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| ====== Weather ====== | ====== Weather ====== | ||
| + | ===== Other Interesting Weather Stations ===== | ||
| + | * [[http://home.earthlink.net/~johnmkramer/kramerstest.htm | Banner Elk, NC; elevation 4000 ft]] | ||
| + | ===== Davis Weather Station ===== | ||
| + | * Vantage Pro2(tm) Plus | ||
| + | * [[http://www.davisnet.com/product_documents/weather/manuals/VP2_Quick_Ref_Guide_Rev_A.pdf | Quick Reference Guide]] [[vantage>VP2_Quick_Ref_Guide_Rev_A.pdf|local cache]] | ||
| + | * [[http://www.davisnet.com/product_documents/weather/manuals/VP2_ISS_Installation.pdf | Sensor Suite]] [[vantage>VP2_ISS_Installation.pdf|local cache]] | ||
| + | * [[http://http://www.davisnet.com/product_documents/weather/manuals/VP2_Console_Manual.pdf | Console]] [[vantage>VP2_Console_Manual.pdf|local cache]] | ||
| + | * [[http://www.davisnet.com/product_documents/weather/spec_sheets/6152-62-53-63_VP2Spec_C.pdf|Spec Sheet]] [[vantage>6152-62-53-63_VP2Spec_C.pdf|local cache]] | ||
| + | * [[http://www.davisnet.com/product_documents/weather/app_notes/apnote33.pdf|Ethernet Appnote]] [[vantage>apnote33.pdf | local cache]] | ||
| + | * [[http://www.wviewweather.com/vpro-docs/VTECHREF.txt|Serial Protocol]] [[vantage>VTECHREF.txt| local cache]] | ||
| + | * [[http://www.wviewweather.com/vpro-docs/binary_file_format-5.4.txt|Archive Format]] [[vantage>binary_file_format-5.4.txt | local cache]] | ||
| - | ===== Davis Weather Station ===== | + | ===== Other Links ===== |
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| + | * [[http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wx.cgi?call=KB4ID | Weather Reports for KB4ID]] | ||
| + | * [[http://findu.com/cgi-bin/errorlist.cgi?call=KB4ID&last=6 | Error List for KB4ID]] | ||
| + | * [[ftp://ftp.tapr.org/aprssig/aprsspec/spec/aprs101/APRS101.pdf|APRS Protocol Reference]] | ||
| + | * [[http://www.wxqa.com/index.html | CWOPS Main Site]] | ||
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| + | ===== Weather Software for Linux ===== | ||
| + | * [[http://www.wviewweather.com/ | wxview]] is the most comprehensive open source program available for the Davis. | ||
| + | * [[http://www.joejaworski.com/weather/ | vproweather ]] a much simpler system -- the one I'm using. | ||
| + | ===== Location ===== | ||
| * Rounded long/lat/height: 36.139,-79.007, 172 meters | * Rounded long/lat/height: 36.139,-79.007, 172 meters | ||
| - | * From GPS: 36N 8.341', 79W 0.439' => 38N 8' 20.46", 79W 0' 26.34" => 36.139017, -79.007317 | + | * Weather station is located in Orange County, North Carolina: |
| - | * From Teraserver: | + | * 11km NE of Hillsborough, NC |
| - | * Latitude: 36N 08' 6.53" - 36N 08' 19.50" => 36.13515 - 36.13875 | + | * 11.4km SW of Rougemont, NC |
| - | * Longitude: 79W 00' 13.34" - 79W 00' 29.34" => 79.00407 - 79.00851 | + | * 12.1km WxSW of Bahama, NC |
| - | * From Orange County GIS: | + | |
| - | * Elevation: 565 feet = 172 meters | + | |
| - | * X_COORD = 1997868.366414, Y_COORD = 869248.973425 | + | |
| - | * If these were UTM (WGS84) coordinates, they would be close to: Easting 679592.15, Northing 4000783.85 | + | |
| - | * From Google Maps: | + | |
| - | * +36 8' 20", -79 0' 26" => 36.138889, -79.007222 => Global UTM (WGS84/NAD83), Zone 17S Northing 4001192 Easting 679299 | + | |
| - | * From [[http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/jsp/Declination.jsp | NOAA's Magnetic Declination Site]]: | + | |
| - | * Declination = 8° 39' W changing by 0° 2' W/year | + | |
| ===== Very Old Out-of-Date Links ===== | ===== Very Old Out-of-Date Links ===== | ||