Comments on: Getting Weather Information with Python http://blog.chrisramsay.co.uk/2009/08/11/getting-weather-information-with-python/ remise à zéro! Sun, 16 May 2010 09:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris Ramsay http://blog.chrisramsay.co.uk/2009/08/11/getting-weather-information-with-python/comment-page-1/#comment-25285 Chris Ramsay Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:34:55 +0000 http://blog.chrisramsay.co.uk/?p=242#comment-25285 Thanks for that info Nick - I'd not thought of using that before. I'll check it out. Thanks for that info Nick – I’d not thought of using that before. I’ll check it out.

]]> By: Nick Coleman http://blog.chrisramsay.co.uk/2009/08/11/getting-weather-information-with-python/comment-page-1/#comment-25120 Nick Coleman Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:50:19 +0000 http://blog.chrisramsay.co.uk/?p=242#comment-25120 Another alternative is the pyephem module. If you are familiar with xephem, then you already know the API as it uses xephem's syntax. It provides astronomy calculations, of which sunrise and sunset are part, as well as astronomical sunrise and sunset which could be more suited to controlling light switches. Astronomical sunrise and sunset aim at showing the amount of brightness in the sky, or how dark it is. One possible benefit of xephem is that you don't need an internet connection. On a side note, if you are also using the weather forecast of yahoo, is it ok in the UK? Its forecast here in Australia is so inaccurate as to be useless. It regularly differs from the official forecast by 5C to 10c, or 9F to 18F. Another alternative is the pyephem module. If you are familiar with xephem, then you already know the API as it uses xephem’s syntax. It provides astronomy calculations, of which sunrise and sunset are part, as well as astronomical sunrise and sunset which could be more suited to controlling light switches. Astronomical sunrise and sunset aim at showing the amount of brightness in the sky, or how dark it is.

One possible benefit of xephem is that you don’t need an internet connection.

On a side note, if you are also using the weather forecast of yahoo, is it ok in the UK? Its forecast here in Australia is so inaccurate as to be useless. It regularly differs from the official forecast by 5C to 10c, or 9F to 18F.

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