Is there a decent free weather app for Android or iOS which doesn't have ads and / or unnecessary tracking? Would be cool if Pirate Weather could serve as the foundation for such a thing.
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Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
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Re: Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
#182> Why "PirateWeather"? I've always thought that the HRRR model was pronounced the same way as the classic pirate "ARRR". Also, there is one company out there that thinks APIs can be copyrighted, which might apply here. This answers the first question I had upon seeing the name, which was, is it free, open, documented and legal ? Based on the above the answer seems to be "probably". Very commendable effort, and I hope…
I agree, PirateWeather seems like a misbrand here. When I read it, i thought it was stealing weather data or something. On the web, the term "pirate" generally doesn't mean good things. This name almost implies that it is illegal or something. I'm imagining designing a software product around this and presenting it to a C-Level, explaining that we use "PirateWeather" and I think I'm going to get grilled with lots of…
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Re: Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
#183Is there a decent free weather app for Android or iOS which doesn't have ads and / or unnecessary tracking? Would be cool if Pirate Weather could serve as the foundation for such a thing.
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Wow, thanks for the quick reply and info, Tempest1981! Cheers.
Re: Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any particular reason you couldn’t do the same? Just replace URLs.
I think they're asking about continuing to use the DarkSky app. In which case, no. The new Weather app in iOS 16 does add some DarkSky features, but I don't think it's as good.
Totally read “users” as “developers.” Thanks for straightening out my brain :)
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#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
The new iOS Weather app certainly has lots of functionality, lots of data, but I mourn the clean, streamlined Dark Sky interface. Plus the temperature map, unlike the radar map, no longer allows you to change to a future date/time to see how the temperature changes are going to progress across a larger region, which I always found interesting. Very unfortunate.
I've switched to Carrot and paid to enable "layouts"; they have a very Dark Sky-esque one.
Having just downloaded and poked at it, it looks very nice and familiar for those who want a Dark Sky type interface. The "oh, that's a feature I'd like" comes at a bit of "that's behind an IAP", but I suspect I'll be adding it to my weather section.
Thank you for introducing me to it.
Re: Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
#186> Why "PirateWeather"? I've always thought that the HRRR model was pronounced the same way as the classic pirate "ARRR". Also, there is one company out there that thinks APIs can be copyrighted, which might apply here. This answers the first question I had upon seeing the name, which was, is it free, open, documented and legal ? Based on the above the answer seems to be "probably". Very commendable effort, and I hope…
> is it free, open, documented and legal ? I think it says something that we live in a world where NOAA data could be seen as an underground or less than legal means of getting the weather. Perhaps AccuWeather has been successful in their campaign to keep free weather data as obscure as possible.
I wish the NOAA API was reliable. I'd pay for it if they could make it reliable (and they could probably make it reliable if they charged for it).
Re: Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you are using the current version of iOS, the new weather app rocks in terms of functionality (IMHO better than the previous version of Dark Sky). If you are on an old version of iOS and mourn the loss of DarkSky app, I personally like MyRadar - it has some very nice features and I used in tandem with DarkSky in the past. If you are after writing an iOS app, you already have an Apple developer account allowing for…
I mean, it doesn’t even have precipitation notifications or a proper precipitation graph. Not exactly better.
Notifications - at the bottom of the screen "Manage Notifications". Enable "Next-Hour Precipitation". It is off by default since it leaks data back to Apple. https://imgur.com/CwlFnym
The precipitation graph you get when you expand the perception tile. You can then scroll through the days. Here's a screen shot from my phone for a couple days from now when I'm due to get some snow. https://imgur.com/FnWdQ4b
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#188I was really hoping https://merrysky.net/ had a graphical forecast similar to weather underground's 10 day. I've yet to find anything else that quickly shows everything you'd want to know in a single image. Even the mouseover timeline is perfection. It is so good and seemingly exclusive to WU that I sometimes wonder if they hold a patent for it.
You can also try the Glance Weather widget on Android.
Re: Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
#189I was really hoping https://merrysky.net/ had a graphical forecast similar to weather underground's 10 day. I've yet to find anything else that quickly shows everything you'd want to know in a single image. Even the mouseover timeline is perfection. It is so good and seemingly exclusive to WU that I sometimes wonder if they hold a patent for it.
On Android, there is an awesome app called Flowx. Probably the best weather app I have used.
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check out Flowx.
A while back I installed quite a few weather apps on Android, at the time, I felt wX and QuickWeather (from F-Droid) were the best. Maybe Flowx will be even better :-)
Re: Pirate Weather: A free, open, and documented forecast API
#190Is there a decent free weather app for Android or iOS which doesn't have ads and / or unnecessary tracking? Would be cool if Pirate Weather could serve as the foundation for such a thing.
There is also yr.no, it has many details and looks great