > >
>> > >
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