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GIS Weather Data – Web Services

Last Updated on: April 7, 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Overview WeatherSentry® Web Services from DTN provides your organization with the highly accurate weather observations and forecasts relied on worldwide to protect people, resources and profitability. These forecasts are top ranked by the independent agency ForecastWatch.com as the most accurate among industry providers. Our global weather observations and forecasts empower situational awareness applications by providing a clear

WFS GeoJSON Option

Last Updated on: April 12, 2023 Reading Time: < 1 minute

External Readings GeoJSON WFS Server — MapServer 8.0.0 documentation – website for easy reading , but if issues occur you could check Mapserver 7 version documentation linked below WFS Filter Encoding — MapServer 8.0.0 documentation– – website for easy reading , but if issues occur you could check Mapserver 7 version documentation linked below https://download.osgeo.org/mapserver/docs/MapServer-70.pdf

WeatherSentry® Web Feature Service – Programming Guide

Last Updated on: March 17, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Overview WeatherSentry® Web Feature Service (WFS) is a version 1.0.0 and 1.1.0 OGC WFS. WFS has three primary functions: GetCapabilities: Returns an XML document cataloging available weather content. The catalog provides a Title and Abstract to describe each feature type (analogous to layer in WMS) in more detail. GetCapabilities contains only the feature types available

Web Feature Service (WFS) – Map Layer Descriptions

Last Updated on: March 31, 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes

Feature Types Lightning Name Description Region Points/Areas Update Frequency Time Available Time Filtering Needed LIGHTNING_STROKES Detected lightning strokes, including stroke attributes. Global Points Continuous Last 72 hours Yes, Defaults to last 15 min LIGHTNING_DENSITY Lightning stroke counts for 10km grids. Ground strokes only. Global Areas Continuous Last 15 minutes No, not applicable Storm Corridors Name

WeatherSentry® Web Mapping Service – Programming Guide

Last Updated on: March 27, 2023 Reading Time: 7 minutes

Overview WeatherSentry® Web Mapping Service (WMS) is a version 1.3.0 OGC WMS. WMS has three primary methods: GetCapabilities: Returns the entire catalog of available data and requests. For each GetMap request (layer) it provides descriptive information in the Title and Abstract. Your GetCapabilities only has the GetMap requests for the package you’ve purchased. GetMap: Returns

Weather Mapping Service (WMS) – Map Layer for Aviation Descriptions

Last Updated on: March 24, 2023 Reading Time: 13 minutes

UPDATE – February 2020 DTN has introduced the concept of dimensions to our web mapping service Flight Hazard layers to simplify the number of individual layers that need to be managed. Users can pass the simplified layer name, requested dimension and the forecast time they require and receive the proper image in return. Content “Get

Weather Mapping Service (WMS) – Map Layer Descriptions

Last Updated on: March 16, 2023 Reading Time: 6 minutes

Layer Descriptions Lightning Content “GetMap” layer names Description Area Default Time With TIME Option Lightning, cloud strokes LTGCTC_5MIN LTGCTC_15MIN LTGCTC_30MIN LTGCTC_60MIN Detected cloud to cloud lightning strokes North America Past 5,15, 30 or 60 minutes. Any interval in past 72 hours Lightning, ground strokes LTGCTG_5MIN LTGCTG_15MIN LTGCTG_30MIN LTGCTG_60MIN Detected cloud to ground lightning strokes Global

WeatherSentry® REST Service – Programming Guide

Last Updated on: March 27, 2023 Reading Time: 12 minutes

Introduction WeatherSentry Web Services from DTN provides your organization with the highly accurate weather observations and forecasts relied on worldwide to protect people, resources and profitability. These forecasts are top ranked by the independent agency ForecastWatch.com as the most accurate among industry providers. These web services permit the retrieval of data using the REST standard.

WeatherSentry® API REST Service – Overview

Last Updated on: March 27, 2023 Reading Time: 12 minutes

WeatherSentry API This overview is intended for users of WeatherSentry API tabular data service, exposed using the REST design architecture. Included in this overview are the various parameters available to users. For additional details, please see the Programming with the WeatherSentry® REST Service All requests can be made by requesting a Station ID, postal code, or