[IDV #WUE-396619]: some webcams not updating

Hi Don,

I knew you would ask :-)

Yes, unfortunately, I am aware of this as far as the cloud instance is 
concerned.

It was already high on my priority list before your inquiry. I'll look into it
ASAP. I rely on those webcams too.

-Julien

> Hi Julien-
> 
> The webcams in the cloud seems to have stopped updating on Sunday, March
> 27th.  Any prospects of getting the official webcams working?
> 
> Don
> 
> On 11/20/15 4:17 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > I did a big update the webcam code.
> >
> > The problem is I have been having trouble tracking down sys admin staff 
> > since I
> > do not have the privileges on the web host necessary to make changes, and 
> > also
> > to diagnosis problems.
> >
> > I have therefore set this up:
> >
> > http://idv-webcams.cloudapp.net/latest.html
> >
> > Please but this in your .rbi file:
> >
> >    <!-- Defines the image set xml  -->
> >    <resources name="idv.resource.imagesets"  loadmore="true">
> >          <resource location="http://idv-webcams.cloudapp.net/index.xml"/>
> >    </resources>
> >
> > This webcam server should hopefully be more reliable, and complete.
> >
> > Let me know if you see problems.
> >
> > -Julien
> >
> >> Hi Don,
> >>
> >> I passed this off to Jen a while back (because, if I recall, it was not 
> >> uniquely
> >> old/out-of-date URL issue, but a problem on the web server, at least that 
> >> it
> >> what I was guessing). At the time she was swamped so I pinged her again, 
> >> and she
> >> thinks the problem is with the script (though when I tried to reproduce the
> >> problem a while back I couldn't). I'm going to dig into it again since Jen 
> >> thinks
> >> the problem is on my side.
> >>
> >> -Julien
> >>
> >>> Have you found any more information on why some of these aren't
> >>> updating?  It would be good to have the ones in Colorado updating for
> >>> the current storm.
> >>>
> >>> Also, I think it's Unidata's responsibility to keep these up to date,
> >>> not mine.  I thought you already put this into version control:
> >>>
> >>> https://github.com/Unidata/IDV/tree/master/src/ucar/unidata/idv/scripts
> >>>
> >>> In this case, since the source images are okay and the problem is at
> >>> Unidata, having version control wouldn't fix it, would it?
> >>>
> >>> Don
> >>>
> >>> On 10/23/15 3:02 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>>> Don,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am still looking into this. I thought it was the usual problem of 
> >>>> out-of-date
> >>>> URLs (there is that problem too). But for some reason a handful of 
> >>>> webcams
> >>>> stopped updating on that June date. It is the actual file is that is not 
> >>>> getting
> >>>> updated. The URL appears to be fine. I believe I have ruled out 
> >>>> permissions
> >>>> problems on the web host and cannot reproduce the problem locally.  I'll 
> >>>> keep
> >>>> digging into next week.
> >>>>
> >>>> I may also revamp the way this is done so that I do not always have rely 
> >>>> on Mike
> >>>> and Jen's intervention (these files/scripts and even the logs are 
> >>>> permission protected).
> >>>> Also it would be nice if this were run out of version control such that 
> >>>> you could
> >>>> submit pull requests when webcams got out of date, and it would be 
> >>>> incorporated
> >>>> automatically, again avoid manual intervention and streamlining the 
> >>>> process.
> >>>>
> >>>> Best,
> >>>>
> >>>> Unidata IDV Support
> >>>>
> >>>>> I was looking around at nation wide webcams and came across a few that
> >>>>> stopped updating on June 15, 2015 (e.g. Madison, WI, Bridger Bowl, MT,
> >>>>> but there were others).  It seemed odd that these stop on the same date.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Others are updating fine (except for Eisenhower Tunnel).  Could you get
> >>>>> these working again?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Don
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Don Murray
> >>>>> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES
> >>>>> 303-497-3596
> >>>>> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ticket Details
> >>>> ===================
> >>>> Ticket ID: WUE-396619
> >>>> Department: Support IDV
> >>>> Priority: Normal
> >>>> Status: Open
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Don Murray
> >>> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES
> >>> 303-497-3596
> >>> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: WUE-396619
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> --
> Don Murray
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES
> 303-497-3596
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: WUE-396619
Department: Support IDV
Priority: High
Status: Open