WeatherSignal wants to create crowdsourced weather reports using Android phone sensors
feedproxy.google.com
on 05/08/2013
Excerpt: If you’re a fan of OpenSignal, the mobile app that creates independent maps of mobile phone network coverage based on information crowdsourced from mobile phone users, then you may be interested to learn of a new standalone weather app the company’s currently trialing. WeatherSignal is available on Google Play from today, alongside its website, and is setting out to create a new way of collating weather data based on the native sensors on Android devices. Indeed, OpenSignal is calling this “the most ambitious weather crowdsourcing project ever,” but it’s worth noting here that it is still very early-stage. Given it relies on users installing the app, at launch it won’t be drawing on too much data.... read the full post.
Tags: Android, Sensors, Weather
Discover Everything About Weather With Wunderground API Plug-in
blog.appery.io
on 04/24/2013
Excerpt: Once you’ve created a new app based on this plug-in, you actually have a simple ready-to-run demo app. Just click the Test button in the right upper corner of the screen to see it work. In this tutorial, we’ll first walk through the sample app included with the plug-in. Then, we’ll show you, “under the hood,” some of how to the API is used in developing the app. The application is quite simple. It has only one page. When the application loads, it tries to determine your location and show the information about current weather conditions near you. Later, you can enter any city name in the input field and press “Show” button.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, Weather
The Forecast API: Bringing a New Day to Weather Data
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/24/2013
Excerpt: Forecast, the team that created the acclaimed iOS weather app Dark Sky, has created an API that brings its gorgeous weather data and display into any platform. As Forecast put it, they wanted to transcend their work with Dark Sky:
Forecast has Harrison Weber at The Next Web not sweating the details but drooling over them:
But while it’s clear Forecast has elevated weather reporting to an art form, it would be a mistake to let that beauty obscure how carefully thought through it is, walking that precarious line between a “weather glut” that deluges you with too much information, on the one hand, and “Weather Fluff”, that is not enough information to be useful, on the other.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, ProgrammableWeb, Weather
WWO Google Chrome Web App now available
blog.worldweatheronline.com
on 07/03/2012
Excerpt: If you use Google Chrome web browser then please open the Google Chrome web browser and copy and paste the link provided below in the address bar of the chrome browser and press enter. Then click on “ADD TO CHROME” button on the top right. That’s it. Now you can quickly and easily visit our website and find the weather forecast for millions of city and town in the world.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Chrome, Weather
Excerpt: Once you’ve created a new app based on this plug-in, you actually have a simple ready-to-run demo app. Just click the Test button in the right upper corner of the screen to see it work. In this tutorial, we’ll first walk through the sample app included with the plug-in. Then, we’ll show you, “under the hood,” some of how to the API is used in developing the app. The application is quite simple. It has only one page. When the application loads, it tries to determine your location and show the information about current weather conditions near you. Later, you can enter any city name in the input field and press “Show” button.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, BaaS, Weather
The Forecast API: Bringing a New Day to Weather Data
blog.programmableweb.com
on 04/24/2013
Excerpt: Forecast, the team that created the acclaimed iOS weather app Dark Sky, has created an API that brings its gorgeous weather data and display into any platform. As Forecast put it, they wanted to transcend their work with Dark Sky:
Forecast has Harrison Weber at The Next Web not sweating the details but drooling over them:
But while it’s clear Forecast has elevated weather reporting to an art form, it would be a mistake to let that beauty obscure how carefully thought through it is, walking that precarious line between a “weather glut” that deluges you with too much information, on the one hand, and “Weather Fluff”, that is not enough information to be useful, on the other.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, ProgrammableWeb, Weather
WWO Google Chrome Web App now available
blog.worldweatheronline.com
on 07/03/2012
Excerpt: If you use Google Chrome web browser then please open the Google Chrome web browser and copy and paste the link provided below in the address bar of the chrome browser and press enter. Then click on “ADD TO CHROME” button on the top right. That’s it. Now you can quickly and easily visit our website and find the weather forecast for millions of city and town in the world.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Chrome, Weather
Excerpt: If you use Google Chrome web browser then please open the Google Chrome web browser and copy and paste the link provided below in the address bar of the chrome browser and press enter. Then click on “ADD TO CHROME” button on the top right. That’s it. Now you can quickly and easily visit our website and find the weather forecast for millions of city and town in the world.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Chrome, Weather
