[wxqc] MADIS Now feeding weatherundergound?

[Robert M. Jones]

I understand now what is happening. I am sending data directly to Weatherunderground under call sign KTNFAYET4, MADIS is also sending data under MC9127 for CW9127. The location of the station is just slightly different.

-------------- Original message from "Victor Engel" <brillig at gmail.com>: -------------- 


> I'm pretty sure that's how the APRS data is handled. My station's data 
> has whole numbers when sent to APRS and tenths for temperature, when 
> sent to weatherunderground. 
> 
> The weatherunderground version of the APRS data for my station 
> apparently is just a stub. I think that is a good thing. I wonder how 
> duplicate stations are detected since station ids are different. 
> Perhaps latitude/longitude/elevation.... 
> 
> Victor 
> 
> On 12/6/07, Robert M. Jones wrote: 
> > 
> > 
> > I wandered if the station was actually a mathmatical combination of 
> > surrounding stations to provide analysis information for MADIS. The values 
> > from the new station are always whole numbers. This seems to indicate a 
> > derived value. Just guessing. 
> > 
> > -------------- Original message from "Victor Engel" : 
> > -------------- 
> > 
> > 
> > > What do you mean by "phantom" station? 
> > > 
> > > Victor 
> > > 
> > > On 12/6/07, Robert M. Jones wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I also have a similar station near my location. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=MC9127 
> > > > 
> > > > This appears to be a "phantom" station used for MADIS analysis purposes. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Bob 
> > > > 
> > > > -------------- Original message from "Victor Engel" : 
> > > > -------------- 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > I just noticed a new weather station appear today: 
> > > > > 
> > > > http://www.w 
> > underground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=MAS425 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Not counting my neighbor a couple hundred yards away, this is the 
> > > > > closest station to mine. It hasn't fed weatherunderground before, but 
> > > > > it has been on CWOP. A note on the page says that the data source is 
> > > > > APRSWXNET. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > By the way, can someone briefly differentiate among MADIS, CWOP, and 
> > > > > APRS? The various websites link to each other so much that's it's hard 
> > > > > to tell what the distinctions are. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Victor 
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