Forum | Classifieds | Lost & Found | CGKA | Industry | Sensors | Forecast | Spots | Seattle | Decals | RSS | Facebook Events | Photos | Search | Register | Profile | Log in to check your messages | Log in  windonthewater.com          Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast previous topic :: next topic   Author Message funkysub Since 14 Jul 2005 56 Posts   Wed May 30, 07 8:50 am    windonthewater.com I put together a site to collect the freely available wind sensors around Portland onto Google maps. It has been useful for me to see if Sauvies will set up in the evening. Still working out a few issues, but should be ready for people to check out and give some feedback. http://www.windonthewater.com Let me know what you think, thanks. Onad Since 04 Mar 2005 1435 Posts Coast<<PDX>>Gorge XTreme Poster Wed May 30, 07 9:29 am     Cool! What is the sensor update frequency on your system? magicmaker Since 29 Oct 2006 895 Posts da Hood Opinionated Wed May 30, 07 9:40 am     see http://www.windonthewater.com/about.htm i'm curious as to what programming language you used to write that in? and i'm guessing you used the google API as well? tinyE Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster Wed May 30, 07 9:46 am     man, that is pretty sweet. funkysub Since 14 Jul 2005 56 Posts   Wed May 30, 07 9:55 am     The sensors are accessed every 5 minutes, but the sensors update every 1, 20, or 60 minutes depending on the webpage I grab the data from. I found a sensor close to SI (Felida neighborhood of Vancouver) that updates every minute. I'm trying to figure out how accurate it is to the beach at SI. I used the Google Maps Api, it is javascript. To collect the data, I use visual basic because I'm not much of a software guy. kt Since 16 Mar 2005 763 Posts Portland, Or Opinionated Wed May 30, 07 11:00 am     hey funkysub, very nice! that is a very useful tool. much appreciated. kt Reaper356 Since 10 Dec 2006 781 Posts Salem / LC Oregon Opinionated Wed May 30, 07 11:27 am     Yeah... That's Awesome! Great job. Can you put on Newport (http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=nwpo3) & Florence? rich Since 30 Nov 2005 306 Posts portland Obsessed Wed May 30, 07 12:25 pm     nice app man. With a little more work you might be very popular. forrest Since 21 Jun 2005 4330 Posts Hood River Hick CGKA Member Wed May 30, 07 12:48 pm     Now we just need George McLean's brain in a pickle jar. I bet we could plug some cat5 into it and get it to calculate SUPER forecasts! mAUhAHHAHA tinyE Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster Thu May 31, 07 1:19 pm     just thought I'd let you know that something is wrong with your stevenson feed. it says ENE, but I can see people kiting in a W on the cam. funkysub Since 14 Jul 2005 56 Posts   Thu May 31, 07 1:53 pm     Thanks.. The Stevenson sensor stopped working a couple days ago: http://cityofstevenson.com/weather.html I will not display old data like that at some point. Still quite a few kinks to work out to make it more reliable. I'll definitely add some coast sensors by next week. Thanks for the feedback.        Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Northwest Kiteboarding Discussion Forum----------------Gorge / Portland / Oregon CoastFor SaleLost & FoundIndustry SoapboxCGKA  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum