[OZAPRS] WXSVR

[vk2tv]

Hi Matty,


I'm certainly interested. I'm trawling through old data to see if I have 
a copy of those shapefiles but no luck yet.


Ray vk2tv


On 22/11/17 12:49, Mathew McKernan wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> I reached out to Geoff Gatward who was the creator/original maintainer 
> (to my knowledge) of the old WXSVR-AU service.
>
>
> I've been doing some work on this over the past few days and seem to 
> have it operating again.
>
>
> Is this a service everyone would be interested in returning to service?
>
>
> In terms of functionality for those who can't remember:
>
>   * Weather warnings from the BOM for
>       o Severe Thunderstorm Warning
>      o
>         Road Weather Alert
>      o
>         Flood Watch or Warning
>      o
>         Severe Weather Warning
>      o
>         Fire Weather Warning
>      o
>         Sheep Weather Alert
>      o
>         Bushwalker Weather Alert
>      o
>         Frost Warning
>      o
>         Cyclone Watch or Warning
>      o
>         Fire Ban Advice
>      o
>         Marine Wind Warning
>      o
>         Brown Rot Advice
>      o
>         Downy Mildew Advice
>      o
>         Tsunami Threat Watch or Warnin
>      o
>         Aviation Lightning Warning
>   * Fire Incidents for VIC and NSW
>   * Fire Danger Ratings for VIC
>   * Fire Alerts & Community Warnings for NSW (VIC to come)
>   * Marine warnings above only work for NSW, VIC, TAS and WA. Nothing
>     for QLD or NT as yet
>
>
> In terms of enhancements, I think we can improve with:
>
>   * Marine warnings for all states/territories
>   * Fire incidents for all states/territories (where we can, agencies
>     seem to have a mixture of quality data...)
>   * Fire Alerts & Community Warnings for all states/territories (where
>     we can, agencies seem to have a mixture of quality data...)
>   * Fire Danger Ratings for all states/territories (as above with fire
>     alerts etc)
>   * Ability to have WXBOT style functionality for Australia (this
>     would be cool for those on the road, especially on HF APRS to get
>     their local weather observations & forecasts)
>   * Once we have a working platform again, work with our iGate
>     operators to gate bulletins & alerts onto the network where
>     appropriate. This would involve configuring appropriate filters to
>     pass through (is this permitted however?)
>
>
> There are some challenges at the moment, the website for WXSVR-AU is 
> gone and Geoff is tracking down what he can. One limit we have at the 
> moment is a copy of the shapefiles. If anyone has these on record 
> somewhere, please let me know. I'd very much appreciate a starting 
> point to work with.
>
>
> Cheers & 73s,
>
>
> Matty
>
> VK3MJM
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