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Current Conditions Map

  • 16-12-2010 7:34pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have created a map for the current weather conditions,
    http://goodsquishy.com/weathermap/

    I thought it might be handy for people to post snow reports etc...

    just right click on the map to add a report.

    I only did this this evening so it might have bugs but if ye want to use it I'll fix any
    problems as quick as I can(and there probably will be problems). It has only been tested
    on chrome and not much so its a bit rought and ready.


    One change I am working on is to allow you to select how far back to show reports for. Any other opinions welcome.
    at the moment is only shows reports added in the last 6 hours (upto a maximum of 100 reports)

    EDIT :
    I should have mentioned, to post a report your going to have to allow it to open a pop up.

    Alternatively you can try this version that doesn't open popups
    http://goodsquishy.com/weathermap/index2.html


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    It's a little bit open to abuse if you ask me. Someone has posted blizzard for Dublin CC ...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭thetonynator


    Random wrote: »
    It's a little bit open to abuse if you ask me. Someone has posted blizzard for Dublin CC ...

    he said rough and ready, clearly he doesn't have a system to go checking what the actual conditions are. People should just grow up and not cause something like this when someone goes to the bother of making it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭snow ghost


    Takca wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have created a map for the current weather conditions,
    http://goodsquishy.com/weathermap/

    I thought it might be handy for people to post snow reports etc...

    just right click on the map to add a report.

    I only did this this evening so it might have bugs but if ye want to use it I'll fix any
    problems as quick as I can(and there probably will be problems). It has only been tested
    on chrome and not much so its a bit rought and ready.

    at the moment is only shows reports added in the last 6 hours (upto a maximum of 100 reports)

    One change I am working on is to allow you to select how far back to show reports for. Any other opinions welcome.

    Good one Tacka, fair play to you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Random wrote: »
    It's a little bit open to abuse if you ask me. Someone has posted blizzard for Dublin CC ...

    Yup, it is open to abuse, there is no longer a Blizzard in dublin, but I don't intend deleting anymore. If people want to abuse it like that then I'll just take it down again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    It now defaults to the last 2 hours, and the box on the top can be used to change this so you can look at older reports.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭fizzycyst


    wow, thanks Taka, this will be really handy visual for tracking the upcoming events :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭littlefriend


    Love this idea. Come on snow to Greystones!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭Alzar


    Great idea - the right click doesn't seem to work on IE8. Works fine on Firefox, tho.

    Al.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Alzar wrote: »
    Great idea - the right click doesn't seem to work on IE8. Works fine on Firefox, tho.

    Al.

    Thanks Alzar, I'll see if I can figure it out but it could take a while because I don't use windows


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    I hope this works out, will be nice if people do not act the maggot on it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    I should have mentioned, to post a report your going to have to allow it to
    open a pop up.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    Alzar wrote: »
    Great idea - the right click doesn't seem to work on IE8. Works fine on Firefox, tho.

    Al.
    Not working for me.
    FF and Mac


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Takca wrote: »
    Thanks Alzar, I'll see if I can figure it out but it could take a while because I don't use windows

    Alzar that should work now, I found a IE8 browser I could use,
    Mothman wrote: »
    Not working for me.
    FF and Mac

    Mothman, I am hoping your browser is working with the same fix can you let me know when you have a chance if it is working now or not. (and if you havn't already can you make sure the popup isn't being blocked)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭Alzar


    Takca wrote: »
    ......I'll see if I can figure it out but it could take a while because I don't use windows

    **EDIT: Beaten to it**

    Looks like you've fixed it? I was getting the "error on page" notification on the bottom left of the IE8 frame. Gone now & asks to allow pop-ups.

    Runing IE & Firefox on Win 7 Pro, fwiw.

    Al.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Looks like you weren't the only ones not able to use it, a lot more people have started adding things now


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭Alzar


    Yup - looks good too - fair dues & thanks.

    Al.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    Takca wrote: »
    Mothman, I am hoping your browser is working with the same fix can you let me know when you have a chance if it is working now or not. (and if you havn't already can you make sure the popup isn't being blocked)

    Alas no and no sign of pop up being blocked....doesn't necessarily mean it isn't though :) though I'm not usually that bad...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Mothman wrote: »
    Alas no and no sign of pop up being blocked....doesn't necessarily mean it isn't though :) though I'm not usually that bad...

    Thanks Mothman, if you are getting any error messages (you might have a little error icon appearing somewhere on the edge of the window), can you post the message for me and I'll
    see if I can figure it out. Also what version of firefox are you using?

    I'd like to try and get this fixed if I can so any info you can send would be great, if your not getting any error message don't worry I'll see if I can figure it out some other way.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    FF 3.6.13
    No error message. Just nothing happens when I right click.
    The wheel and left click still work when right button is pressed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭srocliffe


    Not working for me either in Google Chrome


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭John mac


    No go for me either . .
    Ubuntu with chrome.

    put me down for 4cm in foxford.. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Ok,
    I have tried it on chrome/firefox and ie on 2 versions of windows and chrome and firefox on
    ubuntu linux, and I have it working in all 8 instances.

    I'm afraid I don't have access to a MAC so until I manage to get a hold of one to find the
    problem if you really want to add a report you can do so at this URL

    http://goodsquishy.com/weathermap/addReport.cgi

    by adding your longitude and latitude manually

    in the mean time I'll see if I can find the problem but it wont be tonight :-(
    and I'm not sure when it will be that I can get a MAC to test on, I'll keep you posted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭srocliffe


    Got it working on Chrome, it was a popup blocker issue, no error was reported though, so it wasn't obvious that a popup was being blocked. Thanks for the effort in putting this together, it is a great idea, especially when the snow moves over the rest of the country (nothing here yet and pretty clear skies).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    srocliffe wrote: »
    Got it working on Chrome, it was a popup blocker issue, no error was reported though, so it wasn't obvious that a popup was being blocked. Thanks for the effort in putting this together, it is a great idea, especially when the snow moves over the rest of the country (nothing here yet and pretty clear skies).

    Thanks for letting me know,

    For those of you still having problems, this version
    doesn't use popups, if popups is the problem then this one should work
    http://goodsquishy.com/weathermap/index2.html

    then again if popups isn't the problem it still probably wont work


  • Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hi Takca , it was working fine earlier (windown XP explorer 8) I put in one report OK , just added another and now no comments at all?

    PS just had a snow shower in Athlone


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Hi Takca , it was working fine earlier (windown XP explorer 8) I put in one report OK , just added another and now no comments at all?

    yup, looks like it was a problem with fada's, I have removed the fadas for now from the report and am starting on a proper fix


  • Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Takca wrote: »
    yup, looks like it was a problem with fada's, I have removed the fadas for now from the report and am starting on a proper fix


    Oh fada for I have sinned, no more fada I will do with fadaless Irish! ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Mitch Buchannon


    I've added two to the map. Dublin Airport & Belfast Airport (Aldergrove)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Oh fada for I have sinned, no more fada I will do with fadaless Irish! ;)

    You can try it now I think I have it sorted, this is the kind of thing that happens when you
    release something to people after 10 minutes testing it


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,159 ✭✭✭John mac


    working fine on this pc firefox on xp. :)


  • Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Takca wrote: »
    You can try it now I think I have it sorted, this is the kind of thing that happens when you
    release something to people after 10 minutes testing it

    Ah sure, alpha testing is fun! the bugs are easy to find! ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Ah sure, alpha testing is fun! the bugs are easy to find! ;)

    How true


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    Fine with FF and XP

    Still no joy with FF and Mac 10.6
    but 2nd option worked with Safari and Mac, first one didn't


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭slavigo


    I can confirm that it is working on Safari and Chrome on the Mac.
    Both appeared to not work at first but in both cases, it was because of pop ups being blocked.
    No joy with FF either though.

    Dave.

    Edit: I should clarify, both the first and second options worked for me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭up for anything


    Map appears but no markers.

    Chrome with Windows 7


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    slavigo wrote: »

    Edit: I should clarify, both the first and second options worked for me.
    I've rarely used Safari, pop ups was blocked. So yes both versions work for me now with Safari


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Map appears but no markers.
    Chrome with Windows 7

    up_for_anything there wasn't any markers to be shown at 7:20 this morning, by default it only shows markers for records added in the last 2 hours. You can change that by putting a different number into the box at the top of the page
    Mothman wrote: »
    Still no joy with FF and Mac 10.6

    Mothman, looks like your not alone anymore, slavigo has the same problem with the same setup. I'll see if I can figure this out this evening after work.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Mothman wrote: »
    Still no joy with FF and Mac 10.6

    Looks like its a bug of some kind with FF on MAC that effects google maps,
    as a workaround ctrl+left click should work instead.

    Thanks to slavigo for pointing me in the right direction with this one, hopefully
    it should work.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,498 ✭✭✭Mothman


    Takca wrote: »
    Looks like its a bug of some kind with FF on MAC that effects google maps,
    as a workaround ctrl+left click should work instead.

    Thanks to slavigo for pointing me in the right direction with this one, hopefully
    it should work.
    Yes, works with both


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    This is an excellent idea! Thanks a mil.

    Works grand when right clicking (FF 3.6.13).

    You may need to allow pop ups for the site though. I got a notification bar to do this when I tried.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Now includes a history page (see link at the top of the main page)

    main page
    http://goodsquishy.com/weathermap/

    history
    http://goodsquishy.com/weathermap/history.cgi


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    Hi there, i can open the window to input the report but when I submit it just goes to a blank page and does not appear.

    Using safari & XP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Slidey wrote: »
    Hi there, i can open the window to input the report but when I submit it just goes to a blank page and does not appear.

    Using safari & XP

    Its probably because the heading wasn't put in, I have removed the need to have one,
    sorry I should have given a message to add one when it was missing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭spideog7


    Now if you could parse the text and create a heatmap overlay :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Takca


    Maybe I'll leave that one to the next guy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    good idea OP, well done


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