Homepage updated with Google Map of stations

[saratogaWX]

I've updated the homepage with a USA-centered Google map of current member stations.  Also added a Global Map view (same code, just different view starting position).

All networks that have latitude,longitude for their stations will show automatically on the map.

The station location information is updated hourly from all networks, and the station weather conditions (available by clicking on the marker on the map) are updated from the regional networks every 5 minutes.

Best regards,
Ken

[Tim Hanko]

Very impressive... 

[racenet]

Ken,

It seems like my station is off by quite a bit, to say the least. What lat/long are you using for it?



Bob

[Stillweather]

Bob,

That would be me, here is what I have for you....44.22401810,-71.84394073

Post the coordinates for your station and I'll change it for you!

Jack

[racenet]

That would be me, here is what I have for you....44.22401810,-71.84394073
Post the coordinates for your station and I'll change it for you!

Thanks Jack.

44.2119446
-71.9163895


Bob

[Stillweather]

No problem Bob, it should be all set in the next update!

Regards,

Jack

[Stillweather]

For my personal home page I made a little variation of the map! Just starting the map already zoomed in to the Northeast.....

http://stillweather.com/NAWN_Page.php

Jack

[saratogaWX]

That's cool Jack!

You might want to include the recent fixes to the JavaScript for the map for IE7

Code:

      function createMarker(point,name,html,icon) {
        var marker = new GMarker(point, {icon:icon});
        GEvent.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
          marker.openInfoWindowHtml(html, {maxWidth:250});
        });
        return marker;
      }

  and

Code:

        var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map") ,
             { size: new GSize(620,480) } );
        map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
        map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
map.addControl(new GScaleControl());
        map.setCenter(new GLatLng(44.71926117,-103.82946014), 3, G_NORMAL_MAP);

using your map.setCenter values instead.

Are you fetching a copy of the global-conditions.xml to your site?  If so, make it on the 4s/9s by cron as the file is created on the 3s/8s.

Best regards,
Ken

[Stillweather]

Are you fetching a copy of the global-conditions.xml to your site?  If so, make it on the 4s/9s by cron as the file is created on the 3s/8s

Doh! Forgot about the cron, e-rice won't do the cron. I may have to do a php script to get the updates?

Jack

[saratogaWX]

I'll whip up a quick proxy script for it to get and cache a copy on the local webserver.

Ken

[Stillweather]

I'll whip up a quick proxy script for it to get and cache a copy on the local webserver.

Show off....

Thanks Ken!

[ThorntonWeather]

Wow!  Very cool, gentlemen! 

Will there be a "how to" on how to incorporate this and a zoomed in version for those of us that need a bit of hand holding? 

Thanks! 

   Tony

[saratogaWX]

Tony.. I'd just realized you weren't in the Regional Admins member group!  You should be able to see the instructions now.  Sorry!!

Best regards,
Ken

[SLOweather]

Tony.. I'd just realized you weren't in the Regional Admins member group!  You should be able to see the instructions now.  Sorry!!

Best regards,
Ken

Ah, this is the one I screwed up. Sorry Tony. when you joined, I approved you and then tried to promote you to a Regional Admin. I didn't pay attention to the profile I was in and demoted myself instead. After a week or 2, I figured out what I had done to myself and got Ken to change me back to a full admin, but just couldn't recall who it was that I didn't promote.

[ThorntonWeather]

I guess I am the Rodney Dangerfield of the weather network admins - "No respect!"     Just teasing of course!

Thank you for fixing that.  I figured they had to be somewhere but gave up looking! 

   Tony