[Qgis-developer] Weather data in QGIS

[Paolo Cavallini]

Il 28/05/2016 10:35, Saber Razmjooei ha scritto:

> The problem can be split into 2 different parts:
> - Data discovery and retrieval 
> - Data visualisation
> 
> The data discovery and retrieval can be implemented as a plugin using MARS API for example for ECMWF data:
> https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/display/WEBAPI/Accessing+ECMWF+data+servers+in+batch

Seems rather straightforward.

> Data visualisation can be done using Crayfish plugin.
> 
> I am not aware of a way to display live data. For example, you can have WMS with time component, but for displaying the data you need to extend WMS support in QGIS to be able to display the data.

We have seen this recently:
https://github.com/IHCantabria/THREDDSExplorer
and I'm pretty convinced this should become a core feature.
Anyone interested? In case, perhaps worth a QEP.
Thanks.
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