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 Post subject: Re: Widget for Android
PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:26 pm 
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Location: Mesa, AZ USA
Weather Station: Davis VP2 Plus w/24 FARS
Operating System: WinX Pro SP3 Dedicated wstn
Not really a widget, The only app I use on Android now that reads data from my weather station is via wunderground. Not very pretty, but accurate enough for the time being. Much more accurate than any of the other weather apps which use Metar data locally. The closest metar being Falcon Field which actually stops updating at night... cute.

It is called Weather Buddy. There is a Free and Donation version.

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I've been attempting to push my son into Android Development and create a specific Weather App designed for Station Owners that could be given out with access codes to their station's data unlike a more consumer version which lets the users choose where they want to view weather from. Enticing him with a free phone and service to go with it...

I am much more interested in a Station Owners side of things than the run of the mill Consumer Weather apps that are out there. There are already many Consumer apps for weather that pull from NWS, even Weather Underground, but none that read native Cumulus or WD code yet for Android. SBSH is attempting to do some work with WD linking to their WorldMap on this but is heading towards the consumer end. They are going to run into access and permission issues as well.

By Station Owner, I mean as a method that a owner using Cumulus could distribute an app that promotes their station's data for locals around the area. The software would be usable by any Cumulus station that provides basic data though.

As for Android... I am currently using a Droid Incredible from HTC using Verizon. Easily the most awesome and useful phone I have ever used.

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BTW, I develop for both WD and Cumulus. Many of my Cumulus scripts started out as WD scripts first.

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