Android users looking for an alternative, CARROT is fun, accurate, and worth the money http://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/
Looks like Darksky is a provider for CARROT, are the other provider choices comparable?
Apple acquires Dark Sky
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Re: Apple acquires Dark Sky
#72This is really, really disappointing. I've been pretty critical of Dark Sky at times for being mediocre for more than maybe 12 hours out, but for very short term forecasts it worked great. I spent a fair amount of time outdoors and getting a 30 minute heads-up for "drizzle" versus "heavy rain" was excellent and really let me time how long to stay outside for. I'd really, really like a replacement on Android. While Wu…
I've been using https://www.ventusky.com/ for ever and it's better in my opinion then dark sky.
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#73boo hoo, they won't let us use the least accurate source (outside US) anymore, I'm crying...
>AccuWeather’s predictions were best for temperature averages and highs, probability of precipitation and wind speed. The Weather Channel and Weather Underground came top for low temperature predictions. Dark Sky came last in all these categories.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/30/weather-f...
do yourself a favor and on Android install Geometric weather (open source, AccuWeather, simple layout), Today weather (more sources, quite nice looking), Windy (great maps) or Weather M8 (many sources, require adblock)
Re: Apple acquires Dark Sky
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone that's tried using the weather.gov API, let me just say it's atrociously bad. I'm sure the data is accurate and all, but the API is actively hostile towards developers.
It's designed that way. AccuWeather and other weather companies actively lobby to make sure that people continue using them, and not the free government sources of weather data. See https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuwea...
Thankfully, Barry Lee Myers's nomination was finally withdrawn in December 2019, but he won't be the last nominee to pull this sort of thing.
Re: Apple acquires Dark Sky
#75> "Android and Wear OS App" > "The app will no longer be available for download. Service to existing users and subscribers will continue until July 1, 2020, at which point the app will be shut down. Subscribers who are still active at that time will receive a refund." That's unfortunate. I have been using it for years. Any recommended alternatives?
This is awful, atleast they are offering a refund but there is no point they couldn't just maintain the Android app
Focus is likely the reason they don't want to do it.
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Re: Apple acquires Dark Sky
#76This is really, really disappointing. I've been pretty critical of Dark Sky at times for being mediocre for more than maybe 12 hours out, but for very short term forecasts it worked great. I spent a fair amount of time outdoors and getting a 30 minute heads-up for "drizzle" versus "heavy rain" was excellent and really let me time how long to stay outside for. I'd really, really like a replacement on Android. While Wu…
try Geometric weather, Today weather or Windy
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#77Well, this sucks.
Can you remember the last time you were happy to hear about an acquisition? Have these ever been anything but negative in the past decade?
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#78Let's not forget that, at least in the US, weather data is publicly funded and excellent forecasts are available at a very granular level. For example, here's the weather at Apple Park: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-122.009263237... ... And here's the graph for up-to-the-minute detail: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.3367&lon=-1... It ain't pretty, but it works and you've already pai…
My primary use of the Dark Sky API is for minute-by-minute forecasts. I've yet to find another API that can answer the question "Do I have enough time to walk my dog before it starts raining?"
Re: Apple acquires Dark Sky
#79Let's not forget that, at least in the US, weather data is publicly funded and excellent forecasts are available at a very granular level. For example, here's the weather at Apple Park: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-122.009263237... ... And here's the graph for up-to-the-minute detail: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.3367&lon=-1... It ain't pretty, but it works and you've already pai…
https://mobile.weather.gov is a good one for mobile devices.
Re: Apple acquires Dark Sky
#80Let's not forget that, at least in the US, weather data is publicly funded and excellent forecasts are available at a very granular level. For example, here's the weather at Apple Park: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-122.009263237... ... And here's the graph for up-to-the-minute detail: https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.3367&lon=-1... It ain't pretty, but it works and you've already pai…
Ain't pretty matches my experience.
My team pulls a lot of weather data for utility engineering work we do, and the NOAA APIs have proven very hard to navigate. Some data only available via FTP, lots of different weather station networks with different metrics (e.g. lots of variety in the cloud/irradiance data).
Darksky provided a nice clean interface, but I guess we'll go back to cobbling things together directly from NOAA.