GgWeather Plugin

[xtermin8r]

Very sad iindeed. 

[MrWolf]

Incredibly frustrating.

I lLOVED this function!  I'm going to replace this part of her morning routine with "I'm afraid Google have ruined everything because they're bastards, so I have no idea what the weather is like outside.  Please revert to looking out of the window"

I hope some kind of replacement comes along soon

-P

[jitterjames]

Incredibly frustrating.

I lLOVED this function!  I'm going to replace this part of her morning routine with "I'm afraid Google have ruined everything because they're bastards, so I have no idea what the weather is like outside.  Please revert to looking out of the window"

I hope some kind of replacement comes along soon

-P

I will create a replacement eventually.  I just don't have 10 odd hours to kill right now.  In the mean time if you folks want to do some research to figure out which is the best free (or very cheap) api available I will review your suggestions when the time comes.  Of course you can always hack something together yourself using either the robobrowser or scrape actions.

My primary criteria for a "good" weather api are, in order of importance.

1- Must work internationally.  Not just the USA and a couple of other countries, and preferably more than just the major cities.
2- Must provide at least 3 days of weather, not just current and a super short forecast.
3- Should allow you to specify units (i.e. celcius, farenheight, mph/ kmph etc.
3- Should hopefully have a decent api with xml or json that is not overly complicated to grab data from.

Here is one option, though I'm not sure it is the best in terms of 1.  Maybe you could look into that.  Otherwise it seems OK.

[mparks]

This is the service I have used for many years  ( http://www.timeanddate.com/ ) they do have XML/API, ( http://www.timeanddate.com/services/api/ ) but I can not find the pricing anywhere on the site.

[Kalle]

this looks interesting

http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api

[vulcanjedi]

this looks interesting

http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api

This is also the default provider for XBMC after they went through similar experiences, so perhaps a similar relationship can be struck

http://xbmc.org/theuni/2011/12/10/welcome-sponsor-weather-underground/

[jitterjames]

It's happening...

The new plugin is coming along nicely:

http://voxcommando.com/forum/index.php?topic=928.0

[MrWolf]

Very excited!!

I'll have a crack at this when I get some time.

-P