On Friday 15 January 2021 01:47:31 pm deloptes wrote: > Michael via tde-users wrote: > > [1] This is the starting file? > > https://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/nsd_cccc.txt > > yes here however city names are wrongly spelled and needed correction (a). > because we do not want to update the source file, we created > station_names.txt (like a mapping or lookup) > > > [2] e.g. where are you grabbing the <REGION>_<STATE> from, what are all > > [the > > flag field's codes, etc... > > this was originally in weather_stations.desktop, but we agreed it will be > generated automatically and a skeleton called weather_stations.desktop.in > will be the source. > Later I found out it held the mapping to regions and states and also some > additional information. Which bring us to the next point > > > [3] station_names.txt ? > > I extracted now all information from the original > weather_stations.desktop.in combined it with the old station_names.txt and > produced a new station_names.txt. > For now I am glad that the code produces much more advanced > weather_stations.desktop and stations.dat files preserving the old and > extending with new information. For example many stations from different US > were not included although the state is in the nsd file. Others were added > based on country information in the nsd file and this country having a > section in the weather_stations.desktop.in. > > TBH it will be sufficient if you map whatever station from nsd_cccc.txt to > any region and state as listed in weather_stations.desktop.in (b) > just double check before doing so if it is not already in station_names.txt > (c) and if it is there, is it correct. > If the region and state are not in weather_stations.desktop.in - the > corresponding section(s) have to be created. > > I hope it is not very confusing what I tried to explain > > > (a) https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tdetoys/issues/9 > (b) > https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tdetoys/src/branch/issue/9/ >kweather/kweather/weather_stations.desktop.in (c) > https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/tdetoys/src/branch/issue/9/ >kweather/kweather/data/station_names.txt I think I've got that, it'll be this weekend. Best, Michael ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
