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From: karn@envy.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Network Temperature Protocol
Message-ID: <1990Jul26.202339.24093@bellcore-2.bellcore.com>
Date: 26 Jul 90 20:23:39 GMT
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In article <1990Jul26.144406.19495@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>,
kline@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charley Kline) writes:
|> Here at the U of I I can run "wxmap" and then tell it I want a map centered
|> on Champaign and a current conditions map will appear on my X display,
|> complete with weather watch boxes and severe weather risk areas. Radar data
|> is coming soon.
|> 
|> The code was homegrown here in the cornfields. The weather data comes
|> from Alden Electronics, a reseller of government weather data. It all
|> comes out in the WMO format, with which I struggle every day.

We also have one of the VSAT dishes on the roof, and one of my
colleagues has also been experimenting with displaying it on bitmap
screens. It's especially interesting to watch the radar maps when
thunderstorms roll through the area.

Unfortunately, even though the weather data comes from the government
the commercial resellers claim proprietary rights to it, so I'm not
sure it could be made freely available over the net. It's like RSA
claiming private patent rights to an invention developed with public
funds, but don't get me started on that...

Phil