So, it looks like free APIs will no longer be available from Wundergound.com:
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api
Also posted to their forums:
https://apicommunity.wunderground.co...nd-api-changes
I only discovered this while trying to setup the WeatherXML.
It's also unclear how free APIs will be affected going forward, whether they will be grandfathered in or not.
If this is as screwed up as it looks, what will our options be for collecting data from personal weather stations?
Here's my understanding by plugin:
WeatherXML: Uses Wunderground, affected by this change.
UltraWeatherWU3: Uses Wunderground.
UltraNetAtmo3: Fine if you own a NetAtmo device, but brand specific.
UltraWeatherBug3: I don't think weatherbug.com makes use pf PWS'
Weatherflow: The hardware product has not yet been released to market, coming in June.
VWS: Virtual Weather Station, I think this is for pulling data from Ambient Weather's Virtual Weather Station product? If so, it is only supported by a limited range of devices, which all start around $600-$800 USD and go up from there.
Buienradar: Pulls satellite data only? Dutch.
YR Weather: Pulls data from a Norwegian weather source only (I think).
Now of course most of these products collect data from sources other than just personal weather stations, so data collection hasn't ground to a halt.
But I live in Brisbane, Australia and the Bureau of Meteorology service here is terrible. Forecasts are rarely ever accurate and measured temperatures and rainfall come from weather stations far away that don't reflect conditions in the city. Our one and only rain radar was recently offline for close to three months. So I'm pretty keen on being able to collect my own data and get accurate rainfall measurements.
AmbientWeather.net is the cloud based data collection service for devices purchased through ambientweather.com, it provides API access. I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the plugin description pages.
I don't think you can register for the service until you've actually purchased the hardware?
Do any plugins make use of ambientweather.net? Anyone planning to do so in the future?
I'm (very) new here so please excuse any inaccuracies.
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api
Also posted to their forums:
https://apicommunity.wunderground.co...nd-api-changes
I only discovered this while trying to setup the WeatherXML.
It's also unclear how free APIs will be affected going forward, whether they will be grandfathered in or not.
If this is as screwed up as it looks, what will our options be for collecting data from personal weather stations?
Here's my understanding by plugin:
WeatherXML: Uses Wunderground, affected by this change.
UltraWeatherWU3: Uses Wunderground.
UltraNetAtmo3: Fine if you own a NetAtmo device, but brand specific.
UltraWeatherBug3: I don't think weatherbug.com makes use pf PWS'
Weatherflow: The hardware product has not yet been released to market, coming in June.
VWS: Virtual Weather Station, I think this is for pulling data from Ambient Weather's Virtual Weather Station product? If so, it is only supported by a limited range of devices, which all start around $600-$800 USD and go up from there.
Buienradar: Pulls satellite data only? Dutch.
YR Weather: Pulls data from a Norwegian weather source only (I think).
Now of course most of these products collect data from sources other than just personal weather stations, so data collection hasn't ground to a halt.
But I live in Brisbane, Australia and the Bureau of Meteorology service here is terrible. Forecasts are rarely ever accurate and measured temperatures and rainfall come from weather stations far away that don't reflect conditions in the city. Our one and only rain radar was recently offline for close to three months. So I'm pretty keen on being able to collect my own data and get accurate rainfall measurements.
AmbientWeather.net is the cloud based data collection service for devices purchased through ambientweather.com, it provides API access. I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the plugin description pages.
I don't think you can register for the service until you've actually purchased the hardware?
Do any plugins make use of ambientweather.net? Anyone planning to do so in the future?
I'm (very) new here so please excuse any inaccuracies.
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