MobileWeb v1.0 for MediaCar Released

**stevieg** · 07-13-2004, 03:41 AM

Originally Posted by veetid

I saw earlier in the thread someone wanting weather support built in... I have some good weather code that should be pretty universal... You might need to right some code to detect whether to show in F/C and MPG/KM, but other than that...

I have it in an aspx page right now... I call this webpage from your mobileweb program...

http://mirkwood.gotdns.com/mweb/weat...stalcode=92008

Here is the code:

http://mirkwood.gotdns.com/downloads/weather.zip

Only postcode I know in US is 90210

Looking at the code now, I have written some code to get the UK weather, will see if I can amend it in

**stevieg** · 07-13-2004, 03:56 AM

UK Multimap have a page that might be suitable 'as is' - http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...weather&pc=CV1 (replace CV1 with postcode) however I am going to reformat the same as your data source so it can 'plug' straight in.

and the above also takes lat / lon as well by the way

I could make it possible quite easily that the mobileweb can submit lat/lon with the URL is required for those who use a GPS splitter like Xport or GPSgate - then it makes it easy to show 'location sensitive' information.

**frodobaggins** · 07-13-2004, 04:26 AM

for UK all you have to do is this:
http://mirkwood.gotdns.com/mweb/weat...lcode=UKXX1347

Edit: I mean Warwickshire, UK, not just UK

**C4M** · 07-13-2004, 04:31 AM

Originally Posted by stevieg

UK Multimap have a page that might be suitable 'as is' - http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...weather&pc=CV1 (replace CV1 with postcode) however I am going to reformat the same as your data source so it can 'plug' straight in.

I like it - it does Australia too!

C!

**stevieg** · 07-13-2004, 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by frodobaggins

for UK all you have to do is this:
http://mirkwood.gotdns.com/mweb/weat...lcode=UKXX1347

Edit: I mean Warwickshire, UK, not just UK

What is XX1347 refering to?

Oh I see...

http://www.msnbc.com/news/wea_front....United+Kingdom

**C4M** · 07-13-2004, 05:33 AM

Sweet!

http://mirkwood.gotdns.com/mweb/weat...lcode=asXX0112

Is there a way that we can force it to display celcius rather than F?

C!

**craigyb** · 07-13-2004, 06:08 AM

This is something that Garry (Confused) asked me to post:

Originally Posted by Confused

This is ripped straight from a Samurize script:

Firstly, go to:

http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=XXXXX

(where XXXXX can be your town name or post/zip code for example) and get the LOC ID.

Then, run the following to get an XML file, where UNIT = s or m (s = standard (F), m = metric (C)), and there are two random 5 digit numbers.

For current day: (Update at most every 30 mins)

Code:

http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/" & LOCID & "?cc=*" & "&par=" & Int(Rnd * 10000) & "&prod=xoap&key=" & Int(Rnd * 10000) & "&unit=" & UNIT

For DAYF Day forecast: (how far to look ahead)

Code:

"http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/" & LOCID & "?cc=*&dayf=" & DAYF & "&par=" & Int(Rnd * 10000) & "&prod=xoap&key=" & Int(Rnd * 10000) & "&unit=" & UNIT

So, for example, in my town, Loughton, I go to:
http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=Loughton

and it returns:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!--This document is intended only for use by authorized licensees of The Weather Channel. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Copyright 1995-2004, The Weather Channel Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.-->
<search ver="2.0">
  <loc id="UKXX1269" type="1">Loughton, United Kingdom</loc>
</search>

So I then go to for current weather:

http://xoap.weather.com/weather/loca...y=34145&unit=m

And I get the following:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!--This document is intended only for use by authorized licensees of The Weather Channel. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Copyright 1995-2004, The Weather Channel Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.-->
<weather ver="2.0">
  <head>
    <locale>en_US</locale>
    <form>MEDIUM</form>
    <ut>C</ut>
    <ud>km</ud>
    <us>km/h</us>
    <up>mb</up>
    <ur>mm</ur>
  </head>
  <loc id="UKXX1269">
    <dnam>Loughton, United Kingdom</dnam>
    <tm>10:54 AM</tm>
    <lat>51.64</lat>
    <lon>0.06</lon>
    <sunr>4:57 AM</sunr>
    <suns>9:13 PM</suns>
    <zone>1</zone>
  </loc>
  <cc>
    <lsup>7/13/04 10:20 AM Local Time</lsup>
    <obst>London City Arpt, United Kingdom</obst>
    <tmp>17</tmp>
    <flik>17</flik>
    <t>Partly Cloudy</t>
    <icon>30</icon>
    <bar>
      <r>1,017.9</r>
      <d>steady</d>
    </bar>
    <wind>
      <s>13</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>290</d>
      <t>WNW</t>
    </wind>
    <hmid>45</hmid>
    <vis>10.0</vis>
    <uv>
      <i>4</i>
      <t>Moderate</t>
    </uv>
    <dewp>5</dewp>
  </cc>
</weather>

And for 5 day forecast I go to:

http://xoap.weather.com/weather/loca...y=14648&unit=m

And it returns:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!--This document is intended only for use by authorized licensees of The Weather Channel. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Copyright 1995-2004, The Weather Channel Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.-->
<weather ver="2.0">
  <head>
    <locale>en_US</locale>
    <form>MEDIUM</form>
    <ut>C</ut>
    <ud>km</ud>
    <us>km/h</us>
    <up>mb</up>
    <ur>mm</ur>
  </head>
  <loc id="UKXX1269">
    <dnam>Loughton, United Kingdom</dnam>
    <tm>10:58 AM</tm>
    <lat>51.64</lat>
    <lon>0.06</lon>
    <sunr>4:57 AM</sunr>
    <suns>9:13 PM</suns>
    <zone>1</zone>
  </loc>
  <cc>
    <lsup>7/13/04 10:20 AM Local Time</lsup>
    <obst>London City Arpt, United Kingdom</obst>
    <tmp>17</tmp>
    <flik>17</flik>
    <t>Partly Cloudy</t>
    <icon>30</icon>
    <bar>
      <r>1,017.9</r>
      <d>steady</d>
    </bar>
    <wind>
      <s>13</s>
      <gust>N/A</gust>
      <d>290</d>
      <t>WNW</t>
    </wind>
    <hmid>45</hmid>
    <vis>10.0</vis>
    <uv>
      <i>4</i>
      <t>Moderate</t>
    </uv>
    <dewp>5</dewp>
  </cc>
  <dayf>
    <lsup>7/13/04 5:44 AM Local Time</lsup>
    <day d="0" t="Tuesday" dt="Jul 13">
      <hi>21</hi>
      <low>12</low>
      <sunr>4:57 AM</sunr>
      <suns>9:13 PM</suns>
      <part p="d">
        <icon>30</icon>
        <t>Partly Cloudy</t>
        <wind>
          <s>13</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>280</d>
          <t>W</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>20</ppcp>
        <hmid>60</hmid>
      </part>
      <part p="n">
        <icon>29</icon>
        <t>Partly Cloudy</t>
        <wind>
          <s>13</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>238</d>
          <t>WSW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>20</ppcp>
        <hmid>74</hmid>
      </part>
    </day>
    <day d="1" t="Wednesday" dt="Jul 14">
      <hi>21</hi>
      <low>15</low>
      <sunr>4:59 AM</sunr>
      <suns>9:12 PM</suns>
      <part p="d">
        <icon>11</icon>
        <t>Few Showers</t>
        <wind>
          <s>21</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>241</d>
          <t>WSW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>30</ppcp>
        <hmid>78</hmid>
      </part>
      <part p="n">
        <icon>11</icon>
        <t>Showers</t>
        <wind>
          <s>18</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>253</d>
          <t>WSW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>50</ppcp>
        <hmid>81</hmid>
      </part>
    </day>
    <day d="2" t="Thursday" dt="Jul 15">
      <hi>20</hi>
      <low>14</low>
      <sunr>5:00 AM</sunr>
      <suns>9:11 PM</suns>
      <part p="d">
        <icon>11</icon>
        <t>Showers</t>
        <wind>
          <s>21</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>238</d>
          <t>WSW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>50</ppcp>
        <hmid>80</hmid>
      </part>
      <part p="n">
        <icon>11</icon>
        <t>Showers</t>
        <wind>
          <s>13</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>246</d>
          <t>WSW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>50</ppcp>
        <hmid>84</hmid>
      </part>
    </day>
    <day d="3" t="Friday" dt="Jul 16">
      <hi>21</hi>
      <low>14</low>
      <sunr>5:01 AM</sunr>
      <suns>9:10 PM</suns>
      <part p="d">
        <icon>11</icon>
        <t>Showers</t>
        <wind>
          <s>13</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>245</d>
          <t>WSW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>50</ppcp>
        <hmid>80</hmid>
      </part>
      <part p="n">
        <icon>11</icon>
        <t>Showers</t>
        <wind>
          <s>10</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>226</d>
          <t>SW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>50</ppcp>
        <hmid>87</hmid>
      </part>
    </day>
    <day d="4" t="Saturday" dt="Jul 17">
      <hi>23</hi>
      <low>13</low>
      <sunr>5:02 AM</sunr>
      <suns>9:09 PM</suns>
      <part p="d">
        <icon>26</icon>
        <t>Cloudy</t>
        <wind>
          <s>14</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>234</d>
          <t>SW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>30</ppcp>
        <hmid>72</hmid>
      </part>
      <part p="n">
        <icon>29</icon>
        <t>Partly Cloudy</t>
        <wind>
          <s>8</s>
          <gust>N/A</gust>
          <d>241</d>
          <t>WSW</t>
        </wind>
        <ppcp>20</ppcp>
        <hmid>78</hmid>
      </part>
    </day>
  </dayf>
</weather>

This data can then be parsed and displayed how/where you wish

Garry

**frodobaggins** · 07-13-2004, 02:29 PM

If you are going to use the above in an app or web page you should sign up with the weather channel and get a different partner id and license key.
It's free BTW, they also have an sdk with explanations of everything.

**veetid** · 07-13-2004, 02:34 PM

I didn't know that.... Weather.com gives away a free xml feed? I always thought they where all about stopping people from getting there data.. I will have to check that out..

Even so... They still just give you data right? No image urls and or image mappings right? Trying to still find a use for what I wrote

**frodobaggins** · 07-13-2004, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by veetid

I didn't know that.... Weather.com gives away a free xml feed? I always thought they where all about stopping people from getting there data.. I will have to check that out..

Even so... They still just give you data right? No image urls and or image mappings right? Trying to still find a use for what I wrote

They give a feed for free, yes. They don't want you just ripping from their site
though. You have to agree to the license agreement and terms.
They provide an sdk and images.

Frodo

And BTW, yours is still usefull, much easier to parse the data from msnbc.
Although I'm not sure how well msnbc likes it

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