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All and every weather data that ANY weather company uses is provided, for free, by the US Government [0] [0] https://www.weather.gov/
In the UK https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ power a lot of apps, in Norway it is https://www.yr.no/nb . I'm sure most countries have their own weather providing service.
All and every weather data that ANY weather company uses is provided, for free, by the US Government [0] [0] https://www.weather.gov/
It's interesting that they'll continue to offer API with the new WeatherKit API. I have an impression that Dark Sky API was very popular with developers and have been wondering what stood out for them among many other weather APIs on the market.
1. Pricing. It was affordable and straight-forward pricing. There wasn't a huge "tier bump" - I think it was like a flat fee per 1000 requests after the free alotment.
2.You always could expect the same response, regardless of location or date. You could get an hourly forecast 3 years into the future, or 20 years in the past. Most other weather API will give you hourly only from "now" into the next few days. Or you can get daily for the next ten days or something like that. So you had to build logic around into your app. With DarkSky I got the same response no matter the day, time, or location. So it was much simpler to deal with.
3. Accuracy. I was always amazed at how accurate it was.
All and every weather data that ANY weather company uses is provided, for free, by the US Government [0] [0] https://www.weather.gov/
I rely on a awesome android app[0] for my photography, it's just a big table of data like Low, Med, High cloud cover, which you can use to predict sunsets/rises. It uses the Dark Sky api. Will android apps be allowed continued access to this API? If not, I'm screwed. Unless anyone knows another source for this type of detailed weather data? [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.firstlight...
I rely on a awesome android app[0] for my photography, it's just a big table of data like Low, Med, High cloud cover, which you can use to predict sunsets/rises. It uses the Dark Sky api. Will android apps be allowed continued access to this API? If not, I'm screwed. Unless anyone knows another source for this type of detailed weather data? [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.firstlight...
Yes, WeatherKit site mentions that "REST APIs can be used for websites and other platforms."
It looks like just they extended the dates at which they are shutting things down. This is great news for me because I use their API for a small app and have been putting off updating it to something new, so now I have quite a bit more time. A developer has started an impressive and ambitious project called Pirate Weather, which I planning on using moving forward, for those looking for "drop-in" alternatives: https:/…
It's not quite a drop-in replacement, but it's pretty close. They have a free plan for 1,000 calls/day.
These days I use the "hourly graphical forecast" from the National Weather Service. I've found it to be at least as accurate as Dark Sky and easy enough to display 3 images side by side and refresh periodically to always have a 6-day forecast at hand. The display is more informative and compact than any other weather site or app I've tried. There's also a tabular version that's easy enough to scrape if you want to cu…
Could transformers help?
Seems like I am about to lose all that functionality.
Well done Dark Sky team on building a great app - I hope that against all odds Apple decides to keep all the great work you've done and integrate it well!