ink_polaroid
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Reged: 01/01/05
Posts: 1868
Loc: SF Bay Area, CA
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A rather grandiose title, I know. And bits and pieces of it have been posted before in various forms. But it's a little more complete than anything else I've seen, so I hope it's of use to someone.
Open up the folder and you get:
- "live" maps (usually no longer than an hour old) for most of the world showing current conditions and forecasts
- infra red satellite views for mainland U.S.
- placemarks and live overlays for the NEXRAD national doppler radar system, organised by state
Amazing what can be accomplished with a high boredom threshold, a little visual basic wizardry, and a week's insomnia.
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ink_polaroid
Sysop
Reged: 01/01/05
Posts: 1868
Loc: SF Bay Area, CA
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Probably bad form to reply to my own post, but I should have added that if anyone wants to take this as a starting point and improve upon it, go right ahead.
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blt
Cartographer
Reged: 01/25/03
Posts: 638
Loc: Santa Cruz, Ca
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Awesome job Inkster. The overlays even have the right projection! Nice to see what a little boredom can produce.
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Wingnut326
Tourist
Reged: 01/05/04
Posts: 83
Loc: Mercer Island, WA
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 awesome overlays ink, covers so many places it's mindblowing, must have take tons of time
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esterrett
Master Guide
Reged: 02/27/03
Posts: 2125
Loc: Orlando, FL
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Great concept, but there seems to be a problem with the NEXRAD images, at least with 103 of them. (that's how many "Could not load image..." error messages that needed to be cleared.) 
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ink_polaroid
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Reged: 01/01/05
Posts: 1868
Loc: SF Bay Area, CA
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My fault. I should have added some caveats.
The Overlay Images subfolder contains 162 overlays. And since Keyhole does not allow more than one overlay to be active at a time, do *not* try to check the box either next to the group folder or any State folder. You have to expand the folders and activate the overlays one at a time.
I've noticed that while the positional accuracy is pretty good overall, the viewpoint is a little wonky in some NEXRAD cases. I generated most of the code from some very crufty visual basic scripts, so I'll fix this pretty soon and post an update.
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Hill
Master Guide
Reged: 10/31/04
Posts: 9211
Loc: Southern California
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I meant to congratulate you some time ago on this. It is working really well. I've been using it to track a thunderstorm cell that has been perched over me for about the last hour. It has dumped 2-3 inches per hour - sometimes the rate is far higher. Lots of lightning and thunder - unusually frequent for this part of the world. Look for the mudslide/debris flow stories from this part of the country soon. Web page showing hourly rainfall.
Edited by Hill (02/18/05 03:04 PM)
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cudailike
Tourist
Reged: 03/28/05
Posts: 37
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this would be a wonderful program, if only it worked! there are many overlays that dont work. they are:
Under Current Conditions:
Canada Current Conditions
Carribean Current Conditions
Central America Current Conditions
Central Asia Current Conditions
Europe Current Conditions
Indonesia Current Conditions
Japan Currrent Conditions
Korea Current Conditions
Russia Current Conditions
Middle East Current Conditions
Scandinavia Current Conditions
South America Current Conditions
South Pacific Current Conditions
Under Forecast Maps:
None works
Nexrad doppler
Overlay:None works
Location Placemarks: All works
Infared: None works
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Hill
Master Guide
Reged: 10/31/04
Posts: 9211
Loc: Southern California
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Welcome cudalike. The thing about overlays is that the budget Keyhole, which almost all of us have, only supports one overlay at a time. You can't just check the parent folder. You have to open the folders within it, find the one you want and then check the box. I've just tried many of them and they all seem to work, which is good because I really like this folder.
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Stargazer
Tourist
Reged: 02/26/05
Posts: 5
Loc: The Lone Star State
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This is a great piece of work! If you were bored I can't imagine what your creative talents are when your not. Keep up the good work!
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