[OSGeo-Discuss] OpenLayers for the Vancouver Olympics 2010 Weather Web Map

[Alexandre Leroux]

Hi OSGeo enthusiasts,

Ok, I admit this web map provides little features, but it's a first step 
for us and it's using OpenLayers on a heavy traffic website (I've been 
told 80 million daily hits!).

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/2010/slf/index_e.html

Here's what I just shared on Slashgeo 
(http://slashgeo.org/article.pl?sid=10/01/21/1942228 ).

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Vancouver Olympics 2010 Weather Web Map

There's a new product available on WeatherOffice, the Canadian weather 
forecasts site. Called 'Street Level Forecast', this web mapping 
prototype offers point and click weather forecasts and hourly graphs 
over the Vancouver Olympics 2010 area (please select "Graph detail: 
High" for better viewing).

As a web mapping product, it doesn't offer much features, but it is 
still an important first step for the Meteorological Service of Canada 
to provide more web maps and geospatial web services in the future. 
WeatherOffice is a traffic-heavy site - I've been told it has about 80 
million daily hits.

The SLF prototype uses OpenLayers.
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Cheers,

Alex
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Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., Ing.
Section de la réponse aux urgences environnementales /
Environmental Emergency Response Section
Centre météorologique canadien / Canadian Meteorological Centre
Environnement Canada / Environment Canada
alexandre.leroux at ec.gc.ca - (514) 421-5024