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The Norwegian Meteorological Institute provides free, worldwide weather forecast information via an API [1]. Perhaps some public-minded German-speaking develop
by my_first_acct 7y ago
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute provides free, worldwide weather forecast information via an API [1].
Perhaps some public-minded German-speaking developer could create a free no-ad app using this data, to provide WetterOnline with some competition.
[1] api.met.no
- tyfon 7y agoYou can also use the webpage and mobile app "yr.no" for free global forecasting.
- slenk 7y agoSo are they paying for the data from the US and other countries? Or relying on free data online?
- Symbiote 7y agoTo reduce costs, they don't particularly encourage use outside Norway / Nordic countries. Last time I read the API documents, they were only in Norwegian for this purpose. Edit: it seems this is no longer the case; at least I can't find it on the site. But my Norwegian skills are practically non-existant.
- sveniv 7y agoEnglish info on the yr.no data access api is here: https://hjelp.yr.no/hc/en-us/categories/200450271-About-Yr-the-API-and-our-privacy-policy https://hjelp.yr.no/hc/en-us/categories/200450271-About-Yr-t... This data is provided by the Norwegian meteorological institute: https://www.met.no/en/free-meteorological-data https://www.met.no/en/free-meteorological-data There is also a private Norwegian weather provider, StormGeo: https://www.stormgeo.com/ https://www.stormgeo.com/
- josinalvo 7y agoYou could also implement a cheap mirror of the data, I guess... So that is no excuse
- RobertoG 7y agoIs it necessary to create a new app? Because it seems to me that the source code of the current app its already owned by the Germans and should be made available.