[Qgis-developer] Weather data in QGIS

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

> On 28 May 2016, at 10:43, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:
> 
> 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.

It is a great plugin, but isn’t THREDDS very domain specific? IMHO not very good candidate for core plugin status based on that. Or did you mean to say crayfish should be a core plugin?

Regards

Tim


> Anyone interested? In case, perhaps worth a QEP.
> Thanks.
> --
> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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