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<p>Hi Peter,</p>
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<p>No problem!</p>
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<p>Just wondering, how did you handle those FDR objects? Did you do them as polygons or as points?</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Another option I am thinking of for some situations are publishing polygon objects instead.</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 22 November 2017 6:45:02 PM<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Matty</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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..</span></p>
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<p>Hi all,</p>
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<p>I reached out to Geoff Gatward who was the creator/original maintainer (to my knowledge) of the old WXSVR-AU service.</p>
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<p>I've been doing some work on this over the past few days and seem to have it operating again.</p>
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<p>Is this a service everyone would be interested in returning to service?</p>
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<p>In terms of functionality for those who can't remember:</p>
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<li>Weather warnings from the BOM for
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<li>Severe Thunderstorm Warning<br>
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<div>Road Weather Alert</div>
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<div>Flood Watch or Warning</div>
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<div>Severe Weather Warning</div>
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<div>Fire Weather Warning</div>
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<div>Sheep Weather Alert</div>
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<div>Bushwalker Weather Alert</div>
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<div>Frost Warning</div>
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<div>Cyclone Watch or Warning</div>
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<div>Fire Ban Advice</div>
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<div>Marine Wind Warning</div>
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<div>Brown Rot Advice</div>
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<div>Downy Mildew Advice</div>
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<div>Tsunami Threat Watch or Warnin</div>
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<div>Aviation Lightning Warning</div>
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</li><li>Fire Incidents for VIC and NSW</li><li>Fire Danger Ratings for VIC<br>
</li><li>Fire Alerts & Community Warnings for NSW (VIC to come)</li><li>Marine warnings above only work for NSW, VIC, TAS and WA. Nothing for QLD or NT as yet</li></ul>
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<p>In terms of enhancements, I think we can improve with:</p>
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<li>Marine warnings for all states/territories</li><li>Fire incidents for all states/territories <span>(where we can, agencies seem to have a mixture of quality data...)</span></li><li>Fire Alerts & Community Warnings for all states/territories (where we can, agencies seem to have a mixture of quality data...)<br>
</li><li>Fire Danger Ratings for all states/territories (as above with fire alerts etc)</li><li>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)</li><li>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?)<br>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Cheers & 73s,</p>
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<p>Matty</p>
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