Yeah...I noticed that too, it needs to be a lot lighter in color. I'll change it this evening. Thanks for the input.

Paul

Ok, I have a Subversion repository up at Google Code ( http://code.google.com/p/tropicalwatch/ ). If you want write access just msg me or somehow let me know you want to be able to check stuff in and provide me with your gmail username.

The anonymous SVN is at http://tropicalwatch.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ .

I'd rather see people that want to develop this link let me add you so that we can aggregate our changes and not have a bunch of disparate versions floating around.

If you're looking for a good Subversion client for Windows, I'd suggest TortoiseSVN ( http://www.tortoisesvn.org/ ).

I'm still tracking down a bug, so the link may be a little flaky tonight...I could create a separate test branch for that, but with time in mind I'd rather just mess with the live version.

Paul

Changes:

1.) The only radars listed in the network link will be those that are within 300NM of the last reported center. As the storm moves, different radars will be available automatically. Pretty cool eh?

2.) Radars now updated to show all that the NWS has to offer. Precip, velocity, long range, etc.

3 .) Also changed the radars to radio folders so that you can't load them all at once. (Will do the same to SST soon... well unless someone starts checking their own code into the repository - HINT:) )

4.) Also included the NWS/NOAA screen overlays to give them credit where credit is due.

Paul

All, I'm in the process of adding buoy data to the link just like I did the radar. It will dynamically load the nearest buoy data as the storm moves. I'm having some formatting issues at the moment, and another snag is that the kml <description> tag that populates the balloon with text/info doesn't allow dynamic info like php/scripts etc. I'd like the graphs for the buoys to appear in the ballons, but they are generated via php on the fly at the NBDC. I'll get the buoy stuff wrapped up this weekend.

Paul

Ok, I spend a whole lotta time adding buoy data for all of the Carribean, the GOM, and up to the mid-Atlantic. What that means is that when a storm gets near any of these buoys, they will show up in the link and a graph of their data will show in the popup balloon. I also reorganized the link to be a little cleaner, and totally refactored the source code.

Right now there's only 1 buoy (41041) near (AL062006) TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX, but you can watch the barometer, wind speed, wind gusts on the graph and/or load the NBDC page with more data for that buoy. Any storms closer to the US should give lots of buoy data.

Also the radar is still dynamic, so until a storm gets within range of a radar, you won't see any on the link.

Paul

Paul - First off I would like to say that I enjoy your product - it is the best I have seen!

I am having a wee bit of a problem - the SST, the Satellite Images, and the Analysis always load when I start GE. I have turned them off and exit GE, but when I start GE again they come back on. Is there a way to turn them off so they do not come back on?

Thank you for your time,
Lyle

EDIT - 9/5/06 @ 9:45pm EDT

Well they are off now . . . I selected the �off� on each of them, then right clicked each and selected 'snapshot view'.

Again thank you for your time - Lyle

I changed some of the source around and looked at your problem because I've noticed it myself. It stems from the new ListStyle - radioFolder Kml tag I think. I created specific empty folders, called "off" that I tell it to select by default, but it ignores them. My guess is a bug in the GE Client implementation of this tag...or it could be me, but I've looked pretty hard and it's just not doing what I'm telling it to. I'll keep making changes as time permits. I know there are still some minor formatting annoyances with the link, but it's getting better over time. Thanks for the kind words, hope you enjoy.

Paul

Hi Paul,

Again great work this hurricane season on providing and packaging some great data feeds to kml/kmz.

My work similarly involves collecting buoy data and observations from the same sources using the same routines. Feel free to re-utilize via XPath or XSLT these existing feeds and time series graph product references via hourly referesh as:

zipped xml

kmz

you can also generate a query for a specific bounding box, platform or parameter using the REST oriented web service documented at

SEACOOS REST web service

or see some perl coding examples for gathering data from federal sources at get data code examples

What I would be interested with developing in conjunction with you or others is a more standardized rss type feed for latest observation data from platforms so developers can spend more time on the tailored product and packaging output end and less time on the repeated data gathering input end.

I've developed a basic xml straw man at ObsRSS
and am curious if other developers have feedback on this or something similar.

Thanks again for all the work,
Jeremy Cothran
Software Developer
Caro-COOPS
SEACOOS

Adding NHC Discussion data in addition to 4 computer models. This will break the database and so will lose trackhistory, so I'm waiting for Florence to become a non-issue before I stand these changes up live. Of course some other minor formatting improvements etc...recon/vortex to come. Stay tuned.

Paul

Ok, NHC Discussion data are now added per storm...if they exist. This lets you look at the history of how NHC has forecasted a storms path relative to its actual track. You can also obviously read the full discussion in the balloon for additional information.

Paul