[OZAPRS] WXSVR

[Mathew McKernan]

Hi Peter,


No problem!


Just wondering, how did you handle those FDR objects? Did you do them as polygons or as points?


I've noticed there is very limited support nowdays around NWS/BOM alerts in ARPS products. The original version of the weather alerts in WXSVR-AU used NWS objects and we'd upset our friends in the united states. It also meant we had to hack around with modified shape files to make it all work.


Xastir seems to work with the BOM shape files with the BOM based notifications, which means we have a more uniformed setup and we don't need to handcraft shape files.


Another option I am thinking of for some situations are publishing polygon objects instead.


Thanks,


Matty

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From: OZAPRS <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au> on behalf of Peter Wicklein <vk3tbn at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 22 November 2017 6:45:02 PM
To: Australian APRS Users
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] WXSVR


Matty



Great, more particularly the Fire items, years ago i used to add them as objects via ui view, bit hard to keep updated if you go on holidays..



Regards

Pete



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From: OZAPRS <ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au> on behalf of Mathew McKernan <mathew at mmckernan.id.au>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 12:49:07 PM
To: Australian APRS Users
Subject: [OZAPRS] WXSVR


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
     *   Severe Thunderstorm Warning
     *
Road Weather Alert
     *
Flood Watch or Warning
     *
Severe Weather Warning
     *
Fire Weather Warning
     *
Sheep Weather Alert
     *
Bushwalker Weather Alert
     *
Frost Warning
     *
Cyclone Watch or Warning
     *
Fire Ban Advice
     *
Marine Wind Warning
     *
Brown Rot Advice
     *
Downy Mildew Advice
     *
Tsunami Threat Watch or Warnin
     *
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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