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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Eric Levy wrote: > Robb- > Thank you very much... I will see what I can do. I may not be a huge help in > debugging, since I am teaching my self about RegEx (I've never used them > before.) > > As an instrument pilot and a meteorologist I can see the benifit of the Metar > protocol, but as a computer programmer I can't stand it. It is the most > unfriendly protocol for computer programming. I have an extensive background > in parsing binary protocols, compressed binary protocols, ascii value > protocols, comma delimted, etc. and I never have run across one that is so > unfriendly to a programmer... but C'est La Vie. I look forward to the day > when bandwidth and horsepower no longer matters and XML is the only way to > go, it's not too far off. (I like the XML output in your code.) > > I do have one more question, do you know where I can find a database that is > updated on a fairly routine basis with information on the stations. I have > found a couple of sources, but I am looking for one that is official or > semi-official and contains the ICAO Name, the Long/Lat, the Time Zone Value > and the GMT offset. I am trying to calculate the high/low temp and the > rainfall for the day on an hourly basis as well as the other parameters. > Thanks, not really, i used the sfmetar_sa.tbl table that gets updated once in awhile. if you find a better table, i would like to know. robb... > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Tue 7/19/2005 3:38 PM > To: Eric Levy > Cc: support-thredds; decoders > Subject: Re: 20050718: Metar Decoder Source Code > > > > On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Unidata Support wrote: > > > > > ------- Forwarded Message > > > > >To: <address@hidden> > > >From: "Eric Levy" <address@hidden> > > >Subject: Metar Decoder Source Code > > >Organization: ? > > >Keywords: 200507182342.j6INgmjo024984 > > > > I came across some documentation on a Metar Decoder class in Java, > but I was unable to find the source code for it online. I am trying to write > a Metar decoder and this would be very helpful. Can you give me any insight > into where I might find this if it is available. > > Thanks, > > attached is tar file with the java source for a tomcat metar parser. i > would appreciate a report of any bugs you find. the code is just > starting > it's beta cycle. > > robb... > > > > Eric Levy > > > > > > -- > > NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in > the > > Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available > > through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made > > available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to > us. > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > > > > =============================================================================== > Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center > Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric > Research > address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > > =============================================================================== > > =============================================================================== Robb Kambic Unidata Program Center Software Engineer III Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research address@hidden WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ===============================================================================