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Weather => General Weather Discussion => Topic started by: xairbusdriver on August 28, 2016, 09:58:22 PM

Title: NWS Weather & Hazard Data Viewer
Post by: xairbusdriver on August 28, 2016, 09:58:22 PM

Don't see anything in the archives about this specific site: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

I'm trying to figure out how to get it to open a page with my own location centered in the maop. I saw this site first at a totally un-weather related post on a forum. It had the following url:http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/
and the following info at the end of it

&zoom=9&scroll_zoom=true%A2er=44.549377532663684,-124.024658203125&basemap=OpenStreetMap&boundaries=true,false&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&obs_popup=false&obs_density=3

My first thought was to simply change the Lat/Long values to my own location. Even though that data was included in the url, it did now open a page any differently than before. The default seems to be "mesowest", so that's the preferred/historical part of the country.

BTW, if you are sending data to CWOP, chances are your PWS will be on this map. [tup] Of course, it won't have any 'gold medallion'... [lol]

It is relatively easy to scroll and zoom to practically any spot you want. But it would be much better to have the data in the url to be recognized and used. [banghead]

Anyone figured out how to use this map as I'd like to?

Title: Interesting (Re: NWS Weather & Hazard Data Viewer)
Post by: elagache on August 28, 2016, 11:08:02 PM

Dear X-Air and WeatherCat infomaniacs . . . .

Quote from: xairbusdriver on August 28, 2016, 09:58:22 PM

Don't see anything in the archives about this specific site: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map

Thanks for the link, I wasn't aware of the site.

Quote from: xairbusdriver on August 28, 2016, 09:58:22 PM

I'm trying to figure out how to get it to open a page with my own location centered in the map.

There is a button at the top called Permalink.  I used that and then was able to change the parameters to lock into my location.  Here is my example:

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http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=7&scroll_zoom=true&center=37.851111,-122.155&basemap=ESRI Topographic&boundaries=false,false,false&hazard=true&hazard_type=hi-all&hazard_opacity=60
If you put your own lat/long into that URL it should work.

Cheers, Edouard

Title: Re: NWS Weather & Hazard Data Viewer
Post by: xairbusdriver on August 29, 2016, 01:04:31 AM

All I did was copy the link into TextEdit and insert my Lat/long numbers. Saved that and then pasted it into a new tab in Safari. Didn't work.

Is a "permalink" stored in a Safrari bookmarks? I've never used bookmarks in any browser. Especially when I used lots of browsers. I'll take a look, but I don't understand the difference between a text presentation of a URL and a "bookmark".

Title: Re: NWS Weather & Hazard Data Viewer
Post by: Steve on August 29, 2016, 04:15:39 PM

Xair,

It probably works for Edouard, but not for you, because it is for the Western Region Headquarters of NOAA. (wrh in the link)

You're in the Central Region Headquarters, which is at http://www.weather.gov/crh/

Title: Re: NWS Weather & Hazard Data Viewer
Post by: xairbusdriver on August 29, 2016, 05:36:12 PM

Actually, I'm south of that. But, as you can see, the displays are completely different. Mesowest may have been designed to default to the 'west', but it actually covers the entire US. In fact, it American Samoa, Quebec, Alberta and Puerto Rico.

Title: Re: NWS Weather & Hazard Data Viewer
Post by: Randall75 on August 29, 2016, 06:19:30 PM

This is what I used for Ohio: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=8&scroll_zoom=true&center=40.15017,-82.24167&basemap=ESRI%20Topographic&boundaries=true,false,false&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&obs_popup=true&obs_density=1 (http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=8&scroll_zoom=true&center=40.15017,-82.24167&basemap=ESRI%20Topographic&boundaries=true,false,false&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&obs_popup=true&obs_density=1)


 once you have changed your lon and lat  then follow the instructions there

cheers

 [cheers1]

PS Here is the permalink for me: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?&zoom=8&scroll_zoom=true&center=40.15017,-82.24167&basemap=ESRI%20Topographic&boundaries=true,false,false
 

Title: Re: NWS Weather & Hazard Data Viewer
Post by: xairbusdriver on August 29, 2016, 09:00:34 PM

You have proven it can be done. Now I'll have to try it again, and probably in another browser and certainly after dumping caches in Safari.

Once again, I don't understand what is different about a "permalink" except that it should, usually, be to a url that doesn't change. In other words, "permanent".

The only difference between your two links I see is that you omitted "&obs=true&obs_type=weather&elements=temp,wind,gust&obs_popup=true&obs_density=1" in the "permalink". The base url is exactly the same, all we're changing is the "GET" data for their server. [banghead] Giving it less seems to work almost as well, but one has to click the "Surface Weather Observations" box to see any data. Makes sense, since the "permalink" leaves out the "&obs_type" (weather) and the "&elements" (temp,wind,gust).

BTW, the thing that is somewhat difficult to see, literally, is the data table. The "Table data available below" is not a link. [rolleyes2] It is simply telling the viewer to scroll down the page... where the data table is displayed. If you are observent, you will notice the scroll bar thumb (which I have set to always display) will suddenly become shortened. That's the "GUI" clue that the page is now much, much taller than before. In my perfect world, that text would be a link. [banghead]

Title: Re: NWS Weather & Hazard Data Viewer
Post by: xairbusdriver on August 29, 2016, 09:30:14 PM

OK, I think I've found the solution. Both your links have the following:

"&basemap=ESRI"

In my original edit/attempts, I had used:

"&basemap=OpenStreetMap"

Thanks for forcing me to look at what works! [tup] [lol] [cheer] I may add this link to my site, even though it displays the Lat/Long in plain text. I think the WU and CWOP sites have that info, anyway...

According to Wikipedia: "Environmental Systems Research Institute is an international supplier of geographic information system (GIS) software, web GIS and geodatabase management applications."